Vincent Bacote, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Theology and the Director of the Center for Applied Christian Ethics at Wheaton College in Wheaton, IL. He is the author of The Political Disciple: A Theology of Public Life and The Spirit in Public Theology: Appropriating the Legacy of Abraham Kuyper. He is a member of the Evangelical Theological Society and the Society of Christian Ethics. Bacote resides in the Chicago area with his family.