Ted A. Smith is assistant professor of ethics and society as well as director of the Program in Theology and Practice at Vanderbilt Divinity School. Smith teaches and writes across the fields of ethics, homiletics, and social theory. In each of these fields he tries to do public theology through critical reflection on everyday church life. Ordained to ministry in the Presbyterian Church (USA), Smith has served as pastor to two small-membership churches in rural New York State. He is the author of The New Measures: A Theological History of Democratic Practice.(Bio dated 2008)