Religious Liberty in the States Advisory Council
Micah Watson, Ph.D.
Calvin University (MI)
Dr. Micah Watson is a native of the great golden state of California, where he completed his undergraduate degree at UC Davis. He earned his MA degree in church-state studies at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, and holds MA and doctorate degrees in politics from Princeton University. Dr. Watson joined the faculty at Calvin University in the fall of 2015. He directs Calvin’s Politics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE) Program, serves as the executive director of the Henry Institute for the Study of Christianity and Politics, and is currently the Paul B. Henry Chair in Political Science.
Relevant Publications
- Hopeful Realism: Christian Morality and Democratic Politics, coauthored with Jesse Covington and Bryan McGraw (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, forthcoming).
- “Obeying God Rather Than Men: Uneasy Evangelicals, Conscience, and Politics,” in Christianity and the Laws of Conscience: An Introduction, eds. Jeffrey B. Hammond and Helen M. Alvaré (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021), https://www.amazon.com/Christianity-Laws-Conscience-Introduction-Law/dp/1108835384/.
- C.S. Lewis on Politics and the Natural Law, coauthored with Justin Dyer (Cambridge:Cambridge University Press, 2016), https://www.amazon.com/C-Lewis-Politics-Natural-Law/dp/1107518970/.
