L. Patrick Burrows is an interdisciplinary scholar of Christian theology, ethics, and culture. His research focuses on the relevance of the history of Christian theological reflection to contemporary social problems, particularly in conversation with critical theory and queer and feminist thought. His first book, tentatively entitled Theology in Place: Christianity, Geography, and the American South, develops a framework for the interpretation of the Christian theologies that form and are formed by human practices of place, using lived spaces of Southern religion as a case study. The book is under contract with Fordham University Press, which expects publish it in 2026.

At Berea College, he teaches courses on a range of topics in theology, ethics, and the study of religion, including Christian ethics, sexual ethics, and queer theologies and religions. He also teaches interdisciplinary courses in the humanities as part of Berea’s general education program.

Prior to Berea, he was an Instructor of Humanities at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, a public residential school for high school juniors and seniors, where he taught courses in American studies, Southern studies, and the study of religion.

He received his B.A. in linguistics and French from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2010, his M.Div. from Yale University in 2014, and his Th.D. in theology from Harvard University in 2021. His work has also included community organizing and nonprofit administration in Boston and refugee resettlement case management in New Haven, CT.