Rev. Dr. David P. Gushee
Distinguished University Professor of Christian Ethics
Rev. Dr. Prof. David P. Gushee earned his Ph.D. in Christian ethics from Union Theological Seminary (NY). Now in his fourth decade of teaching, he has served as Distinguished University Professor of Christian Ethics at Mercer University since 2007. He is also Chair of Christian Social Ethics at Vrije Universiteit (Free University) and Senior Research Fellow at its partner school, International Baptist Theological Study Centre. Through these Amsterdam-based institutions he is privileged to supervise Ph.D. students from around the world.
Gushee is the elected past-president of the American Academy of Religion and the Society of Christian Ethics. As of 2025 he is the author, co-author, editor, or co-editor of 30 books, including the bestsellers Kingdom Ethics and Changing Our Mind. His other most notable works are Defending Democracy from Its Christian Enemies, After Evangelicalism, and most recently, The Moral Teachings of Jesus. He lectures and consults globally, regularly speaking to the press and on podcasts as well as in academic and ecumenical church settings. He is widely regarded as one of his generation’s most significant Christian moral thinkers.
Prof. Gushee and his wife, Jeanie, live in Atlanta, Georgia and Chipping Campden, England. They are the parents of three adult children and grandparents of three little ones. Learn more at davidpgushee.com.
Education
- Ph.D., Union Theological Seminary in New York, 1993
- M.Phil., Union Theological Seminary in New York, 1990
- M.Div., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1987
- B.A., College of William and Mary, 1984