The Reverend Robert Davis Hughes, III is Norma and Olan Mills Professor of Divinity and Professor of Systematic Theology in the School of Theology of The University of the South, where he has taught since 1977. Author of numerous articles appearing in journals such as the Anglican Theological Review, the Sewanee Theological Review, and the St. Luke’s Journal of Theology, he also wrote “The Holy Spirit in Christian Spirituality” for The Blackwell Companion to Christian Spirituality (2005).

Bob has been president of the board of GOAL Project (Global Outreach for Addiction Leadership and Learning), a mission society taking Twelve-Step Recovery where it is not and supporting it where it is new. Bob and his wife Barbara have been missionaries to Romania, Moldova, and Russia.

He is also active in his community with the Chemical Dependency Association, the local Chorale, the Boy Scout Troop, the American Red Cross as a CPR and First Aid Instructor, and on the Board of Trustees at a local private school.

Bob’s degrees include an MA and PhD from the University of St. Michael’s College, Toronto; an MDiv, Episcopal from the Theological School; and a BA from Yale University.