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Dr. David P. Gushee is a Christian ethicist and public intellectual. He is the author of twenty books in his field.

Work and membership

David P. Gushee is the Distinguished University Professor of Christian Ethics and Director of the Center for Faith and Public Life at Mercer University.[1] He has worked at Mercer since 2007. Prior to that Gushee taught at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee and at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky.

Gushee is Vice-President of the American Academy of Religion and President-Elect of the Society of Christian Ethics. He is a columnist for Religion News Service and was a columnist for Christianity Today from 2005 to 2007. Gushee has also served on The Constitution Project's Detainee Task Force since December 2010.[2][3][4] He helped draft the Evangelical Climate Initiative's Call to Action.[5] He serves on the Sojourners board of directors.

Scholarship and recognition

Due to his first book Righteous Gentiles of the Holocaust, and related writings, Gushee is an internationally recognized Holocaust scholar and ethicist. He was appointed in 2008 by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to serve as a member of the Church Relations and the Holocaust Committee.[6]

Gushee's most widely-read books include Kingdom Ethics (2003, with Glen Stassen), The Sacredness of Human Life (2013), and Changing Our Mind (2014). Kingdom Ethics, which one Christianity Today's Theology/Ethics Book fo the Year Award in 2004, is one of the most widely used textbooks in Christian Ethics. It has been in print continuously since 2003 and has been translated into eight languages. It will come out in a second edition in 2016.

Overall, Gushee is the author of well over one hundred scholarly articles, chapters and reviews and has written or edited twenty books. He has also authored countless opinion pieces since the 1990s.

Gushee was ordained to the Gospel Ministry at Walnut Hills Baptist Church in Williamsburg, Virginia in 1987.[7]

He has also received the Evangelical Press Association's Christian Journalism Award for 1991, 1992 and 1997.

Gushee was granted an honorary Doctor of Divinity (D.D.) degree in May 2009 by the John Leland Center for Theological Studies.

Education

Gushee received his Ph.D. in Christian ethics from Union Theological Seminary in 1993, having earned his M.Phil. from Union Theological Seminary in 1990. Gushee earned his M.Div. from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1987. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a B.A. from the College of William and Mary in 1984.

Controversy

As a Christian ethicist, Gushee has faced periodic eruptions of controversy. His advocacy for evangelical recognition of climate change, rejection of torture in the US "War on Terror," opposition to the death penalty, and LGBT inclusion have been controversial. In 2014, In 2015, Russell Moore, also a well known Evangelical ethicist, implied that Gushee was not a true Evangelical because of his change of belief on LGBT issues.[8]

Books

  • Gushee, David P. (2013). The Sacredness of Human Life: Why an Ancient Biblical Vision Is Key to the World's Future. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. ISBN 978-0-8028-4420-0. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
  • Gushee, David P. (2008). The Future of Faith in American Politics: The Public Witness of the Evangelical Center. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
  • Gushee, David P. (2005). Only Human: Christian Reflections on the Journey Toward Wholeness. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
  • Gushee, David P. (2004). Getting Marriage Right: Realistic Counsel for Saving and Strengthening Marriages. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
  • Gushee, David P. (2003). Righteous Gentiles of the Holocaust: Genocide and Moral Obligation (2nd ed.). Minneapolis, MN: Paragon House. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
  • Gushee, David P.; Glen Stassen (2003). Kingdom Ethics: Following Jesus in Contemporary Context. Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
  • Gushee, David P. (2000). Christians and Politics Beyond the Culture Wars: From Despair to Mission. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
  • Gushee, David P. (1999). Toward a Just and Caring Society: Christian Responses to Poverty in America. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
  • Gushee, David P.; David S. Dockery (1999). The Future of Christian Higher Education. Broadman & Holman. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
  • Gushee, David P.; Robert H. Long (1998). A Bolder Pulpit: Reclaiming the Moral Dimension of Preaching. Valley Forge, PA: Judson Press. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
  • Gushee, David P.; Walter Jackson (1996). Preparing for Christian Ministry: An Evangelical Approach. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
  • Changing Our Mind: A call from America's leading evangelical ethics scholar for full acceptance of LGBT Christians in the Church. Ann Arbor: ReadTheSpirit Books. 2014. ISBN 978-1939880765. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)

References

  1. ^ David P. Gushee, The Future of Faith in American Politics: The Public Witness of the Evangelical Center, Baylor University Press, 2008.
  2. ^ "Task Force on Detainee Treatment Launched". The Constitution Project. 2010-12-17. Archived from the original on 2010-12-18.
  3. ^ "Think tank plans study of how US treats detainees". Wall Street Journal. 2010-12-17. Archived from the original on 2010-12-18. Former FBI Director William Sessions, former Arkansas U.S. Rep. Asa Hutchinson, a retired Army general and a retired appeals court judge in Washington are among 11 people selected for a task force that will meet for the first time in early January, said Virginia Sloan, a lawyer and president of The Constitution Project.
  4. ^ "Task Force members". The Constitution Project. 2010-12-17. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-18.
  5. ^ Lampman, Jane (March 12, 2008). "Southern Baptist leaders urge climate change action". Christian Science Monitor.
  6. ^ "Committee on Church Relations and the Holocaust". United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
  7. ^ "David P. Gushee Bio" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 30, 2008. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
  8. ^ "Can Affirming Gay Christians Be Evangelical?". The Christian Post. September 2, 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
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