Joseph Bush Jr.
Associate Professor of Life and Leadership
of the Congregation in the Schilling Chair in
Church and Economic Life
Director of Masters Studies
Ordained
elder in the United Methodist Church
Appointed
2002
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 |
| pastoral
ethics |
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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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| CS252 |
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Religious
Leadership, Organization, Administration and Finance
in Context II |
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| IS152 |
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Integration
of Ministry and Local Theologies (co-taught with Sharon
Tan) |
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Other
Courses Offered |
| CL896 |
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Theology
& Practice of Stewardship |
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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 UTS, 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://mercury.unitedseminary-mn.org/context/
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“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)
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“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 http://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). |
B.A.
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Grinnell
College |
M.Div.
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Wesley
Theological Seminary |
M.Phil.
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Drew
University |
| Ph.D. |
Drew
University |
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.
Contact
Joe at jbush@unitedseminary.edu or
651.255.6140.
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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 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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