Shawn Wilhite, Ph.D.

Additional post-graduate studies at St. Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology

My primary field of research is New Testament, Early Christianity, and Patristic thought. These interests include the Christian Scriptures, early Christian origins, and Patristic theology and spirituality.

My current research concerns Cyril of Alexandria’s Trinitarian theology and use of Scripture as a pro-Nicene theologian.

My teaching and adjacent interests include: hermeneutics, history of interpretation, Late Roman Empire, Classical Greek and Latin Literature, and Historical Jesus Research.

Selected Book Publications:
Nicaea for Today: Why the Council of Nicaea Still Matters. Co-authored with Coleman M. Ford. B&H Academic, 2025.

The Care of Souls as the Art of Arts: Contemporary Pastoral Ministry and the Patristic Tradition. Co-authored with Coleman M. Ford. Crossway, 2024.

“The Teaching of these Words”: Intertextuality, Social Identity, and Early Christianity, Essays in Honor of Clayton N. Jefford. Edited by Jonathan Draper, Nancy Pardee, and Shawn J. Wilhite. Bible in Ancient Christianity 16. Leiden: Brill, 2024.

The Didache: An Introductory Commentary. Apostolic Fathers Commentary Series 1. Cascade Books.


Selected Chapter and Article Publications:
“The Trinitarian Pastor and Trinitarian Grammar.” Co-written with Coleman M. Ford. Credo Magazine 16, no. 1 (2025).

“An Interview: On Classical Trinitarianism.” Credo Magazine 16, no. 1 (2025).

“The State of Early Christian and Patristic Studies.” Religious Studies Review 50, no. 4 (Dec 2024).

“The Beginnings of a Pro-Nicene Trinitarian Vision: Athanasius of Alexandria on the Activity of the Son and the Spirit,” In On Classical Trinitarianism: Retrieving the Nicene Doctrine of the Triune God, edited by Matthew Barrett. Co-Authored with Amy Brown Hughes. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2024.

“Dear Pastor, Slowing Down Might Just Save Your Ministry,” Dear Pastor. Crossway, August 2024.

“The Beatific Vision and Augustine: Happiness and Beatific Enjoyment in Seeing God.” Credo Magazine 13, no. 3 (2022).

“‘Was it Not the Only Begotten that was Speaking Long Ago”: Cyril of Alexandria’s Christological Exegesis in His Commentary on Hebrews (Heb. 1:1–2).” Studia Patristica 129 (2021): 39–50.

“What Does it Mean to be ‘Pro-Nicene’? The Development of Pro-Nicene Theology.” Credo Magazine 10, no. 4 (2020).

“Thirty-Five Years Later: A Summary of Didache Scholarship Since 1983” in Currents in Biblical Research 17, no. 3 (June 2019): 266–305.

“‘Is the Lord of Two Angels?’: Justin Martyr’s Dialogue with Trypho and His Pneumatological Christian Readings” in Evangelical Quarterly 90, no. 2 (2019): 164–81.

Forthcoming or Under Contract
Cyril of Alexandria’s Christological Exegesis: Explorations of Partitive Exegesis in the Dialogues on the Trinity. Studia Traditionis Theologiae 70. Turnhout: Brepols, 2026.

Didache: A Handbook on the Greek Text. Baylor Handbook on the Greek Apostolic Fathers. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, forthcoming.

James. Christian Standard Commentary. Nashville, TN: Holman Reference, forthcoming.