Career
He earned his master of divinity degree from Wesley Theological Seminary and another master’s and doctorate from Drew University Graduate School. He is an ordained United Methodist Minister. He joined Elon’s faculty in 1986.
In 2010, he was named Elon"s Distinguished University Scholar.
His books include
The Anselmic Shift: Christology and Method in Karl Barth’s Theology (1990)
The Matrix of Faith: Reclaiming a Christian Vision (2001)
Entertaining the Triume Mystery: God, Science and the Space Between (2003)
Devil"s Ink: Blog from the Basement Office (2011)
He has been a regular commentator on national and state issues. In one interview for Cable News Network, he pointed to the implications of the 2012 Republican Presidential ticket being made up of representatives of Christian religious traditions that had been widely castigated by previous generations of Republicans.
He has engaged with North Carolina politics in op-eds that have appeared in a variety of North Carolina newspapers, arguing against North Carolina’s efforts to ban same-sex marriage and in support of the Moral Monday movement.
