L. Patrick Burrows is Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion at Berea College and a scholar of Christian theology and ethics. His research focuses on the relevance of the history of Christian theological reflection to contemporary social problems, particularly in conversation with critical theories of gender, sexuality, and race. He graduated from Harvard University with a Th.D. in theology in 2021. His first monograph, tentatively entitled "Theology in Place: Christianity, Geography, and the American South" develops a methodology for the analysis of the interplay of Christian theology and place, using the lived spaces of Southern religion as the principal set of case studies. The book is under contract with Fordham University Press and is expected in early 2026.

Beyond his first book project, he is interested in sacramental theology, the aesthetics of dazzlement, and philosophical and religious reflection on crisis.