Education
B.S. Stanford University, M.S. Stanford University, M.Div. Princeton Theological Seminary, Ph.D. Duke University
david.stubbs@westernsem.edu

Courses
TF104 Introduction to Theology and Worship
TF121 Christian Ethics
TF525 Reformed Theologies: Calvin, Edwards, Schleiermacher, and Barth
TF544 Currents in 20th Century Theology
TF545 Ecclesiology, Politics and Economics
TF546 War and Peace
TF566 God and Mammon
MT240 Seminar in Theology and Its Contexts

Christian ethics and theology are all about making connections - connections between the patterns of God's activity, the shape of our living, and the patterns of our thinking. What a privilege it is to help students at Western better discern those connections. Students must develop such discernment as they prepare to lead the people of God further into ways reflective of our glorious and crucified God - and as they learn to protest and strive against ways within our church and society that are not

Background
A central interest of David Stubbs's scholarly work is the impact that different philosophies and cultures have had on the church's theological and ethical imagination. That interest finds particular focus in his continued work on the concept of participation in Christ and sanctification in the modern Reformed tradition.

His interest in theology and ethics has not been purely academic, however. David has worked in college ministries and worship leadership for many years, served as a construction manager for Habitat for Humanity, taught English in China, and participated in and led several mission service projects in the U.S., Argentina, and Mexico.

Dr. Stubbs currently is working on a project on the theme of union with Christ in Karl Barth's theology as well as a commentary on the book of Numbers for the Theological Exegesis of the Bible series. He is also part of a task force on sacramental practice in the Presbyterian Church. Dr. Stubbs has published and presented in areas such as narrative theology and ethics, the theological ethics of Karl Barth, Eastern Orthodoxy, and the impact of Anglo-American postmodernism on ethics.