Dr. Kyle Lambelet is Associate Professor of Ethics and Director of the Saint Nicholas Center for Faith and Justice. He works at the intersections of moral, political, and ascetical theology.
Lambelet’s first book, ¡Presente! Nonviolent Politics and the Resurrection of the Dead (2020), follows a transnational nonviolent social movement to propose modes of political action that are both effective and faithful. His current research thinks theologically about the climate crisis, drawing especially on the apocalyptic traditions of political theology to suggest practices for living through the ending of worlds. Lambelet is also a trained spiritual director and writes and teaches about the place of struggle in the spiritual life.
At VTS, Lambelet teaches courses in ethics. He aims to form students in the habits, dispositions, and skills that enable them to be agents of healing and justice in their communities. He is also the inaugural director of the Saint Nicholas Center for Faith and Justice.
Before joining the VTS faculty in 2024, Lambelet taught for seven years at Candler School of Theology at Emory University where he launched Candler’s program in Formation Communities. Prior to his PhD at the University of Notre Dame in Moral Theology and Peace Studies (2017), and MTS at Vanderbilt University Divinity School in Ethics and Society (2012), Lambelet spent several years working as a faith-rooted organizer in Atlanta, Georgia and Greensboro, North Carolina.
Lambelet is a lay Episcopalian and regularly teaches and preaches in local parishes. He teaches and facilitates dialogue on topics such as conflict transformation, political and community engagement, and racial justice and healing.
He and his spouse, the Rev. Nicole Lambelet, along with their two children Garren and Naomi enjoy searching out the best tacos in their neighborhood.
Linked Publications
2019 ¡Presente! Nonviolent Politics and the Resurrection of the Dead (Washington DC: Georgetown University Press).
2024 “Apocalyptic Praxis in Apocalyptic praxis in Evagrius of Pontus and Francis of Assisi,” Scottish Journal of Theology https://doi.org/10.1017/S0036930624000279.
2022 “A Spirituality of Conflict Work: Impasse, Apophasis, Imitatio,” Spiritus: A Journal of Christian Spirituality https://doi.org/10.1353/scs.2022.0036.
2021 “Nonviolent Struggle between Norm and Technique,” Journal of International Political Theory https://doi.org/10.1177/17550882211039747.
2021 “The Lure of the Apocalypse: Ecology, Ethics, and the End of the World,” Studies in Christian Ethics https://doi.org/10.1177/09539468211031352.
2021 “Becoming Allies: Friends, Enemies, and the End of the World at Camp Oceti Sakowin,” Practical Matters Journal http://practicalmattersjournal.org/2021/05/06/becoming-allies/.
2021 “Redemption Contests: The Presence of the Dead and Imperial Salvation,” Social Analysis https://doi.org/10.3167/sa.2020.640406.