DAVID P. GUSHEE is Graves Professor of Moral Philosophy at Union University. Prior to joining Union's faculty in 1996, Dr. Gushee served on the staff of Evangelicals for Social Action and then for three years on the faculty of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. At 40, Dr. Gushee is one of the leading evangelical voices in the field of Christian ethics at both a scholarly and popular level. He has written or edited seven books, with two more forthcoming in 2003-2004, and has published dozens of articles, book chapters, and reviews. His groundbreaking work on Christian behavior in Europe during the Holocaust--including his book, The Righteous Gentiles of the Holocaust--established him as a leader in that critical field of study. Besides this work on the Holocaust, he has written widely on a variety of subjects, especially in the areas of social ethics and public policy. His most recent book is Kingdom Ethics: Following Jesus in Contemporary Context, with Glen Stassen (IVP). Dr. Gushee's articles and reviews have appeared in such diverse publications as Christianity Today, Christian Century, Books & Culture, Sojourners, the Journal of Church and State, the Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, the Annals of the Society of Christian Ethics, the Journal of Family Ministry, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Catholic Digest, and Theology Today.
"David Gushee's wide-ranging research on the Holocaust rescuers
redresses a serious omission in the literature in the area of
Christian ethics. It is a response to the call of several Jewish
scholars that Christians break their silence on rescuer
interpretation" --Beverley W. Harrison, Union Theological
Seminary
"Despite decades of Holocaust studies and even mass media attention
(e.g., Shindler's List), no full-length treatment of the Righteous
Gentiles has appeared in and for Christian ethics. Who were these
people? Why did they do what they did? What kind of Christianity
was theirs, if any? How do we assess them, from a moral point of
view? And what does it all mean for Christian ethics? Finally, with
this book the lacuna has been filled, and David Gushess does it so
very, very well." --Larry L. Rasmussen, Union Theological
Seminary
"Superb analysis of the painful, urgent question, 'Why did so few
Christians try to protect the Jews?' An excellent book..." --Ronald
J. Sider, Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary
"This book confronts the record of Christian hatred and sin
revealed in the baleful light of the Holocaust in a morally
purifying way. It uncovers profound theological and ethical
paradigms in the witness of Righteous Gentiles without glossing
over or sentimentalizing the face of evil. Gushee's work is at once
intellectually vital and spiritually restorative. Strongly
recommended." -- Irving Greenberg, President, CLAL: National Jewish
Center for Learning and Leadership
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