John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
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John Gordon Stackhouse, Jr. (b. 1960 in Kingston, Ontario) is a Canadian scholar and writer. As a journalist he has been recognized with eight awards by the Canadian Church Press. Stackhouse's academic work and commentary have been featured on most major North American television networks, many radio stations, and numerous print media--ranging from The Times Literary Supplement, The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Atlantic Monthly to Reader's Digest and even Maxim.
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[edit] Early life
Stackhouse was born in Canada and raised in southwestern England and northern Ontario. He received his higher education in Canada and the United States: BA (First Class Honours, Queen’s University, Kingston), MA (with Highest Honors, Wheaton College), and PhD (The University of Chicago).
[edit] Career
Stackhouse began teaching at the International Teams School of World Missions and then Wheaton College, both in suburban Chicago, during his doctoral studies. His first full-time position was as an assistant professor of European history at Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa (1987-90). From there, he went to teach Modern Christianity (history, sociology, philosophy, and theology) in the Department of Religion at the University of Manitoba, in Winnipeg, Canada, rising to the rank of professor in 1997. One year later, he left for Regent College in Vancouver (1998-present).
In addition to being the Sangwoo Youtong Chee Professor of Theology and Culture at Regent College, Stackhouse is also Adjunct Professor in the Department of Classical, Near Eastern, and Religious Studies at the University of British Columbia. He researches and teaches about the interaction between Christianity and contemporary North American culture. He is an advising editor at Christianity Today and contributing editor at Books & Culture magazines, and a former columnist with Christian Week, Faith Today, and The Winnipeg Free Press. He is also senior advisor to the Centre for Research on Canadian Evangelicalism.
Stackhouse is the author of more than 400 articles, book chapters, and reviews in the history, sociology, and philosophy of religion and in theology. He has edited four books of academic theology, and is the author of seven books, including those listed below. He is listed in Canadian Who's Who, The Directory of American Scholars, and Contemporary Authors.
[edit] Publications
- Can God Be Trusted: Faith and the Challenge of Evil ISBN 0195117271
- Humble Apologetics: Defending the Faith Today
- Church: An Insider’s Look at How We Do It
- Finally Feminist: A Pragmatic Christian Understanding of Gender