Joseph
Bush Jr.
Associate Professor of Life and Leadership of the Congregation
in the Schilling Chair of the Church and Economic Life
Director of Masters Studies
Ordained elder in the United Methodist Church
Appointed 2002
Education
| B.A.
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Grinnell
College |
| M.Div. |
Wesley
Theological Seminary |
| M.Phil. |
Drew University |
| Ph.D. |
Drew University |
Teaching
and Research
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administration
and leadership of religious organizations |
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understanding
the nature and dynamics of congregational life and mission |
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urban
and rural church life and leadership |
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stewardship |
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environmental
studies |
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pastoral
ethics |
| Courses
Offered in the Current Academic Year |
| CS251 |
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Religious
Leadership, Organization, Administration and Finance in Context
I |
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course
description|syllabus |
| CS252 |
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Religious Leadership,
Organization, Administration and Finance in Context II |
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course
description|syllabus |
| IS151 |
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Theological Interpretation: God, Community
and Transformation (co-taught with Chris
Smith) |
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description|syllabus |
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| Other
Courses Offered |
| CL896 |
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Theology & Practice
of Stewardship |
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course
description|syllabus |
| IS152 |
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Integration of Ministry
and Local Theologies (co-taught with Sharon
Tan) |
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course
description|syllabus
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| TR341 |
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Land: Ecology, Politics,
Economics, and Spirituality |
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course
description|syllabus |
| TR744 |
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Theology of Urban Ministry
(offered jointly by United, Luther
Seminary, and Bethel Seminary) |
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For
further information about courses CS251, CS252, CS253, CS254,
and CL663 check the Contextual Studies pages at: http://moodle.unitedseminary.edu/context/. |
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Publications
“Pastoral
Confidentiality.” Business & Professional Ethics Journal
- Incorporating Professional Ethics: A Multidisciplinary Journal
22, no. 4 (Winter 2004): 67-92.
“Informed Consent and Parish Clergy.” The Journal
of Pastoral Care and Counseling 57, no. 4 (Winter 2003): 427-436.
“Playful
Prayer: A Way to Worship While Preparing to Lead.” The
Preacher: Quarterly Journal of the New Zealand Lay Preachers Association
(October 2002): 9-14.
“Natural
Ambivalence.” Stimulus: The New Zealand Journal of Christian
Thought and Practice (January 2001) .
“Genetic
Modification: Theological and Ethical Issues.” Will the
ENZ Justify the Genes? Wellington: Capital City Forum
(August 2000).
“New
Cosmology and Old Questions: Reflections on Fifty Years of Thinking
about Christianity and Ecology.” Colloquium: The Australian
and New Zealand Theological Review 32, no. 1 (2000): 51-70.
“Land
and Communal Faith: Methodist Belief and Ritual in Fiji.”
Studies in World Christianity 6, no. 1 (Edinburgh: Spring
2000).
“Rhetoric and Risk in Genetic Modification.” Wellington: Crosslink (November 1999). Reproduced at www.casi.org.nz/issues/science/ge/gebush.htm.
“Reactionary
Methodism and the Rule of Law in Fiji.” In Religion and
Law in the Global Village. McGill Studies in Religion, edited
by D.E. Guinn, C. Barrigar, K. Young (Atlanta: Scholar’s Press,
1999).
“Defining
Group Rights and Delineating Sovereignty: A Case from the Republic
of Fiji.” American University International Law Review
14, no. 3 (1999).
Regular
Topics for Presentation
Upcoming
Presentations
Contact Joe at 651.255.6140. |
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After
having lived and taught in Fiji and in New Zealand, I am
now enjoying being back in the upper Midwest where I can
visit easily with family and friends. I like hiking and
birdwatching, playing folk music and bluegrass, tending
to my tropical fish, and attending an occasional baseball
game.
I also like to cook.
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“I am excited by a holistic understanding of stewardship
as gratitude and care - involving our capacities for love
and service as well as our finances - in home, neighborhood,
church, society,
and the natural world.”
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“My passion for teaching is God’s love - not
only for the students but for those who will be their parishioners.
We must keep in mind God’s love and care for those
whom we don’t know and never see but who will be the
recipients of our students’ ministries.”
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“All creation is called to glorify God. All humanity
is called to work for justice. The church participates with
others in these vocations by virtue of being a part of creation
and a part of human society.”
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Denominational Commitments/Other Pertinent Activities
My congregational membership is in Community
United Methodist Church in Columbia Heights. My primary conference
membership is in the Greater New Jersey Annual Conference
of the United Methodist Church, but I participate regularly
as an affiliate member of the Minnesota Annual Conference. |
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