John Jefferson Davis

{{Infobox theologian

| tradition_movement = Evangelical, Reformed, Presbyterian

| occupation = Professor, Theologian, Author, Minister

| main_interests = Practice of worship and liturgy, the relationship between faith and science, pneumatology, Trinitarian theology

| education = Duke University, B.A.; Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, M.Div.; Duke University, Ph.D.

| notable_ideas = Christian Egalitarianism, Just War, Environmental Ethics, Biblical Ethics

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| spouse = Robin

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John Jefferson Davis is Professor of Systematic Theology and Christian Ethics at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, where he has taught since 1975.{{citation|url=http://www.gordonconwell.edu/academics/view-faculty-member.cfm?faculty_id=15894&grp_id=8947|title=Dr. John Jefferson Davis|year=2012|publisher=Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary|access-date=2012-11-29|archive-date=2012-12-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121214094249/http://www.gordonconwell.edu/academics/view-faculty-member.cfm?faculty_id=15894&grp_id=8947|url-status=live}} He is an ordained Presbyterian pastor (Presbyterian Church USA).{{citation|last=Davis|first=John|title=Curriculum vitae|url=http://www.gordonconwell.edu/_application/media/faculty/DavisCV.pdf|year=2012|access-date=2012-11-29|archive-date=2015-09-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924023038/http://www.gordonconwell.edu/_application/media/faculty/DavisCV.pdf|url-status=live}}

Scholarship

Davis has been actively publishing in ethics and systematic theology for nearly three decades. His most influential debates involve women's ordination and Christian Egalitarianism.{{citation|url=http://www.reformation21.org/articles/on-womens-ordination-a-response-to-dr-john-jefferson-davis-on-1-timothy-212.php|title=On Women's Ordination: A Response to Dr. John Jefferson Davis on 1 Timothy 2:12|last=Phillips|first=Rick|date=September 2008|publisher=Reformation 21|access-date=2012-11-29|archive-date=2012-11-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111022919/http://www.reformation21.org/articles/on-womens-ordination-a-response-to-dr-john-jefferson-davis-on-1-timothy-212.php|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbeinternational.org/resources/article/priscilla-papers/first-timothy-212-ordination-women-and-pauls-use-creation|title=First Timothy 2:12, the Ordination of Women, and Paul's Use of Creation Narratives|website=CBE International|language=en|access-date=2018-11-14|archive-date=2018-11-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181115030729/https://www.cbeinternational.org/resources/article/priscilla-papers/first-timothy-212-ordination-women-and-pauls-use-creation|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbeinternational.org/resources/article/priscilla-papers/incarnation-trinity-and-ordination-women-priesthood|title=Incarnation, Trinity, and the Ordination of Women to the Priesthood|website=CBE International|language=en|access-date=2018-11-14|archive-date=2018-11-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181115030653/https://www.cbeinternational.org/resources/article/priscilla-papers/incarnation-trinity-and-ordination-women-priesthood|url-status=live}} Davis has also taken part in a popular debate with John Sanders over Open Theism. Davis served as the president of the Evangelical Philosophical Society from 1980 to 1981.{{cite journal|title=Evangelical Philosophical Society|journal=Bulletin of the Evangelical Philosophical Society|volume=4|issue=1|date=1981}}

Works

=Books=

{{cite book |editor1-last=Davis |editor1-first=John Jefferson |title=The Necessity of Systematic Theology |location=Grand Rapids, MI |publisher=Baker Book House |date=1978 |isbn=978-0-801-02903-5 |oclc=10412074 |edition=2nd }}
{{cite book |author1-last=Davis |author1-first=John Jefferson |author1-mask=3 |title=Theology Primer: Resources for the Theological Student |location=Grand Rapids, MI |publisher=Baker Book House |date=1981 |isbn=978-0-801-02912-7 |oclc=7918017 }}
{{cite book |author1-last=Davis |author1-first=John Jefferson |author1-mask=3 |title=Foundations of Evangelical Theology |location=Grand Rapids, MI |publisher=Baker Book House |date=1984 |isbn=978-0-801-02937-0 |oclc=10595917 }}
{{cite book |author1-last=Davis |author1-first=John Jefferson |author1-mask=3 |title=Abortion and the Christian: what every believer should know |location=Phillipsburg, NJ |publisher=Presbyterian and Reformed Pub. Co. |date=1984 |isbn=978-0-875-52221-0 |oclc=10696195 |url=https://archive.org/details/abortionchristia00davi }}
{{cite book |author1-last=Davis |author1-first=John Jefferson |author1-mask=3 |title=Handbook of Basic Bible Texts: every key passage for the study of doctrine and theology |location=Grand Rapids, MI |publisher=Zondervan |date=1984 |isbn=978-0-310-43711-6 |oclc=10162743 }}
{{cite book |author1-last=Davis |author1-first=John Jefferson |author1-mask=3 |title=Your Wealth in God's World: does the Bible support the free market? |location=Phillipsburg, NJ |publisher=Presbyterian and Reformed Pub. Co. |date=1984 |isbn=978-0-875-52219-7 |oclc=9919698 |url=https://archive.org/details/yourwealthingods0000davi }}
{{cite book |author1-last=Davis |author1-first=John Jefferson |author1-mask=3 |title=Evangelical Ethics: Issues Facing the Church Today |location=Phillipsburg, NJ |publisher=Presbyterian and Reformed Pub. Co. |date=1985 |isbn=978-0-875-52222-7 |oclc=247949288 |edition=1st }}
{{cite book |author1-last=Davis |author1-first=John Jefferson |author1-mask=3 |title=Let the Bible Teach you Christian Doctrine |location=Exeter, Devon |publisher=Paternoster Press |date=1985 |isbn=978-0-853-64407-1 |oclc=12509019 }}
{{cite book |author1-last=Davis |author1-first=John Jefferson |author1-mask=3 |title=Christ's Victorious Kingdom: postmillennialism reconsidered |location=Grand Rapids, MI |publisher=Baker Book House |date=1986 |isbn=978-0-801-02970-7 |oclc=15343949 }}
{{cite book |author1-last=Davis |author1-first=John Jefferson |author1-mask=3 |title=The Christian's Guide to Pregnancy & Childbirth: choosing the best for you & your baby from conception to delivery |location=Westchester, IL |publisher=Crossway Books |date=1986 |isbn=978-0-891-07391-8 |oclc=15489346 |url=https://archive.org/details/christiansguidet00davi }}
{{cite book |author1-last=Davis |author1-first=John Jefferson |author1-mask=3 |title=The Frontiers of Science & Faith: Examining Questions from the Big Bang to the End of the Universe |location=Downers Grove, IL |publisher=InterVarsity Press |date=2002 |isbn=978-0-830-82664-3 |oclc=48474368 }}
{{cite book |author1-last=Davis |author1-first=John Jefferson |author1-mask=3 |title=Worship and the Reality of God: An Evangelical Theology of Real Presence |location=Downers Grove, IL |publisher=IVP Academic |date=2010 |isbn=978-0-830-83884-4 |oclc=624042044 }}
{{cite book |author1-last=Davis |author1-first=John Jefferson |author1-mask=3 |title=Meditation and Communion with God: Contemplating Scripture in an Age of Distraction |location=Downers Grove, IL |publisher=IVP Academic |date=2012 |isbn=978-0-830-83976-6 |oclc=778417018 }}
{{cite book |author1-last=Davis |author1-first=John Jefferson |author1-mask=3 |title=Practicing Ministry in the Presence of God: theological reflections on ministry and the Christian life |location=Eugene, OR |publisher=Cascade Books |date=2015 |isbn=9781498202053 |oclc=914326283 }}
{{cite book |author1-last=Davis |author1-first=John Jefferson |author1-mask=3 |title=Evangelical Ethics: Issues Facing the Church Today |location=Phillipsburg, NJ |publisher=Presbyterian and Reformed Pub. Co. |date=2015 |isbn=978-1-629-95218-5 |oclc=913829576 |edition=5th }}

=Chapters=

{{cite book |author1-last=Davis |author1-first=John Jefferson |author1-mask=3 |chapter=Contextualization and the Nature of Theology |editor1-last=Davis |editor1-first=John Jefferson |title=The Necessity of Systematic Theology |location=Grand Rapids, MI |publisher=Baker Book House |date=1978 |isbn=978-0-801-02903-5 |oclc=10412074 |edition=2nd |pages=169–90 }}
{{cite book |author1-last=Davis |author1-first=John Jefferson |author1-mask=3 |chapter=Genesis, Inerrancy, and the Antiquity of Man |editor1-last=Nicole |editor1-first=Roger R. |editor1-link=Roger R. Nicole |editor2-last=Michaels |editor2-first=J. Ramsey |editor2-link=J. Ramsey Michaels |title=Inerrancy and Common Sense |location=Grand Rapids, MI |publisher=Baker Book House |date=1980 |isbn=978-0-801-06733-4 |oclc=6173523 }}
{{cite book |author1-last=Davis |author1-first=John Jefferson |author1-mask=3 |chapter=Slow Discipleship and the End of Christendom |editor1-last=Hansen |editor1-first=Colin |title=Revisiting 'Faithful Presence': To Change the World Five Years Later |publisher=The Gospel Coalition |date=2015 }} - ebook only

References

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Category:Duke University alumni

Category:Presidents of the Evangelical Philosophical Society