David P. Gushee
David P. Gushee is an author at Religion News Service.
All Stories by David P. Gushee
Thou shalt not kill!
By David P. Gushee — December 7, 2015
The most basic human moral responsibility is to train people not to murder each other. It appears that we are increasingly failing at this task.
Becoming the best version of ourselves
By David P. Gushee — December 1, 2015
Catholic author Matthew Kelly inspires this query for all of us: are we even trying to become the best version of ourselves?
A Report on President Trump’s First 100 Days
By David P. Gushee — November 24, 2015
An imagined but not unrealistic projection of the first one hundred days in office for today's leading Republican presidential candidate.
Christians, don’t forget that we too have killed in God’s name
By David P. Gushee — November 17, 2015
The responsibility of religious leaders is to put their own house in order, not point fingers at other religions.
What if the South really were a different country?
By David P. Gushee — October 27, 2015
My Cracker Barrel Revelation: much can be explained about our gridlocked political culture by taking regional differences seriously.
It’s chaos out there: Christian moral pluralism in America today (COMMENTARY)
By David P. Gushee — October 23, 2015
(RNS) Recently I have had two conversations that reveal the incredible breadth of moral pluralism that exists not just in America but in the Christian population of America.
It’s chaos out there: Christian moral pluralism in America today
By David P. Gushee — October 22, 2015
The spectrum of moral views among Christians on just about every subject spans dizzyingly from one extreme to another.
Should religious values or American self-interest shape foreign policy?
By David P. Gushee — October 20, 2015
Nationalism, moralism, and isolationism -- which best serves America? Which reflects religious and moral values?
Do the Democrats have a moral agenda for 2016?
By David P. Gushee — October 12, 2015
Republicans talk about God and moral values. Democrats have a religious and moral vision too, if they will claim it.
Anti-immigrant rhetoric can be deadly (COMMENTARY)
By David P. Gushee — October 9, 2015
(RNS) When one group of people in a country is taught to look at another group as inferior, immoral, and dangerous, the latter group will eventually pay a huge price.
Anti-immigrant rhetoric can be deadly
By David P. Gushee — October 8, 2015
When one group of people in a country is taught to look at another group as inferior, immoral, and dangerous, the latter group will eventually pay a huge price.
What if religious people started caring about issues other than sex?
By David P. Gushee — October 5, 2015
Environment, violence, women's health, smoking, child mortality...there's so much to talk about besides what we always talk about.
Pope Francis, Kelly Gissendaner and ‘unchanging faith in a changing world’ (COMMENTARY)
By David P. Gushee — September 30, 2015
ATLANTA (RNS) Pope Francis and contemporary Roman Catholicism oppose the death penalty. This is a huge change from the past. How do religious traditions decide when doctrines should, or should not, be updated?
Pope Francis, Kelly Gissendaner, & ‘unchanging faith in a changing world’
By David P. Gushee — September 30, 2015
Pope Francis and contemporary Roman Catholicism oppose the death penalty. This is a huge change. How do religious traditions decide when doctrines should, or should not, change?
Pope Francis and the double-edged sword of religious tradition
By David P. Gushee — September 28, 2015
Pope Francis exudes a fresh take on a very old Catholic tradition. But here's why tradition is a double-edged sword.
