Curtis W. Freeman, Research Professor of Theology and Baptist Studies

Please note: Curtis has left the "Graduate Program in Religion" group at Duke University; some info here might not be up to date.

Curtis W. Freeman is research professor of theology and Baptist studies and director of the Baptist House of Studies. His research and teaching explores areas of Free Church theology.

His most recent book is Pilgrim Letters: Instruction in the Basic Teaching of Christ (Fortress Press 2021), and his book Pilgrim Journey: Instruction in the Mystery of the Gospel is set for publication in fall 2023. His earlier books include Undomesticated Dissent: Democracy and the Public Virtue of Religious Noncomformity (Baylor University Press, 2017), Contesting Catholicity: Theology for Other Baptists (Baylor University Press, 2014), A Company of Women Preachers: Baptist Prophetesses in Seventeenth-Century England (Baylor University Press, 2011), and Baptist Roots: A Reader in the Theology of a Christian People (Judson Press, 1999). He is an ordained Baptist minister and serves as editor of the American Baptist Quarterly and serves on the Baptist World Alliance Commission on Doctrine and Christian Unity.

Contact Info:

Office Location:	215 Old Divinity, Durham, NC 27708
Office Phone:	(919) 660-3401
Email Address:
Division:	Divinity Faculty

Education:

Ph.D.	Baylor University	1990
M.Div.	Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary	1980
B.A.	Baylor University	1977

Keywords:

Baptists • Church history--17th century • Ecumenical movement • Recognition (Ecumenical relations) • Theology