Mark James Edwards is a Lecturer in Religion at Princeton University where he teaches “Imprisoned Minds: Religion and Philosophy from Jail.”  Typically offered in the spring semester, Imprisoned Minds is co-sponsored by the Freshmen Seminar Program, the University Center for Human Values, and the Program for Community Engaged Scholarship (ProCES).  Mark holds a M.Div. and Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary where he studied systematic theology, focusing on Karl Barth’s theology of time and eternity. He is author of Christ Is Time: The Gospel according to Karl Barth (and the Red Hot Chili Peppers). 

An award winning teacher, he has been working with University students since 2008.  In addition to Princeton, he has taught at The College of New Jersey, Princeton Theological Seminary, and inside Garden State Correctional Facility (pictured).  His current work aims the resources of systematic theology and philosophy of religion, especially those great works written by imprisoned authors, at the problems of global incarceration. 

When not in the books, with boot, bike, or belay he gravitates towards the trails and peaks of whatever wilderness he and his family can find. They live just next door, in Kingston.