David Beer, Ph.D.
Director of the History and Political Science Programs; Director of the Center for Christian Faith and Culture, Humanities, Education, & Ministry
Associate Professor of Political Science
About David Beer
David Beer is an associate professor of political science and director of the history and political science programs. He also serves as director of the Center for Christian Faith and Culture at Malone. As a political theorist who specializes in the thought of Augustine, Charles Norris Cochrane, and Eric Voegelin, Beer works at the intersection of philosophy, politics, and theology. Alongside teaching courses in political philosophy, political theology, American politics, and law, he is also an ordained priest in the Anglican Church of North America.
Education
- Ph.D., Catholic University of America
- M.A., Catholic University of America
- A.B., Georgetown University
AWARDS
- 2017 Distinguished Faculty Award for Service
Classes I Teach
- Introduction to American Politics
- Political Philosophy
- American Constitutional Law
- American Political Thought
- The President and Congress
- War, Peace, and Revolution in the Christian Tradition
- Political Theology
- Internship
- Political Science Senior Seminar
- Central Questions in Philosophy
- Criminal Procedure and Human Dignity
Signature Experiences
- 2019-present, Director of the History and Political Science Programs; Director of the Center for Christian Faith and Culture, Malone University
- 2017-present, Associate Professor of Political Science, Malone University
- 2017-2019, Associate Director, Center for Christian Faith and Culture, Malone University
- 2012-2017, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Malone University
Recent Scholarly Work & Publications
Charles Norris Cochrane, Augustine and the Problem of Power: The Essays and Lectures of Charles Norris Cochrane. Edited by David Beer (Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2017)
“Voegelin’s Debt to Augustine: The Mortgage of the City of God.” Anamnesis: A Journal for the Study of Tradition, Place and Things Divine.”
Clyde Wilcox, Linda M. Merolla, and David Beer, “Saving Marriage by Banning Marriage: The Christian Right Finds a New Issue in 2004.” In The Values Campaign?: The Christian Right and the 2004 Elections. Edited by John C. Green, Mark J. Rozell and Clyde Wilcox. Washington DC: Georgetown University Press, 2006. Pp. 56-78.