by David P. Gushee | Dec 3, 2019 | Opinion
Among the many lasting contributions of my teacher and friend, Glen Stassen, his approach to just peacemaking may be the most important. Just peacemaking was Glen’s name for effective practices in civil and international life that reduce and resolve conflicts without...
by David P. Gushee | Dec 11, 2018 | Opinion
The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights is deeply consistent with the Christian faith, rightly understood, as I discussed previously. There are, however, some incongruities between the declaration – really, all human rights declarations – and certain...
by David P. Gushee | Dec 10, 2018 | Opinion
A fresh reading of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on this 70th anniversary of its adoption is well worth the effort. It leads me to the conclusion that this historic document is deeply consistent with the Christian faith, rightly understood – but that...
by David P. Gushee | Feb 28, 2018 | Opinion
Our nation’s immigration system is broken. This is widely agreed, even when little else is. For at least a decade, the outline of a comprehensive fix for our broken immigration system has been relatively clear, but Congress, in its constant state of partisan...
