L. Patrick Burrows is Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion at Berea College and an interdisciplinary scholar of Christian theology, ethics, and culture. His research focuses on the relevance of the history of Christian theological reflection to contemporary social problems, particularly in conversation with critical theory and queer and feminist thought. His first book, tentatively entitled "Theology in Place: Christianity, Geography, and the American South," develops a framework for the interpretation of the Christian theologies that form and are formed by human practices of place, using lived spaces of Southern religion as a case study. The book is under contract with Fordham University Press, which expects publish it in 2026.At Berea College, he teaches courses on a range of topics in theology, ethics, and the study of religion, including Christian ethics, sexual ethics, and queer theologies and religions. He also teaches interdisciplinary courses in the humanities as part of Berea’s general education program.Prior to Berea, he was an Instructor of Humanities at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, a public residential school for high school juniors and seniors, where he taught courses in American studies, Southern studies, and the study of religion.