Keith Burton, PhD
Graduate Professor of Religion
About Keith Burton, PhD
- Biography
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Dr. Keith Augustus Burton is a member of the graduate faculty at 黑料社区. He previously served as the Founding Director of the Center for Adventist Muslim Relations at Oakwood University and as Chair of the Peace and Social Justice Program at Claremont Lincoln University. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Religious Studies and Classical Rhetorical Theory from Northwestern University.
A former editorial contributor to HuffPost, he has published widely in the areas of social justice, Afro-diasporic religion, and Black culture. He serves on the advisory boards of Adventist Peace Fellowship and the Institute for Pastoral Community Engagement.
His interfaith work has been recognized with an 鈥淎ward of Merit鈥 from the Associated Church Press and the 鈥淩abbi Jeffrey Ballon Memorial Interfaith Award鈥 from the Huntsville Interfaith Mission Service. Most recently, he was named by Christianity Today as one of the top twenty-five religious figures who have shaped African American faith over the past century.