Beckett Rueda

Dissertation Fellow

Beckett Rueda is a PhD student in government at UT Austin. His research examines the conflict between divine revelation and secular authority in the foundation of liberalism, with a particular focus on John Locke. 

His current project studies the relationship between divine and civil authority in Locke’s English Tract. It forms part of a larger investigation into how Locke’s theological and epistemological writings illuminate and shape his political theory. 

Email: bfr356@my.utexas.edu

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