Biography
Benjamin B. DeVan is the Associate Professor of Ethics and Organizational Behavior at Palm Beach Atlantic University. Dr. DeVan’s research synthesizes Asian philosophies, Atheist-Christian-Jewish-Muslim relations, biblical ethics, comparative theology, competing visions for the future, deep-level diversity, and resilience. He has been a delegate or speaker at conferences, courses, or presentations at Duke, Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the American Jewish Committee (Washington, DC), InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, and more. His scholarship ranges across African Christians and Islam, AI, Angels, and Astrobiology, Corrie ten Boom’s The Hiding Place as a model for interreligious cooperation, Ethics in Genesis, Faithful Leadership in India’s Ramayana epic, the “Golden Rule” in Amazon’s Emmy-award winning dystopia Fallout, Martin Luther King, Jr. on leadership, and two articles in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Women. Dr. DeVan also teaches in the Frederick M. Supper Honor Program, PBA Lead, and previously in Humanities, Ministry, Philosophy, and Psychology. He is married to Kartini, who works in international tax. They have two children.
Email: ben_devan@pba.edu
Formal Education
Ph.D. Ethics and Theology
Thesis Title – A Wesleyan Open Inclusivist Approach to Religious Diversity and New Atheism
Supervisors: Professor David A. Wilkinson (Systematics & Science) & Professor Robert A. Song (Ethics)
University of Durham
Durham, United Kingdom
Th.M. in Religions of the World & Islamic Studies
Thesis Title – Is Religious Diversity Embraceable by Evangelical Christians and Muslims?
Supervisors: Jane Idleman Smith, David N. Hempton, & Ahmed Ragab
Harvard University, School of Divinity
Cambridge, MA
M.Div.
Advisor: Geoffrey Wainwright
Duke University, The Divinity School
Durham, NC
M.A. in Counseling
Track: Mental Health Counseling
Asbury Theological Seminary
Wilmore, KY
B.S. in Business Administration, History, and Political Science
Capstone Paper – The Royal King: A Historical Analysis of Fourteen Perspectives In C. Eric Lincoln’s Martin Luther King, Jr. A Profile
Advisors: N. Gordon Carper, Peter Augustine Lawler, & W. D. Sockwell
Berry College
Mt. Berry, GA
A.A., Liberal Arts
Young Harris College
Young Harris, GA
Degrees
PhD in Ethics and Theology, University of Durham (UK) | MTh in Theology, Harvard Divinity School | MDiv in Divinity, Duke University | BS in Interdisciplinary Studies, Berry College