Jamal-Dominique Hopkins

Jamal-Dominique Hopkins is Associate Professor of Christian Scriptures and Director of Black Church Studies at Baylor University’s Truett Theological Seminary. He also is a Pedagogy Fellow with Yale University’s Center for Faith and Culture. Dr. Hopkins holds ordination credentials with the Church of God in Christ and the African Methodist Episcopal Church. His degrees are from Howard University (B.A.), Fuller Theological Seminary (M.A.), and the University of Manchester in England (Ph.D.) His recent book is titled, Cultic Spiritualization: Religious Sacrifice in the Dead Sea Scrolls (Gorgias Press, 2022). Hopkins and his wife, Karen, reside in the Waco, TX area.