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Glen Harold Stassen is a noted United States

United States

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Ethicist

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, professor and Baptist

Baptist

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theologian. He is known for his work on theological ethics, politics, social justice, and for developing the Just Peacemaking theory in ethics on the question of war. He is the son of former Minnesota

Minnesota

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governor and nine-time Presidential candidate Harold Stassen

Harold Stassen

Harold Edward Stassen was the 25th Governor of Minnesota from 1939 to 1943. After service in World War II, from 1948 to 1953 he was president of the University of Pennsylvania...

Education

Stassen received his BA in Physics from University of Virginia

University of Virginia

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, BD from Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York

Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York

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and his PhD from Duke University

Duke University

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. He has been a visiting scholar at Harvard University

Harvard University

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, Duke University

Duke University

, Columbia University

Columbia University

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, and the University of Heidelberg in Germany

Germany

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Career

Stassen was a professor for twenty years at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

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. He is currently the Lewis B. Smedes Professor of Christian Ethics at Fuller Theological Seminary

Fuller Theological Seminary

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in Pasadena, California

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.

Stassen is also contributor to Sojourners Magazine

Sojourners Magazine

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and has frequently appeared in the media, including the Los Angeles Times and The O'Reilly Factor

The O'Reilly Factor

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. His book Kingdom Ethics: Following Jesus in Contemporary Context, was awarded Best Book of the Year in the Theology/Ethics category by Christianity Today

Christianity Today

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in 2004.

He is on the board of Peace Action

Peace Action

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and Sojourners.

Books

Journey into Peacemaking (1982)
Just Peacemaking: Transforming Initiatives for Justice and Peace (1992)
Authentic Transformation: A New Vision of Christ and Culture (with John Howard Yoder
John Howard Yoder
John Howard Yoder was a Christian theologian, ethicist, and Biblical scholar best known for his radical Christian pacifism, his mentoring of future theologians such as Stanley Hauerwas, his loyalty to his Mennonite faith, and his 1972 magnum opus, The Politics of Jesus.-Life:Yoder earned his...

and Diane Yeager) (1996)
Capital Punishment: A Reader, editor (1998)
Just Peacemaking: Ten Practices for Abolishing War, editor (1998)
Kingdom Ethics: Following Jesus in Contemporary Context (with David P. Gushee) (2003)
Living the Sermon on the Mount: A Practical Hope for Grace and Deliverance (2006)
Peace Action: Past, Present, and Future, editor (with Lawrence S. Wittner
Lawrence S. Wittner
Lawrence S. Wittner is an American historian who has written extensively on peace movements and foreign policy....

) (2007)
Just Peacemaking: The New Paradigm for the Ethics of Peace and War, editor (2008)

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