Jason Whitt, PhD

Education

Ph.D., Theology, Baylor University
M.Div., Biblical Languages, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
B.A., Religion, Baylor University

Research Interests

• Moral formation in healthcare
• Theology of disability
• Theological anthropology
• Ecclesiology

Courses Taught

• Spiritual Formation
• The Christian Theological Tradition in Healthcare
• Pastoral Care in Healthcare
• Healthcare Praxis
• Theological Anthropology in Healthcare
• The Human Person, Disability, and Society
• Christian Spirituality and Health Care
• Christian Scriptures
• Christian Heritage

Publication Highlights

• “People with Disability and Sources of Light for the Church.” In Sources of Light: Resources for Baptist Churches Practicing Theology. Edited by Steven R. Harmon and Amy L. Chilton. (Macon, Georgia: Mercer University Press, 2020).
• “Calling, Virtue, and the Practice of Medicine.” Christian Bioethics: Non-Ecumenical Studies in Medical Morality 25:3 (December 2019): 315-330.
• “In the Image of God: Receiving Children with Special Needs.” Review & Expositor 113:2 (May 2016): 205-216.
• “Teaching Attentiveness in the Classroom and Learning to Attend to Persons with Disabilities.” International Journal of Christianity and Education. 19 (2015): 215-228.
• “A Place for Camille: Blessings from a Special-Needs Child.” The Christian Century 132.2 (2015): 24-27.
• “The value of virtue: An organizational approach to the challenges of workplace disabilities.” Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice 7:2(2014): 274-278. Co-authored with Brian D. Cawley, Danielle C. Polage, and Julie E. Yonker.
• “Baptism and Profound Intellectual Disability.” Christian Reflection: A Series in Faith and Ethics 45 (Disability): 60-67.
• “The Baptist Contribution to Liberty.” Christian Reflection: A Series in Faith and Ethics 39 (Freedom): 36-43.
• “Religious Liberty, English Baptists, and John Locke.” Perspectives in Religious Studies 38.4 (2011): 427-442.

About Dr. Whitt

Jason D. Whitt serves as director of the Master of Arts in Theology and Healthcare program at Baylor’s George W. Truett Theological Seminary. Additionally, he is Senior Lecturer in the Honors Program and Faculty Steward for the Honors Residential College. Prior to joining the faculty, he served as associate director of Baylor’s Institute for Faith and Learning from 2009 to 2018. In addition to teaching, Dr. Whitt assists in leadership with the Honors College’s Getterman Fellows program and the Micah Scholars program. An ordained Baptist minister, he previously served as a youth minister and hospice chaplain before coming to Baylor. Dr. Whitt is a native of Fort Worth. He and his wife Maggie have two children, Henry and Camille, and two spoiled Yorkies, Mulkey and Griffin.