Elisabeth Rain Kincaid, PhD, JD

Education

• PhD, The University of Notre Dame
• MTS, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University
• JD, The University of Texas School of Law
• BA, Rice University 

Research Interests

• Virtue Ethics
• Business Ethics
• Theology and Law
• Natural Law
• Work and Vocation 

Publication Highlights

• Law from Below: How the Thought of Francisco Suarez, SJ Can Renew Contemporary Legal Engagement (Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press).
• Business Ethics for a Flourishing Life (Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press – under contract).

About Dr. Kincaid

Dr. Elisabeth Rain Kincaid is associate professor of ethics, faith, and culture at Baylor University's George W. Truett Theological Seminary. She also serves as the Director of the Institute of Faith and Learning, where she works to develop programming that integrates Christian faith and academic excellence. She is also an Affiliate Professor of Management at the Hankamer School of Business. Dr. Kincaid’s research focuses on the intersection of theological ethics, legal ethics and business ethics, virtue ethics, natural law, early modern theology, and theology of work and vocation. Dr. Kincaid recently published Law From Below: How the Thought of Francisco Suárez, SJ, Can Renew Contemporary Legal Engagement (Georgetown University Press) which explores different models for Christian engagement with law. She is currently working on a second monograph exploring the relationship between business ethics, theology, and human flourishing (under contract with Georgetown University Press). She has published broadly including in the Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics, The Scottish Journal of Theology, The Journal of Moral Theology, Political Theology, The Journal of Markets and Morality, and Christian Scholar’s Review, as well as contributing chapters to numerous edited volumes. Dr. Kincaid is a frequent invited speaker at academic campuses, churches, and retreats.

She previously held the Legendre-Soulé Chair of Business Ethics and served as the Director of the Center for Ethics and Economic Justice at Loyola University New Orleans. Her past academic positions include Nashotah House Theological Seminary and the Aquinas Institute of Theology. She is currently a Research Fellow for the Center for Religion, Culture, and Democracy and serves on the Board of Directors for the Society of Christian Ethics. She has also been a Pedagogy Fellow at the Yale Center for Faith and Culture.

Prior to entering the academy, Elisabeth worked as an attorney, in private equity, and as a campus minister for graduate students and faculty in Dallas, Texas. She and her husband Thomas have two children.