Shaun Casey

Visiting Fellow

Shaun Casey is a Visiting Fellow at American Progress. He is also Associate Professor of Christian Ethics at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, DC, where he directs the National Capital Semester for Seminarians, a Washington based semester program in theology and public policy that is open to all seminary or divinity school students in North America.

His areas of research interest include religion and politics, religion and the presidency, the ethics of war and peace, ethics and international affairs, and theodicy as it relates to Red Sox Nation. He is currently completing a book on the role of religion in the 1960 presidential election.

He is a frequent guest on Public Broadcasting System’s “Religion and Ethics Newsweekly” television show, as well as National Public Radio. He serves on the Committee for the Public Understanding of Religion of the American Academy of Religion.
 
Casey received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Abilene Christian University, a Master of Divinity degree from Harvard Divinity School, a Master in Public Administration degree from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and a Doctor of Theology degree in Religion and Society from Harvard Divinity School.