New Southwest Ethics Professor
Mar 01, 2009
Dr. Scott Bader-Saye joins Southwest faculty
Dr. Scott Bader-Saye is the new professor of Christian ethics and moral theology at Seminary of the Southwest.
Dr. Bader-Saye comes to Southwest from the University of Scranton, where he has taught in its theology/religious studies department since 1997. He came to that university in Pennsylvania after earning the Ph.D. degree from Duke University. He majored in theology and ethics and minored in New Testament and Literature at Duke. Professor Bader-Saye received the B.A. cum laude from Davidson College and the M.Div. summa cum laude from Yale Divinity School.
A member of Phi Beta Kappa, Dr. Bader-Saye has written two books - Following Jesus in a Culture of Fear and Church and Israel After Christendom. The range of his other publications is wide - numerous chapters in other books and journal articles, a 2008 interview with Religion News Service, and numerous articles published in Christian Century.
Co-chair of the Scriptural Reason Section of the American Academy of Religion, Professor Bader-Saye returned to Yale Divinity School last year to present a lecture on "Are We Safe Yet? Vulnerability and Security in an Anxious Age."
He has been active in the Episcopal Diocese of Bethlehem and the community of Scranton. Dr. Bader-Saye is the founder and member of Peacemeal, a ministry of the diocese, and coordinated FreeSpace, a monthly ministry of Peacemeal to the poor and homeless of Scranton. He served for two years on the diocesan renewal and evangelism commission and was co-director and music leader for annual diocesan youth retreats. Professor Bader-Saye is a member of both the Episcopal Peace Fellowship and the Ekklesia Project. He coached in the Abington Youth Soccer League for two years.
