Amy Black, Ph.D.

Dr. Amy E. Black is professor of political science at Wheaton College (IL). She is a specialist in American government, and her teaching and research interests include religion and politics, women in politics, fostering civil dialogue, the Presidency and Congress. In addition to numerous publications, she speaks regularly at conferences and symposia, college campuses, and churches. She was an adviser and contributor to the Colossian Forum’s Political Talk curriculum. She serves on advisory boards for the Council of Christian Colleges & Universities, Christians in Political Science, and the Initiative on Faith and Public Life at the American Enterprise Institute. She holds a B.A. in government from Claremont McKenna College and Ph.D. in political science from M.I.T. 

Relevant Publications

• Michael Wear and Amy E. Black, Christianity, Pluralism, and Public Life in the United States: Insights from Christian Leaders (Washington, D.C.: The Trinity Forum, 2020), https://www.ttf.org/reports/.  
• “Evangelicals, Politics, and Public Policy: Lessons from the Past, Prospects for the Future,” in The Future of Evangelicalism in America, eds. Candy Gunther Brown and Mark Silk (New York: Columbia, 2016), https://www.amazon.com/Future-Evangelicalism-America-Religion/dp/0231176112. 
• Honoring God in Red or Blue: Approaching Politics with Humility, Grace, and Reason (Chicago: Moody, 2012), https://www.moodypublishers.com/honoring-god-in-red-or-blue/.
• Beyond Left and Right: Helping Christians Make Sense of American Politics (Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 2008), https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Left-Right-Christians-American/dp/0739492837.