John D. Barton

John D. Barton is the professional development program officer for NetVUE, and co-host of our podcast, Callings: Conversations on College, Career, and a Life Well Lived. John works with the Institute for Faith and Learning at Baylor University. In addition to holding faculty positions, John previously served as director of the Center for Faith and Learning at Pepperdine University, and provost at Rochester Christian University. His areas of research and teaching include African philosophy, Christian and interreligious studies, and faith and philanthropy. He holds a BA from Harding University, an MDiv from Harding School of Theology, a graduate certificate in Islamic Studies from the Bayan Graduate School at Claremont School of Theology, and a PhD from Makerere University in Uganda. He is the author of Better Religion: A Primer for Interreligious Peacebuilding (Baylor, 2022).