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Dr. David L. Riggs
Dr. Riggs joined the IWU community in 2000. He is Director of the John Wesley Honors College and teaches courses in history, religion and undergraduate research. His primary area of scholarly interest is the ancient Mediterranean world, and especially the social, cultural and religious aspects of late antiquity. Dr. Riggs also has a developing interest in the history of the Muslim-Christian encounter.
Dr. Riggs has written various articles and book reviews and presented several papers on ancient Christianity, Greco-Roman religions, and the social and political institutions of the Roman Empire. He is currently revising his doctoral thesis on the religious world of late antique North Africa for publication in the Oxford Classical Monographs series of Oxford University Press (Divine Patronage in Late Roman and Vandal Africa: Reconsidering a Local Narrative of Christianisation).
Dr. Riggs has been married to his high-school sweetheart (Laura) for 16 years and has four children: Patrick Augustine (9), Christian Tertullian (6), Alexandria Perpetua (4), and Faith Brigette Felicita (6 months). When he is not sifting through ancient texts and artifacts, he enjoys such things as decorating the house with Laura, playing football with the Riggs boys, and spoiling his precious little girls rotten
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B.A. (History), Azusa Pacific University (1991)
M.Div., Princeton Theological Seminary (1994)
M.Phil. (Greek & Roman History), Oxford University (1996)
D.Phil. (Ancient History and Classical Archaeology), Oxford University (2004) |
Work Phone: 765-677-2808
Email: david.riggs@indwes.edu
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