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by Brad Stetson (Author)
When working as a prison chaplain in the 1980s and 1990s, Stetson would tell the men that their Christian faith was a 24/7 calling: It was a full-time commitment that was meant to shape their lives all day, every day. When working as a professor at Christian colleges in the 1990s and 2000s, he told his students the same thing: their faith was for every area of life and living, not just Sundays or chapel services. Both groups uneasily wondered if their faith could pervade every behavioral and intellectual dimension of their life. Perhaps influences in their lives or their own experiences suggested to them that it couldn't, but when Stetson stressed to them that their faith equipped them with the strength and insight they would need for all of life--every season, every experience, every endeavor--they took heart, they were encouraged, and they were strengthened. This compelling, eclectic book will have the same effect on all readers, irrespective of their stage in the Christian life. Part devotional, part apologetic, part exhortation, and part social criticism, this readable work urges readers to fully take hold of a rigorous Christian worldview in every topic it so thoughtfully engages.
Author Biography
Brad Stetson (PhD, University of Southern California), writes on a wide range of social and religious topics. His interdisciplinary work has been reviewed in many academic venues, including the Journal of Ecumenical Studies, Journal of Church and State, Journal of Psychology and Christianity, British Journal of Psychotherapy, Buddhist-Christian Studies, Critical Sociology, International Journal of Comparative Sociology, Journal of Homicide Studies, Southeastern Political Review, Political Science Quarterly, Omega: The Journal of Death and Dying, Illness, Crisis and Loss, Mortality, and Ethics: An International Journal of Social, and Political and Legal Philosophy. His books have also been reviewed in popular publications such as New Oxford Review, World, First Things, National Review, The Human Life Review, The Interim, Crisis, The Orange County Register, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Times, Booklist, Choice, Kirkus Reviews and Publishers Weekly.
Mr. Stetson's essays and reviews have appeared in myriad publications, including Philosophia Christi, Religious Studies Review, Christian Scholar's Review, Ethics: An International Journal of Social, Political and Legal Philosophy, Journal of Religion & Film, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, Criswell Theological Review, Intercollegiate Review, The Human Life Review, Social Justice Review, Ethics & Medicine, Choice, Touchstone, Crisis, National Review, First Things, World, Christianity Today, Grief Digest, The Orange County Register, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Los Angeles Daily News and The Los Angeles Times.
Formerly an Associate Professor at Azusa Pacific University, Mr. Stetson has taught in the humanities and social sciences at several other schools, including Chapman University, Cal State Long Beach, Concordia University Irvine, Vanguard University, Cal State San Bernardino, Cal State Dominguez Hills and Biola University.
As a funeral chaplain Mr. Stetson has written and conducted over 3,000 funerals and memorial services. He regularly assists bereaved families, and he continues to write on issues of moment. He is currently developing book length studies of cultural and religious trends in American life.
