Emir J. Phillips, JD/MBA/DBA, is an associate professor of finance at Lincoln University and a longtime financial advisor. His teaching and research focus on political economy, banking, and the moral foundations of markets. His scholarship has appeared in the Journal of Economic Issues and the Cambridge Journal of Economics. He writes for Providence on Christian public policy and economic statecraft, drawing on academic and practitioner experience in finance.
In Exodus, God spoke through the oracles of Urim and Thummim. Today, we risk treating AI as a similar black box: something from which information proceeds, but whose source cannot be known
Emir PhillipsFebruary 9, 2026
In-between crusading moralism and fatigued withdrawal, Christian realism charts a middle course in foreign policy that balances faithful witness with the recognition that America cannot solve all the world’s problems
Emir PhillipsJanuary 21, 2026
As AI grows more ubiquitous, lawmakers should look to the doctrine of “imago dei” to keep public policy moored to the needs of human beings as reflections of divinity
Emir PhillipsNovember 7, 2025
