Glen Harold Stassen is a noted United States ethicist, professor and Baptist theologian. He is known for his work on theological ethics, politics, social justice, and for developing the Just Peacemaking theory in ethics on the question of war. He is the son of former Minnesota governor and nine-time Presidential candidate Harold Stassen.
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Stassen received his BA in Physics from University of Virginia, BD from Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York and his PhD from Duke University.[1] He has been a visiting scholar at Harvard University, Duke University, Columbia University, and the University of Heidelberg in Germany.
Stassen was a professor for twenty years at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is currently the Lewis B. Smedes Professor of Christian Ethics at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California.[2]
Stassen is also contributor to Sojourners Magazine and has frequently appeared in the media, including the Los Angeles Times and The O'Reilly Factor.[3] His book Kingdom Ethics: Following Jesus in Contemporary Context, was awarded Best Book of the Year in the Theology/Ethics category by Christianity Today in 2004.[2][4]
He is on the board of Peace Action and Sojourners.