Dr. David P. Gushee is Distinguished University Professor of
Christian Ethics at Mercer University and Chair of Christian Social
Ethics Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam/IBTS. One of the world's
leading Christian ethicists, he is the author or editor of more
than 25 books, including Changing Our Mind, After Evangelicalism,
Kingdom Ethics, Still Christian, Righteous Gentiles of the
Holocaust, and The Sacredness of Human Life. Gushee is a frequent
speaker, "Kingdom Ethics" podcaster, and activist. He and his wife,
Jeanie, live in Atlanta, Georgia. Visit davidpgushee.com or
@dpgushee on social media.
Dr. David P. Gushee is Distinguished University Professor of
Christian Ethics at Mercer University and Chair of Christian Social
Ethics Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam/IBTS. One of the world's
leading Christian ethicists, he is the author or editor of more
than 25 books, including Changing Our Mind, After Evangelicalism,
Kingdom Ethics, Still Christian, Righteous Gentiles of the
Holocaust, and The Sacredness of Human Life. Gushee is a frequent
speaker, "Kingdom Ethics" podcaster, and activist. He and his wife,
Jeanie, live in Atlanta, Georgia. Visit davidpgushee.com or
@dpgushee on social media.
" Still Christian is an excellent book, both a lover's quarrel and
a cautionary tale." --Randall Balmer John Phillips Professor in
Religion, Dartmouth College Author of Evangelicalism in America
"Simply Christian takes us on the journey of a Christian leader who
endeavors to maintain his integrity while navigating his way from a
rigid fundamentalism with its right wing political agenda into a
progressive world view. The author describes the conflicts and
pains that may have to be endured by any who would dare to make a
similar journey. I loved this book!" --Tony Campolo, Professor
Emeritus of Sociology, Eastern University
"After reading the book, I think you'll feel as I do: that his
wise, kind, and honest voice is needed now more than ever. If
you're conflicted about the term 'Evangelical' in the Trump years,
you especially need this book. It might help you stay Christian."
-- Brian D. McLaren, author of The Great Spiritual Migration
"Anyone who wants to know what a Christian ethicist is and does can
begin here, with the compelling account of how one man makes
life-bending decisions about things that matter, without ever
losing faith in the tender Jesus who has hold of his soul."
--Barbara Brown Taylor, author of Leaving Church and Learning to
Walk in the Dark
"As a thinking person of faith in a world where the church and
academy are viewed at odds with one another, David Gushee's memoir
reveals a vulnerability bound to a firm belief that the lives of
those who follow Jesus need to be spent saving souls without losing
minds, especially their own. Any scholar wondering why they're
still Christian will find solace in his testimony." --Stacey M.
Floyd-Thomas, Associate Professor of Ethics and Society, Vanderbilt
University Divinity School
"Bearing witness from intersection of religion, culture, and
politics, Gushee tells an insider's tale of the lost battle for the
soul of Evangelicalism. HIs writing is by turns searingly honest,
elegiac, fascinating, and inspiring. But what does it matter? It
matters because many of us, insiders and outsiders to this larger
story, know so little about the essentially religious family feud
that threatens now to undo our indivisible union. It's time to tune
in." --Ken Wilson, Copastor of Blue Ocean Faith, Ann Arbor, and
author of A Letter to My Congregation and, with Emily Swan, Solus
Jesus
"David Gushee articulates beautifully and personally the journey
many Christians today are facing: finding a way to remain 'still
Christian' in a complex and challenging world where the
black-and-white biblicistic Evangelical/Fundamentalist faith of
one's youth has lost much of its explanatory value. David has lived
it, and his courage, conviction, and honesty will certainly
resonate with many, as they do with me."-- Peter Enns, Abram S.
Clemens professor of biblical studies at Eastern University and
author of The Sin of Certainty
"David Gushee contains multitudes. He's a progressive Evangelical
Christian who left Catholicism because of weak post-Vatican II
catechisis. He seeks justice both for LGBT persons and prenatal
children. He's been president of the most important scholarly
societies in our field, but is also a die-hard political activist
and dedicated pastor. Now identifying as "Batholic", he has
returned to his Catholic faith, but without leaving Evangelical
Christianity. If you suspect the story of how someone became such
an interestingly-complex Christ-follower might be worth reading
about, you are correct. Christians of all kinds should pick up this
readable book--but only if they are ready to be challenged, moved,
and inspired." -- Charles C. Camosy is Associate Professor of
Theological and Social Ethics at Fordham University
"David Gushee has been in almost 'every room where it happens' in
American Christianity. From Post Vatican II Catholic, to right-wing
Evangelical, to radical Liberationist, Gushee's surprising
spiritual sojourn offers a singular insight into Christianity in
America that is both disturbing and beautiful. Still Christian is
one part anthropology, one part political history, and one part
vocational struggle; yet taken as a whole it is about one man's
search for the best way to love Jesus in a complex and conflicted
world." -- Paul Brandeis Raushenbush, Senior Vice President at
Auburn Seminary, and Editor of Voices.
"David Gushee has written a gripping memoir. His is a life that
reveals an amazing journey of faith and startling encounters with
the idols that may challenge it. Every chapter brims with the power
of his witness: from the moment he gave his life to Jesus, to
navigating the inner circles of white American evangelicalism, to
finding courage in his faith to speak his truth to power, and now
to experience sheer joy with his family and grandchild. This is a
must read for anyone trying to walk in faith...for anyone trying to
live life fully and with purpose."--Eddie S. Glaude, Jr.
"David Gushee has written a heartfelt, accessible, deeply personal
memoir. Still Christian is a moving account of his journey through
four decades of asking difficult questions about how Christian
faith ought to inform one's positions on the thorniest ethical and
political issues of our time. --Jim Wallis, New York Times
bestselling author of America's Original Sin: Racism, White
Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America, president of
Sojourners, and editor-in-chief of Sojourners magazine
"David Gushee is one of our finest public theologians, in a moment
when global life needs public theology reimagined and resurrected.
In laying bare his deepest questions and confusions alongside his
deepest clarity and fidelity, David Gushee shows us how this way of
being Christian might also be a redemptive force for our time." --
Krista Tippett, Executive Producer/Host, On Being + Curator, The
Civil Conversations Project
"David Gushee's fascinating memoir will appeal to anyone seeking to
understand the complex religious forces shaping American politics
and society today. From his conservative Southern Baptist
beginnings all the way to his advocacy for LGBT Christians in
recent years, Gushee's life and career make for an engrossing
account from the front lines of the culture wars. Still Christian
is essential reading for discovering where the church has come
from, where we're headed, and what faithfulness to Jesus looks like
when it requires prophetic dissent." --Matthew Vines, executive
director of The Reformation Project and author of God and the Gay
Christian
"Like examining the rings on a tree, David Gushee's life tells a
story of the last half-century of Christianity in America. He's
been a part of church battles and political battles. He's been the
darling of conservatives and progressives. In the end, he is a
Christian ethicist who's valiantly followed his conscience. Now
that he's quitting the culture wars, we all have a lot to learn
from him. These have been tumultuous years for the church in
America, and Gushee's autobiography stands as a memorial to all
we've gained and lost." --Tony Jones, author of Did God Kill
Jesus?
"Like David, I spent most of my life hanging onto Jesus in the
midst of that relentless storm of anti-intellectual sexism,
homophobia, and climate change denial better known as American
evangelicalism, until all I had left was my devotion to loving
relationships and social justice and my overwhelming sense of
wonder. Unlike me, however, David has come through with both faith
and intellect intact, deeply and wisely committed to making the
Church more worthy of its founder. As much as I wish he'd come help
me pursue goodness in secular ways, this book joyfully testifies to
the fact that he's right where he belongs. You Christians are lucky
to have him!" --Bart Campolo, humanist chaplain at the University
of Southern California and coauthor (with Tony Campolo) of Why I
Left, Why I Stayed: Conversations on Christianity between an
Evangelical Father and His Humanist Son
"Memoirs are fragile genres for theologians, but Gushee's memoir is
a must read for Christians and non-Christians so both kinds of
readers will better understand the challenges of being Christian in
this fearful time." --Stanley Hauerwas, Gilbert T. Rowe Professor
Emeritus of Divinity and Law, Duke University Divinity School
"Open, honest, and informed, Christian ethicist David Gushee's
Still Christian> invites readers behind the scenes of the
evangelical movement as Gushee interrogates his own evangelical
faith roots, journey, and eventual ouster from the movement. Still
Christian is mandatory reading for such a time as this. --Lisa
Sharon Harper, speaker, activist and author of The Very Good
Gospel: How Everything Wrong Can Be Made Right
"Testimonies remain an important component of the Christian worship
experience, for they reveal how less than perfect humans wrestle
with God. Still Christian is the testimony of an influential
Christian ethicist which enfleshes what it means to remain
faithful. One can learn more about Christian ethics reading
Gushee's testimony then academic theses on the subject." --Miguel
A. De La Torre, Professor of Social Ethics and Latino/a Studies,
Iliff School of Theology
"The spiritual journey is far more difficult and painful than most
of us like to admit. In >Still Christian, David Gushee speaks
with a candor and clarity that is both rare and refreshing about
the meandering nature of faith. Like a conversation with an old
friend over coffee, he shares a story that so many of us who claim
Christ or engaged organized religion can find ourselves in and
process our own story from." -John Pavlovitz, author of A Bigger
Table: Building Messy, Authentic, and Hopeful Spiritual
Community
"This is a story of finding faith and almost losing it, of
struggling with spirituality but sticking with it. It's David's
story, but it is also mine. And perhaps it is yours, too. In these
pages, one of our wisest voices has spoken. I strongly suggest you
listen." --Jonathan Merritt, contributing writer for The Atlantic
and author of Learning to Speak God from Scratch
David Gushee is one of the most thoughtful Christian thinkers
writing today. Still Christian gives an astute and troubling
account of the turbulent changes in American evangelical
Christianity in recent decades and how these changes continue to
shape the broader religious landscape. It is also a brave, honest,
and deeply personal account of what it means to remain Christian in
the early twenty-first century.-- Victoria J. Barnett, General
Editor, Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works English Edition
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