Kerry S. Walters

Kerry S. Walters (born 1954) is a Professor of Philosophy at Gettysburg College and award-winning author of numerous books on philosophy and religion.

Career

Walters earned his BA (Philosophy, 1976) at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, his MA (Philosophy, 1980) at Marquette University, and his PhD (Philosophy, 1985) at the University of Cincinnati. He has taught at Gettysburg College since 1985. He writes on Christian mysticism, atheism, the ethics of diet, Christian pacifism, critical thinking, and deism in early America. His 1998 book Benjamin Franklin and His Gods is regarded as the definitive study of Franklin's religion.

Walters has held the William Bittinger Chair of Philosophy since 2000. Prior to that, he served as the Edwin T. and Cynthia Johnson Distinguished Teaching Professor. Walters is an ordained clergyman in the Episcopal church.

Works (some are co-authored, or Walters wrote only the Introduction)

• – Introduction

References

• personal website