David Meinberg

Thesis title: God and the Public World: How Bavinck’s Doctrine of God Shaped his Public Theology

Background

David Meinberg is a PhD Candidate studying the public theology of Herman Bavinck. He is originally from Hoover, Alabama, USA. He completed a bachelor of science in electrical engineering from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. and worked for three years in semiconductor sales. He later completed a Master of Divinity from Beeson Divinity School at Samford University. 

David currently serves as a Tutor in the School of Divinity and the Edinburgh Futures Institute as well as a Resident Assistant Coordinator with Residence Life and Student Housing. 

Qualifications

B.S. in Electrical Engineering at Southern Methodist University

M.Div at Beeson Divinity School

Undergraduate teaching

Tutoring at the School of Divinity 

Christian Theology: Doctrines and Debates

Tutoring at the Edinburgh Futures Institute

Creating Edinburgh: The Interdisciplinary City

Students as Change Agents

Postgraduate teaching

Tutoring at the School of Divinity

Philosophy, Science, and Religion 2: Life and Mind

Current project grants

Recipient of grant from the Abraham Kuyper Christian Leadership Fund

Participant

Herman Bavinck Centennial Congress 1921-2021, November 2021, Kampen, The Netherlands

2022 Kuyper Conference - "Tongues, Tribes, and Nations: Global Christianity and Reformed Public Theology"

Artificial Intelligence and the Christian Churches, University of Edinburgh, February 2023

2023 Kuyper Conference - "Kuyper and Kintsugi: Public Theology for Repair, Reconciliation, and Restoration"

Papers delivered

Finding Unity in Diversity: Herman Bavinck’s theology proper as a ground for public theology, 2022 Kuyper Conference

A Critical Public Theology of Repair: Lessons from Herman Bavinck’s work on Women in Contemporary Society, 2023 Kuyper Conference