D. Stephen Long to
Present Parkhurst Lecture at
Southwestern College
Winfield, Kan., Jan. 11, 2023 — D. Stephen Long, Cary M. Maguire
University Professor of Ethics at Southern Methodist University, will present
the Parkhurst Lecture at Southwestern College on Tuesday, Feb. 2, at 4 p.m., in
Messenger Recital Hall in the Darbeth Fine Arts Building. There is no
admission charge and the public is invited to attend.
The topic of his lecture is “The Epistles of John and a Perfectionist
Ethics: F. D. Maurice’s Christian Socialist Legacy.”
“Dr. D. Stephen Long is one of the leading experts on the relationship
between Christianity and economic theory,” says Jacob Goodson, associate
professor of philosophy at Southwestern. “He is coming to SC to talk
about surprising connections between Christian theology, ethical reasoning, the
modern economy, and the New Testament. This is his second time to lecture at
SC, and we invited him back because he has served as a mentor to three current
SC instructors: Dr. Jackson Lashier, Dr. Abigail Cutter, and myself. Current
students, faculty, and community members will all benefit from attending his
lecture.”
Long previously worked at Marquette University, Garrett-Evangelical
Theological Seminary, St. Joseph’s University and Duke Divinity School. He
received his Ph. D. from Duke University, and is an ordained United Methodist
Minister who served churches in Honduras and North Carolina. He works in the
intersection between theology and ethics and has published over 50 essays and
14 books on theology and ethics including “Divine Economy: Theology and the
Market” (Routledge, 2000), “The Goodness of God: Theology, Church and Social
Order” (Brazos Press, 2001), “John Wesley’s Moral Theology: The Quest for God
and Goodness” (Kingswood, 2005), “Calculated Futures” (Baylor, 2007),
“Christian Ethics: A Very Short Introduction” (Oxford, 2010), “Saving Karl
Barth: Hans Urs von Balthasar’s Preoccupation” (Fortress Press, 2014), and The
Perfectly Simple Triune God: Aquinas and His Legacy (Fortress Press, 2016).
The Parkhurst Lecture is one of three annual endowed lectures hosted by
the philosophy and religion department of the social sciences division at
Southwestern College. This lecture focuses on Biblical studies.
For more information, contact Goodson by email at Jacob.goodson@sckans.edu.
