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David Gushee

United States
Institution Mercer University
Position Distinguished University Professor of Christian Ethics & Director, Center for Theology and Public Life
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Email Address gushee_dp@mercer.edu
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Prior Educational Background
  • B.A. College of William & Mary
  • M.Div. Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
  • Ph.D. Union Theological Seminary, New York (Christian Ethics)
Research Interests
  • Biblical Ethics
  • Evangelicalism and Post-Evangelicalism
  • Gender and Sexual Ethics
  • Human Rights
  • Political Ethics
  • Race
  • Social Ethics
  • War, Peace, and Peacebuilding
Recent Publications
  • Justice and the Way of Jesus: Christian Ethics and the Incarnational Discipleship of Glen Stassen. Editor, with Reggie L. Williams. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, Summer 2020.
  • In the Shadow of a Prophet: The Legacy of Walter Rauschenbusch. Editor & Contributor, with William H. Brackney. Macon: Mercer University Press, May 2020.
  • Moral Leadership for a Divided Age: Fourteen People Who Dared to Change Our World. With Colin D. Holtz. Grand Rapids: Brazos, 2018.
Professional Activities and Affiliations
  • Past-President, American Academy of Religion and Society of Christian Ethics
  • Blogger/Columnist, Religion News Service, Baptist News Global, Huffington Post, Christianity Today, etc., 1998-
  • Board of Directors, Sojourners, 2014-2017
  • Death Penalty Committee & Detainee Treatment Taskforce member, Constitution Project, 2009-2015
  • New Evangelical Partnership for the Common Good, Co-Founder and Chair of Board, 2009-2012
  • Founder and President, Evangelicals for Human Rights, 2007-2009
  • Member, Committee on Ethics, Religion, and the Holocaust, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 2000-2005