Theology and the Arts Luke Bretherton, Robert E. Cushman Distinguished Professor of Moral and Political Theology Ellen F. Davis, Amos Ragan Kearns Distinguished Professor of Bible and Practical Theology Stanley Hauerwas, Gilbert T. Rowe Gilbert T. Rowe Professor Emeritus of Divinity and Law Richard B. Hays, Former dean and George Washington Ivey Professor Emeritus of New Testament Frederick Herzog, systematic theologian and champion of civil rights, on the faculty from 1960 to 1995 L. Gregory Jones, Dean of the Divinity School as well as Ruth W. and A. Morris Williams Jr. Distinguished Professor of Theology and Christian Ministry (also a Duke University alumnus) Richard Alan Lischer, James T. and Alice Mead Cleland Professor Emeritus of Preaching C. Kavin Rowe, George Washington Ivey Distinguished Professor of New Testament Timothy Tyson, Former Visiting Professor of American Christianity and Southern Culture Geoffrey Wainwright, Robert Earl Cushman Professor Emeritus of Christian Theology Samuel Wells, research professor of Christian ethics at Duke Divinity School from 2005 to 2012 Lauren Winner, Associate Professor of Christian Spirituality William Willimon, Professor of Practice of Christian Ministry as well as former United Methodist Church bishop Norman Wirzba, Gilbert T. Rowe Distinguished Professor of Christian Theology as well as Senior Fellow at the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University Notable alumni Edwin Charles Boulton (M.Div. 1953) – a bishop of the United Methodist Church Kenneth H. Carter Jr. (M.Div.) – a bishop of the United Methodist Church and Bishop-in-Residence at Duke Divinity School Finis Alonzo Crutchfield Jr. (1940) – bishop of the United Methodist Church (1972–1974) Ernest A. Fitzgerald (B.D. degree, 1951) – retired bishop of the United Methodist Church Amile Jefferson (MA in Christian Studies 2017) – NBA player with the Orlando Magic, first Duke basketball player to be a 4 time All-ACC Academic All-Star. Vergel L. Lattimore (M.Div. 1977) – Air National Guard brigadier general Deidre Palmer, president of the Uniting Church in Australia from 8 July 2018 Gregory V. Palmer (M.Div. 1979) – former president of the United Methodist Council of Bishops (2008–2010) Andrew Purves (Th. M. degree) – holds the Hugh Thomson Kerr Chair in Pastoral Theology at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary Mack B. Stokes (B.D. degree, 1935) – retired bishop of the United Methodist Church Randall Wallace (Did not graduate, but did attend) – Hollywood screenwriter, producer and director, involved with Braveheart, The Man in the Iron Mask, Pearl Harbor, and We Were Soldiers Roy