Patrick Smith
- Assistant Professor of Theology and Philosophy
First Year at Gordon-Conwell:
2008
Degrees:
- B.S. (Auburn University)
- M.Div. (Trinity Evangelical Divinity School)
- M.A., Ph.D. candidate (Wayne State University)
Expertise:
Faith and Reason, Hospice, End-of-Life Care, Bioethics
Biography:
Prof. Smith brings to Gordon-Conwell broad academic and professional experience. Before coming to Gordon-Conwell, he was on the faculty of Michigan Theological Seminary for a number of years, served in academic administration and taught courses at Wayne State University, held adjunct faculty positions at William Tyndale College and Gordon-Conwell’s Center for Urban Ministerial Education. He has provided theological education to pastors and leaders in Zambia, Africa.
Prof. Smith also serves professionally as the Ethics Coordinator for Angela Hospice Care Center, Livonia, MI and is a member of the state Board of Directors for the Michigan Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. He also serves on the National Ethics Committee for the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization and on the Ethics Committee at Children's Hospital Boston. Prof. Smith has given numerous seminars and professional presentations on issues in the philosophy of religion, moral philosophy, clinical ethics, bioethics and theology at professional meetings, national and regional conferences, in various health care organizations, in churches, on radio, and on college and university campuses.
Prof. Smith serves on the executive committee for the Evangelical Philosophical Society and the steering committee for the Bioethics Consultation Group of the Evangelical Theological Society. He is a member of a number of other professional and academic organizations such as the Harvard Community Ethics Committee, the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, the Society of Christian Ethics, the National Council of Hospice and Palliative Professionals, the Society of Christian Philosophers, and the Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity. He has published articles, essays, and critical reviews of books in journals such as Philosophia Christi, Christian Scholar’s Review, Ethics & Medicine, Trinity Journal, The Africanus Journal, and Modern Reformation, among others.
He is licensed and ordained with the National Baptist Convention, U.S.A. Inc. and has been involved in cross-cultural ministry with various ethnic groups.
He enjoys listening to classic jazz and watching baseball and college football. He and his wife have been married since 1998. They have two beautiful children.
