Gushee: 11 books
Pioneers of Jazz
The Story of the Creole Band
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2010
Thanks to the pioneering tours of the Creole Band, jazz began to be heard nationwide on the vaudeville stages of America from 1914 to 1918. This seven-piece band toured the country, exporting for the first time the authentic jazz strains that had developed in New Orleans at the start of the 20th century....
In the Fray
Contesting Christian Public Ethics, 1994–2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2014
In the Fray collects David Gushee's most significant essays over twenty years as a Christian intellectual. Most of the essays were written in situations of ethical conflict on the highly contested ground of Christian public ethics. Topics addressed include torture, climate change, marriage and divorce,...
Yours Is the Day, Lord, Yours Is the Night
A Morning and Evening Prayer Book
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2012
Yours Is the Day, Lord, Yours Is the Night gives a framework for prayerful devotions with a morning and evening prayer for each day of the year. The prayers have been selected to reflect the seasons and the liturgical calendar. They are intended not to replace your personal, spontaneous prayers but...
Kingdom Ethics
Following Jesus in Contemporary Context
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2016
Comprehensive update of the leading Christian ethics textbook of the 21st century
Ever since its original publication in 2003, Glen Stassen and David Gushee's Kingdom Ethics has offered students, pastors, and other readers an outstanding framework for Christian ethical thought, one that is...
A Letter to My Congregation
An evangelical pastor's path to embracing people who are gay, lesbian and transgender into the company of Jesus.
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
"This is a breakthrough work coming from the heart of evangelical Christianity and offered into the heart of evangelical Christianity," writes David P. Gushee, the prolific Christian author and Director of the Center for Theology and Public Life at Mercer University. In describing this book,...
The Sacredness of Human Life
Why an Ancient Biblical Vision Is Key to the World's Future
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This authoritative book is the most comprehensive examination ever of the sacredness of human life. Never before has one volume explored this subject in such a multifaceted way, encompassing biblical roots, theological elaborations, historical cases, and contemporary ethical perspectives.
Tracing...
Why People Matter
A Christian Engagement with Rival Views of Human Significance
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2017
Amid current arguments related to human life and dignity, Christians must be clear about how their faith speaks to such concerns and what other outlooks have to say. This book brings together noted ethicists--Russell DiSilvestro, David P. Gushee, Amy Laura Hall, John F. Kilner, Gilbert C. Meilaender,...
Solus Jesus
A Theology of Resistance
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2018
If you read one book this year about the future of Christianity, then choose this book. Five hundred years ago the Protestant Reformation claimed the Bible as the authoritative guide for Christian living (“Sola Scriptura!” Only Scripture!). In this groundbreaking work, Emily Swan and Ken Wilson...
Defences of Women: Jane Anger, Rachel Speght, Ester Sowernam and Constantia Munda
Printed Writings 1500-1640: Series 1, Part One, Volume 4
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
Jane Anger her Protection for Women A Mouzell for Melastomus Ester hath hang’d Haman The Worming of a mad Dogge Of the many tracts in defence of women published in early modern England only these four bear women’s names. All four were written in response to misogynist attacks. Of these writers,...
by Michigan State University School of Journalism, David Gushee, Susan Horowitz
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2018
This clear, introductory guide answers 100 of the basic questions people ask about people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or who have other sexual orientations. The questions come from interviews with gay people who say these are issues they frequently get asked about or wish people knew more about....
by Kit Barker, Dale Campbell, David P. Gushee
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2018
Forgiveness is at the heart of the Christian Gospel. It goes hand in hand with love, mercy, and grace, the fundamental theological virtues. However, forgiveness is easier to define than it is to embody. This unique collection of essays brings together theologians, ethicists, and ministry practitioners...