Douglas A. Hicks

Douglas A. Hicks is author of books: Inequality and Christian Ethics (2000), Religion and the Workplace (2003), With God on All Sides: Leadership in a Devout and Diverse America (2009), and Money Enough: Everyday Practices for Living Faithfully in the Global Economy (2010).

He is currently Professor of Religion and Senior Advisor for Academic Initiatives at Colgate University in Hamilton NY. (see http://www.colgate.edu/douglas-hicks ). He served as Colgate's Provost and Dean of the Faculty from 2012 through 2015. From 1998 through 2012, Hicks was Professor of Leadership Studies and Religion at the Jepson School of Leadership Studies at the University of Richmond. He was the founding leader for the Bonner Center for Civic Engagement at the University of Richmond. He served for five years as director and then executive director before returning to the classroom full-time in 2009. Hicks was also president of the Academy of Religious Leadership and served as co-chair of the American Academy of Religion's section on religion and the social sciences. He is a former president of the Richmond Association of Phi Beta Kappa and was a board member of the Virginia Poverty Law Center. In 2012 he received the State Council of Higher Education of Virginia's Outstanding Faculty Award.

An ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), Hicks holds an A.B. degree with honors in economics from Davidson College, an M.Div. degree, summa cum laude, from Duke University, and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in religion, ethics and economics from Harvard University. During the spring of 2003, he served as visiting assistant professor of religion and society at Harvard Divinity School.

His articles have appeared in The Leadership Quarterly, The Journal of Religious Ethics, World Development and The Journal of Ecumenical Studies.

Works

• "Mr. Obama's Inauguration". Richmond Times-Dispatch. January 18, 2009. 
• "Leadership in a Devout and Diverse City". Richmond Magazine. 2008-12-24. 
• Douglas A. Hicks, Mark Valeri (2008). "Global Poverty and Bono's Celebrity Activism". Global Neighbors. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. ISBN 978-0-8028-6033-0. 

Books

• Money Enough: Everyday Practices for Living Faithfully in the Global Economy. Jossey-Bass. February 2010. ISBN 978-0-7879-9775-5. 
• With God on All Sides: Leadership in a Devout and Diverse America. Cambridge University Press. February 12, 2009. ISBN 978-0-19-533717-4. 
• Religion and the Workplace. Cambridge University Press. November 17, 2003. ISBN 978-0-521-52960-0. 
• Inequality and Christian Ethics. Cambridge University Press. 2000. ISBN 978-0-521-78754-3. 

Reviews

James MacGregor Burns:

Solidly based in history and attuned to today, Hicks’s book is a realistic guide to how we can positively live and work together. I highly recommend it as a major contribution to an effective leadership.

Benjamin J. Wiles, Emory University, Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies:

Religion and the Workplace...looks at how employers can move away from seeing religion as divisive. The book offers 'respectful pluralism' as a guide for employers handling religious diversity and conflict." HRMagazine"...Hicks' book is an important and excellent contribution to a still underdeveloped public debate on religious diversity in the workplace." Comparative Labor law &Policy Journal, Achim Seifert"...an effective tool to discuss moral, political, religious, and spiritual issues in a diverse workplace.^[1]

David DeCosse, Thoelogical Studies:

Combining theology, philosophy, social theory, and quantitative economic analysis, he provides for Christian ethics a theoretical and practical approach to the problem of socioeconomic inequality.^[2]

Peter Scott:

Hicks draws on a range of theological resources to defend a normative Christian position that, in interaction with philosophical approaches, offers a sophisticated affirmation of equality and trenchant critique of inequality. Furthermore, he interprets a wealth of empirical studies to make the point that Christians (with others) need to attend to the values operative within these empirical studies.^[3]

References

External links

• Official Website
• The Pluralism Project, Harvard University
• International Leadership Association
• Appearances on C-SPAN