Dr. Matthew Bracey

Matthew Steven Bracey and his wife, Sarah, live in Cross Plains, Tennessee. They attend Sylvan Park Free Will Baptist Church. Matthew serves at Welch College as the Vice Provost for Academic Administration and Associate Professor of Theology and Culture. He is a co-founder and Senior Editor of the Helwys Society Forum (thehsf.com). He is an editor and/or contributor of several books. His interests include running, politics, and the arts. 

Education

• Ph.D. in Ethics and Public Policy, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (2024)
  Dissertation: “Edmund Burke’s Moral Imagination: Interpretation and Cultivation”
• Th.M., The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (2024)
• J.D., Cumberland School of Law, Samford University (2012)
• M.T.S., Beeson Divinity School, Samford University (2012)
• B.A. in History, Welch College (2008)

Areas of Interest

• Edmund Burke
• Conservative Intellectual Tradition
• Ethics and Public Policy

Select Publications

• Teacher, Scholar, Shepherd: Essays in Honor of Robert E. Picirilli, edited by Matthew Steven Bracey and Phillip T. Morgan (Randall House)
• Christians in Culture: Cultivating a Christian Worldview for All of Life, edited by Matthew Steven Bracey and Christopher Talbot (Welch College Press)
• “Cultivating a Moral Imagination for Christian Ethical Practice” (Criswell Theological Review)

Select Courses

• Christian Ethics
• Christian Doctrines
• Conservative Intellectual Tradition