Staff & Directors

Tyler Bauer

PhD, Southwestern Baptist Seminary

Tyler Bauer is an associate editor with Davenant Press and serves as a Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at Christ College and Palm Beach Atlantic University. The majority of his academic work centers on analyzing technology and politics through the lens of historic Christian metaphysics. His writing has been featured at The Gospel Coalition, Mind Matters, The Land Center for Cultural Engagement, and the CiRCE Institute. 

He is the co-editor of Twelve Rules for Life and Death (Co-edited with Mark Hamilton, Davenant Press, Forthcoming) and the author of On Being Educated: A Guide to Classical Christian Education (Davenant Press, Forthcoming)

Mark Hamilton

PhD, Free University of Amsterdam

S. Mark Hamilton is Editor-in-Chief of The Davenant Press. He has edited several symposia and is an invited contributor to the Routledge Handbook on Idealism and Immaterialism (Routledge) the Oxford Handbook on Jonathan Edwards (OUP) and Jonathan Edwards and Reformed Dogmatics (Lexham Press, forthcoming). His periodical work can be found in various learned journals as International Journal of Systematic Theology, Irish Theological Quarterly, Neue Zeitschrift für Systematische Theologie und Religionsphilosophie, Perichoresis, Scottish Bulletin of Evangelical Theology, Saint Anselm Journal, Jonathan Edwards Studies, Zeitschrift für Neuere Theologiegeschichte, Open Theology, and the Journal of Biblical and Theological Studies. He recently co-edited Advent Homilies: St Augustine (Davenant Press, 2024) and Divine Omniscience and the Future: Anselmian Reflections on Open Theism by Benjamin Arbour (Cascade, 2026). At present, he is editing A Dialogue on the Atonement by William Weeks (Davenant Press, forthcoming). He is also co-writing a book on Christ and Culture. He lives in Texas with his wonderful wife and four sons.

Tim Jacobs

Chief Administrative Officer, Davenant Hall

Tim Jacobs is a Lecturer in Philosophy at The Davenant Institute, and a PhD candidate in philosophy at the University of St. Thomas, TX. He also holds an MDiv and ThM from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He specializes in ancient and medieval philosophy, virtue, natural law, metaphysics, and classical logic, and has published several articles as well as contributed to Four Views on Christian Metaphysics, Jonathan Edwards Encyclopedia, and Lexham Bible Dictionary. His lifelong aim is to invest in the health of the church by reviving the unity between philosophy and theology. He lives with his wife and three kids in California. Follow him at TLJACOBS.COM.

Brad Littlejohn

President Emeritus

Brad Littlejohn is a Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center. He founded and served for ten years as the President of the Davenant Institute after founding it in 2013, and founded Davenant Hall in 2019. Brad regularly teaches core modules on Natural Law and Scriptural Authority and Reformation and the Modern World, and elective classes in Reformation history and Christian ethics. His publications include The Peril and Promise of Christian Liberty (Eerdmans, 2017), The Two Kingdoms: A Guide for the Perplexed (Davenant Press, 2017), Called to Freedom: Retrieving Christian Liberty in an Age of Licence (B&H, forthcoming 2025), and an ongoing modernization project of Richard Hooker’s Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity (Davenant Press).

Dr. Joseph Minich

Faculty Chair, Davenant Hall

Dr. Joseph Minich (PhD, The University of Texas at Dallas) is Faculty Chair and Professor of Philosophy at Davenant Hall. As part of his work, he also co-hosts the Pilgrim Faith podcast. The founding editor of Ad Fontes and former Editor-in-Chief of the Davenant Press, he is the author of Enduring Divine Absence (Davenant Press, 2018) and Bulwarks of Unbelief: Atheism and Divine Absence in a Secular Age (Lexham Press, 2023). His public writing can be found at The Calvinist International, Mere Orthodoxy, Modern Reformation, and Ad Fontes.

Michael Riggins

Acquisitions Editor, Davenant Press; Book Reviews Editor, Ad Fontes

Michael Riggins is the Acquisitions Editor at Davenant Press. He holds a B. A. in Liberal Arts from St. John’s College – Annapolis. He is currently a first-year PhD student in English at Baylor University and his interests lie in the intersection of religion and literature, especially in the devotional poetry of John Donne, G. M. Hopkins, and R. S. Thomas. Follow him on Twitter at @Michaelrigg789.

Christine Stokes

Treasurer

Christine Stokes holds a B.S. in Accounting and a B.S. in Psychology from the University of Florida and was a licensed CPA in the state of Florida. She is married to Dr. Mitch Stokes and they have four adult children and five precious grandchildren. She has been assisting businesses, non-profits, churches and individuals with tax and accounting help for over thirty years. 

Julia Thiele

Administrator

Julia Thiele spent most of her life in Virginia, where she earned a B.M. from James Madison University. Her professional experience includes service to multiple churches, schools, and homeschool groups. She finds great joy in providing structure and administrative support for people and organizations so they can better focus on their mission. Julia, her husband Mark, and their five children now live in Idaho, where they are thoroughly enjoying the beauty of the Pacific Northwest.

Marina Ziemnick

Director of Foundation Relations

Marina Ziemnick is an alumna of Patrick Henry College, where she majored in political philosophy and minored in music. She worked previously as a program manager for the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, a nonprofit that educates college students in the conservative intellectual tradition, and as a communications associate for the National Association of Scholars, a nonprofit that seeks to reform higher education. Marina lives in Charlottesville, Virginia, with her husband and enjoys reading old books and trying new foods.