Ryan W. Davis is associate professor of political science at Brigham Young University. His academic research focuses on ethics, politics, and philosophy of religion. His work has been published in TheJournal of Political Philosophy, TheJournal of Politics, TheAmerican Journal of Political Science, TheJournal of the American Philosophical Association, Religious Studies, and Pacific Philosophical Quarterly. He has also written op-eds for The Washington Post, Newsweek, The Boston Globe, and Deseret News.