Christopher Stedman (born April 9, 1987) is an American writer who teaches in the department of religion and philosophy at Augsburg University.

He was raised in a secular household, but converted to Evangelical Christianity at the age of eleven, because he was attracted by its stability during his parents' divorce.

[citation needed] Stedman struggled for years to reconcile his gay sexual orientation with his Christian faith and declared himself an atheist in college.

[3] Stedman studied Religion at Augsburg University, Meadville Lombard Theological School at the University of Chicago, obtaining baccalaureate and master's degrees prior to joining Harvard at the Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard.

[18] Stedman has received some criticism for his open embrace of religion from the broader atheist community.