Scott R. Paeth is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at DePaul University in
Chicago, IL. He works in the fields of Christian Social Ethics and Public Theology. He
holds a Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary and a Master of Divinity from Andover
Newton Theological School. He is the author or editor of four books, including Exodus
Church and Civil Society: Public Theology and Social Theory in the Work of Jürgen
Moltmann (Ashgate, 2008); Who Do You Say That I Am? Christology and Identity in the
United Church of Christ (United Church Press, 2006); Religious Perspectives on Business
Ethics (Sheed & Ward, 2006); and The Local Church in a Global Era: Reflections for a
New Century (Eerdmans, 2000).

Articles

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"Dirty Hands Revisted: Morality, Torture, and Abu Ghraib", Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics (2008)
 
"Faith and the Claims of Reason, Philosophy and Theology (2008)
 

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"Shared Values in Communal Life: Provisional Skepticism and the Prospect of a Global Ethic", Journal of Ecumenical Studies (2007)
This article examines the prospects for the development of a global ethic in a pluralistic...
 

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“Jürgen Moltmann’s Public Theology”, Political Theology (2005)
 

Books

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Exodus Church and Civil Society: Public Theology and Social Theory in the Work of Jürgen Moltmann (2008)
This book investigates the intersection of theology and social theory in the work of Jurgen...
 

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Religious Perspectives on Business Ethics (with Thomas O'Brien) (2006)
In the first anthology of its kind, Thomas O'Brien and Scott Paeth have gathered unique...
 

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Who Do You Say That I Am? Christology and Identity in the United Church of Christ (2006)
"Our goal is not to interpret [Jesus Christ] for the church, but simply to offer...
 

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The Local Church in a Global Era: Reflections for a New Century (with Max L. Stackhouse and Tim Dearborn) (2000)
 

Contributions to Books

Religious Communities in Global Civil Society: Moral Formation and Interreligious Cooperation in a Pluralistic Context, Public Theology for a Global Society: Essays in Honor of Max Stackhouse (2009)
 
“A Brief Introduction to Ethical Theory”, Religious Perspectives on Business Ethics (2006)
 
“Introduction: Religious Ethics and the Practice of Business”, Religious Perspectives on Business Ethics (2006)
 
“Introduction: Who Do We Say He Is?”, Who Do You Say That I Am? (2006)
 

Popular Press

“A Golden Compass, but Pointing Where?”, The Daily Southtown (2007)
 

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“The Rest of the (Christmas) Story”, The Daily Southtown (2006)
 
“What Are They Thinking?”, The Daily Southtown (2006)
 

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“Deciphering Da Vinci”, The Daily Southtown (2006)
 

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“Endangered: Trust and Decency”, New York Newsday (2005)