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James Calvin Davis is the George Adams Ellis Professor of Liberal Arts and Religion at Middlebury College (VT), where he teaches ethics and Christian Studies.

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His most recent book, released in February 2021, is American Liturgy: Finding Theological Meaning in the Holy Days of US Culture (Cascade). In this book, Davis uses essays on (mostly) secular holidays to reflect on the insight progressive Christian faith can bring to American identity, as well as the wisdom American culture sometimes can shed on our responsibilities as Christians.

His last book, Forbearance: A Theological Ethic for a Disagreeable Church (Eerdmans, 2017), offered guidance for how Christians can see the challenge of navigating relig
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In Defense of Civility: How...

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“Forbearance does not ask us to abandon our convictions. It does ask us to hold them in a profoundly distinct way, the way of Christian virtue, animated by a commitment to preserving the unity of the Body of Christ.”
James Calvin Davis, Forbearance: A Theological Ethic for a Disagreeable Church

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