Windows on the World: David Gushee
| 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
David Gushee: Ethicist, Pastor, Author, Advocate
Windows on the World (March 21st 3 p.m.): “The Radical Moral Message of Jesus”. Based on Dr. Gushee's new book, The Moral Teachings of Jesus, this talk describes how Jesus turns our way of looking at the world, and living in it, entirely upside down. Are we ready to follow him?
Rev. Dr. David P. Gushee is Distinguished University Professor of Christian Ethics at Mercer University, Chair of Christian Social Ethics at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and Senior Research Fellow, International Baptist Theological Study Centre. He is also the elected past-president of the American Academy of Religion and the Society of Christian Ethics. Dr. Gushee is the author or editor of 29 books, including the bestsellers Kingdom Ethics and Changing Our Mind. His other most notable works are Defending Democracy from Its Christian Enemies, After Evangelicalism, and most recently, The Moral Teachings of Jesus. He lectures and consults globally, and is widely regarded as one of the world’s leading Christian moral thinkers. Gushee and his wife, Jeanie, live in Atlanta, Georgia.