Max L. Stackhouse papers

Max Lynn Stackhouse was born July 29, 1935. He attended DePauw University, earning his B.A., and soon after did a year-long course of study at Nijenrode University (then known as Nederlands Opleidings Instituut). Following, Stackhouse completed his master's degree at Harvard Divinity School, and earned his Ph.D. at Harvard University, with his dissertation titled, “Eschatology and Ethical Method in W. Rauschenbusch and R. Niebuhr.”

Soon thereafter he was hired as an Assistant Professor of Christian Ethics at Andover Newton Theological School, where he stayed until 1993. During his time at Andover Newton, Stackhouse co-founded the Boston College-Andover Newton Joint Doctoral Program, and served as the Chairman of the Department of Religion and Society. In 1993, he came to Princeton Theological Seminary as the Stephen Colwell Professor of Christian Ethics. Stackhouse studied and wrote extensively on the relationship between theological ethics and social life. He taught courses on the place of faith in educational life, the theological implications of the arts, religion and journalism, and theological responsibility to the environment. He was also especially interested in the work of Abraham Kuyper, helping to found the Abraham Kuyper Center for Public Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary and serving as its first director. Stackhouse was also director of Princeton Theological Seminary’s project on Public Theology, served as President of the Berkshire Institute for Theology and the Arts, and worked as the President of the Society of Christian Ethics. As an ordained minister of the United Church of Christ, Dr. Stackhouse was involved in the Berkshire Association of Ministers and Churches in Massachusetts, and the Evangelische Kirche der Union-UCC Working Group Board for Global Ministries.

Throughout his career, Max L. Stackhouse stood as a central figure in the field of Christian ethics and was a pioneer in the study of globalization and public theology. Among his most influential works are the 4-volume series titled God and Globalization, of which he is co-author; Public Theology and Political Economy (1991); Apologia: Contextualization, Globalization, and Mission in Theological Education (1988); The Local Church in a Global Era (2000); and Covenant and Commitments: Faith, Family, and Economic Life (1997).

Max L. Stackhouse died January 30, 2016, in West Stockbridge, Mass. He was 80 years old.

July 29, 1935

Born

1957

Graduates from DePauw University wiht B.A.

1957-1958

Attended Nijenrode University (then Nederlands Opleidings Instituut) in Breukelen, Holland.

1958-1961

Graduated from Harvard Divinity School with B.D. and MA.

1961

Ordained in the United Church of Christ.

1965

Graduated from Harvard University with Ph.D.

1966-1969

Assistant Professor of Christian Ethics at Andover Newton Theological School

1969-1972

Associate Professor of Christian Ethics at Andover Newton Theological School

1972-1992

Chairman, Department of Religion and Society at Andover Newton Theological School

1972-1993

Co-Founder, Past-President of Boston College-Andover Newton Joint Doctoral Program

1972-1993

Herbert Gezork Professor of Christian Social Ethics at Andover Newton Theological School

1994

Received Honorary Doctorate from DePauw University

1993-2004

Stephen Colwell Professor of Christian Ethics at Princeton Theological Seminary

1997

Director and Founder of Abraham Kuyper Center for Public Theology