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Frederick Simmons

Assistant Professor of Ethics

frederick.simmons@yale.edu
B.A. Carleton College
M.Div. Yale Divinity School
M.A., Ph.D. Yale University
United Methodist

Professor Simmons’s research and teaching examine the moral implications of Christian theological commitments and the relationships between philosophical and theological ethics. He is completing a book on the ethical and potential soteriological significance of biology for contemporary Christians, and is co-editing a volume on love and Christian ethics. He has taught at Amherst College, La Universidad Politécnica Salesiana, and La Pontifícia Universidad Católica del Ecuador.