David Gushee

David Gushee

Dr. David P. Gushee is the distinguished university professor of Christian ethics at Mercer University, and was formerly the Graves Professor of Moral Philosophy and the Senior Fellow of the Carl F.H. Henry Center for Christian Leadership at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee.

Gushee is notable for being a nationally recognized Holocaust scholar and ethicist. He is the author of approximately 70 articles, chapters and reviews as well as the author of 9 books. Gushee was ordained to Christian ministry at Walnut Hills Baptist Church in Williamsburg, Virginia in 1987. [http://www.davidgushee.com/contents.htm]

His recent book "Only Human" was listed on Amazon.com's Top 10 “Christianity” books of the year for 2005, and his book "Kingdom Ethic"s was Christianity Today's Theology/Ethics Book of the Year for 2004. He has also received the Evangelical Press Association's Christian Journalism Award for 1991, 1992 and 1997.

He is a columnist for Christianity Today, the Associated Baptist Press, countercultureblog.com and the Jackson Sun.

Education

*Ph.D. - 1993 - Union Theological Seminary, NY (Christian Ethics)
*M.Phil. - 1990 - Union Theological Seminary, NY (Christian Ethics)
*M.Div. - 1987 - Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
*B.A. - 1984 - College of William and Mary (Phi Beta Kappa)

Books

*"The Future of Faith in American Politics: The Public Witness of the Evangelical Center". Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2008.

*"Only Human: Christian Reflections on the Journey Toward Wholeness". San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2005.

*"Getting Marriage Right: Realistic Counsel for Saving and Strengthening Marriages". Grand Rapids: Baker, 2004.

*"Righteous Gentiles of the Holocaust: Genocide and Moral Obligation". 2nd edition, revised. Minneapolis, MN: Paragon House, 2003.

*"Kingdom Ethics: Following Jesus in Contemporary Context, with Glen H. Stassen". Downers Grove, IL : Intervarsity, 2003. Translations: Japanese, Bulgarian, Spanish, Indonesian.

*"Christians and Politics Beyond the Culture Wars: From Despair to Mission". Editor/Contributor. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2000.

*"Toward a Just and Caring Society: Christian Responses to Poverty in America". Editor/Contributor. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1999.

*"The Future of Christian Higher Education", co-edited with David S. Dockery. Broadman & Holman, 1999.

*"A Bolder Pulpit: Reclaiming the Moral Dimension of Preaching, with Robert H. Long". Valley Forge: Judson Press, 1998.

*"Preparing for Christian Ministry: An Evangelical Approach". Co-edited with Walter Jackson. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1996.

*"The Righteous Gentiles of the Holocaust: A Christian Interpretation. Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress", 1994. German Translation: Die Gerechten Des Holocaust: Warum nur wenige Christen den Juden halfen. Wuppertal: One Way Verlag, 1997.

External links

*David Gushee [http://www.davidgushee.com/]
* [http://www.calvin.edu/innercompass/media/ic806.mov Inner Compass] - "Suffering in Marriage" TV Interview
* [http://www.calvin.edu/innercompass/media/ic806.mp3 Inner Compass] - "Suffering in Marriage" audio mp3

Links to articles

*"5 Reasons Torture is Always Wrong" [http://www.ctlibrary.com/ct/2006/february/23.32.html]
*"A new alliance for creation" [http://countercultureblog.com/?p=43]
*"Commentaries on "The Passion of the Christ": Passions and "The Passion"' [http://www.baptiststandard.com/postnuke/index.php?module=htmlpages&func=display&pid=1388]
*"The Consistent Ethic of Life" [http://www.christianethicstoday.com/Issue/032/The%20Consistent%20Ethic%20of%20Life%20By%20David%20Gushee_032_3_.htm]
*"The Middle East's Death Wish-and Ours" [http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2006/julyweb-only/128-53.0.html]
*"Post-Christendom Christianity?" [http://www.abpnews.com/1407.article]
*"The Sanctity of Life" [http://www.cbhd.org/resources/sanctity/gushee_2006-06-16.htm]
*"Spirituality, Moral Choices, and Health" [http://www.cbhd.org/resources/healthcare/gushee_2004-09-01.htm]
*"Time for a national death-penalty moratorium" [http://www.abpnews.com/1683.article]
*"We Risk Not Just Suffering, But Annihilation" [http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2006/julyweb-only/129-53.0.html]
*"When Marriage Brings Suffering" [http://www.christianethicstoday.com/Issue/032/The%20Consistent%20Ethic%20of%20Life%20By%20David%20Gushee_032_3_.htm]


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