For the Life of the WorldA Social Statement for the Times (INDS 6155)

Term: Academic Year 2025-2026 Fall

Faculty

Schedule

Wed, 6:30 PM - 8:50 PM (8/25/2025 - 12/17/2025) Location: MAIN ONL SYNC

Description

Professor:
David Williams is a postgraduate researcher at Royal Holloway University of
London, research Associate at the Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies Cambridge
and Associate Professor of History at National University. From 2020–24 he directed
Interdisciplinary liberal arts and Theology at the University of San Diego California. A
Byzantinist by training his research and publishing explores inter-Christian and inter-
faith relations between Christians and Muslims and Jews in the Medieval
Mediterranean, his most recent publication is Sacredmobilities in Byzantium and
beyond (Brill 2025). He is a Protodeacon of the Orthodox Church serving Southern
California since 2014.
Course Description:
This course explores the seminal document For the Life of the World: Toward a
Social Ethos of the Orthodox Church (hereafter FLOW) and the dialogue it has
generated within and beyond the Orthodox Church. Through a detailed examination of
FLOW and related texts, students will