Caleb Henley Angell

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Caleb is an attorney and Constitutional Law Fellow at the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty in Washington, D.C., and has embarked on a PhD program at the University of Aberdeen in researching theological ethical issues. Caleb recently completed a Master of Studies in theology and Christian ethics at the University of Oxford — where he also played for, and was vice-captain of the university's baseball team. He has also held several legal positions with the federal government, including as an Honors Attorney within the Department of Defense and a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland.

Caleb earned his J.D. summa cum laude from Syracuse University College of Law and his B.A. summa cum laude in History & Political Science from Friends University in Kansas. Originally from a dairy farm in New York’s verdant Hudson Valley, Caleb enjoys agriculture and cinema (in addition to baseball) and is now based in Alexandria, Virginia with his wife and son.

Position

Attorney and doctoral candidate

Home

Upstate NY / Oxford, UK

Stories by Caleb

US / UK
August 9, 2026
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Essays

The Eternal Game?

Is there something more to the game? Drawing on Augustine, Origen, and an Oxford theology degree, ethicist and scholar Caleb makes the case - from the Elysian Fields to Iowa's cornfields - that America's pastime has always been reaching for something transcendent.

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