David P. Gushee
David P. Gushee is an author at Religion News Service.
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COMMENTARY: Competing Loyalties Test Our Moral Judgments
By David P. Gushee — January 1, 2003
c. 2003 Religion News Service (David P. Gushee is the Graves Professor of Moral Philosophy at Union University in Jackson, Tenn.) (UNDATED) I received a letter recently from someone criticizing my just war reasoning related to a possible Iraq war. The criticism was not that I was employing just war theory wrongly but that I […]
COMMENTARY: The Battle for Our Children’s Minds
By David P. Gushee — January 1, 2003
c. 2003 Religion News Service (David P. Gushee is the Graves Professor of Moral Philosophy at Union University in Jackson, Tenn.) (UNDATED) Imagine that you are trying to get into the mind of someone. Your goal is to communicate some kind of message to that person so that he or she will not forget it. […]
COMMENTARY: The Achievement of Toleration
By David P. Gushee — January 1, 2003
c. 2003 Religion News Service (David P. Gushee is the Graves Professor of Moral Philosophy at Union University in Jackson, Tenn.) (UNDATED) In the past, I argued that some beliefs are worth dying for. I cautioned, however, that the New Testament teaches that by no means are we to kill for our faith. Now, I […]
COMMENTARY: The Tragedy of War
By David P. Gushee — January 1, 2003
c. 2003 Religion News Service (David P. Gushee is the Graves Professor of Moral Philosophy at Union University in Jackson, Tenn.) (UNDATED) It is impossible to write about anything other than the war. Who cares about faith-based initiatives, welfare reform or the future of Social Security right now? That is, of course, one of the […]
COMMENTARY: Beliefs Worth Dying For
By David P. Gushee — January 1, 2003
c. 2003 Religion News Service (David P. Gushee is the Graves Professor of Moral Philosophy at Union University in Jackson, Tenn.) (UNDATED) Memorial Day, just past, is the ultimate example of a national holiday out of step with the postmodern temper. A day set aside for consecrated remembering of those who have paid the ultimate […]
COMMENTARY: On the New Bishop Robinson
By David P. Gushee — January 1, 2003
c. 2003 Religion News Service (David P. Gushee is the Graves Professor of Moral Philosophy at Union University in Jackson, Tenn.) (UNDATED) The decision by Episcopal Church leaders to select the openly gay cleric Gene Robinson as a bishop has sent shock waves far beyond the Anglican Communion. In tandem with another decision that essentially […]
COMMENTARY: Gay Marriage? How We Got Here
By David P. Gushee — January 1, 2003
c. 2003 Religion News Service (David P. Gushee is the Graves Professor of Moral Philosophy at Union University in Jackson, Tenn.) (UNDATED) The Massachusetts Supreme Court made a decision last month that may open the way to gay marriage in America. Blame for that decision does not rest solely on the four judges who signed […]
COMMENTARY: An Iraq War Retrospective
By David P. Gushee — January 1, 2003
c. 2003 Religion News Service (David P. Gushee is the Graves Professor of Moral Philosophy at Union University in Jackson, Tenn.) (UNDATED) The swift and devastating defeat of the Iraqi regime brought to an end the many months of debate about the morality of such a war. Reviewing my many columns about the subject over […]
COMMENTARY: The Surprising Moral Vision of George W. Bush
By David P. Gushee — January 1, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (David P. Gushee is director of the Center for Christian Leadership and associate professor of Christian studies at Union University in Jackson, Tenn.) (UNDATED) George W. Bush’s acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention came closer to articulating a holistically Christian moral vision for public life than any major political […]
COMMENTARY: The Centrality of Forgiveness
By David P. Gushee — January 1, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (David P. Gushee is director of the Center for Christian Leadership and associate professor of Christian Studies at Union University in Jackson, Tenn.) (UNDATED) I am increasingly convinced that the phenomenon of forgiveness is one of the core realities of life on this planet. Those who do not forgive shake […]
COMMENTARY: Maybe There Is Hope for Hollywood After All
By David P. Gushee — January 1, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (David P. Gushee is director of the Center for Christian Leadership and associate professor of Christian studies at Union University in Jackson, Tenn.) (UNDATED) Recently I had the privilege of speaking to Hollywood screenwriters about the moral issues they face in their daily work. Good news: The much-despised entertainment industry […]
COMMENTARY: Principles for Christians in Politics
By David P. Gushee — January 1, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (David P. Gushee is director of the Center for Christian Leadership and associate professor of Christian studies at Union University in Jackson, Tenn.) (UNDATED) The religious bickering between candidates John McCain and George W. Bush and their respective ministerial allies during their primary battles requires careful reflection. There are lessons […]
COMMENTARY: The Abortion Impasse
By David P. Gushee — January 1, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (David P. Gushee is director of the Center for Christian Leadership and associate professor of Christian studies at Union University in Jackson, Tenn.) (UNDATED) This week marks the 27th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision that established abortion on demand as a new right in American life. Sometimes it […]
COMMENTARY: The Surprising Moral Vision of George W. Bush
By David P. Gushee — January 1, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (David P. Gushee is director of the Center for Christian Leadership and associate professor of Christian studies at Union University in Jackson, Tenn.) (UNDATED) George W. Bush’s acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention came closer to articulating a holistically Christian moral vision for public life than any major political […]
COMMENTARY: The Centrality of Forgiveness
By David P. Gushee — January 1, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (David P. Gushee is director of the Center for Christian Leadership and associate professor of Christian Studies at Union University in Jackson, Tenn.) (UNDATED) I am increasingly convinced that the phenomenon of forgiveness is one of the core realities of life on this planet. Those who do not forgive shake […]
