Acton Institute Adjunct Scholars

Prof. E. Calvin Beisner cbeisner@acton.org Knox Theological Seminary 5554 North Federal Highway Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33308 (954) 771-0376

Areas of expertise:

1. Effective Compassion
2. Environmental Stewardship

Biography:

E. Calvin Beisner is an associate professor of historical theology and social ethics at Knox Theological Seminary in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, and an adjunct fellow of the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow. An author and lecturer on the application of Christian world view, theology, and ethics to economics and the environment, political philosophy, public policy, and reasons for faith, he has written eleven books and over one hundred fifty published articles and book reviews, plus many unpublished lectures and papers, technical and popular.

His most recently published books are:

• "Jesus Only" Churches, a volume in the Zondervan Guide to Cults and Religious Movements (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1998)
• Where Garden Meets Wilderness:Evangelical Entry Into the Environmental Debate, a critique ofthe evangelical environmental movement’s theology, ethics, political philosophy, and science (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans/Acton Institute, 1997)
• Evangelical Heathenism: Examining Contemporary Revivalism (Moscow, ID: Canon Press, 1996)
• Man, Economy, and Environment in Biblical Perspective (Canon Press, 1 994)
• Psalms of Promise: Celebrating the Majesty and Faithfulness of God, 2drev. ed. (Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian & Reformed, 1994)
• Answers: For Atheists, Agnostics, and Other Thoughtful Skeptics–Dialogs About Christian Faith and Life, 2drev. ed., (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books, 1993; large print edition, Thorndike ME: G. K. Hall, 1994; also published in Russian, Estonian, Lithuanian, and Korean)
• Prospects for Growth: A Biblical View of Population Resources, and the Future (CrosswayBooks, 1990; o.p.)
• Prosperity and Poverty The Compassionate Use of Resources in a World of Scarcity (Crossway Books, 1988; o.p.)

He was a contributing editor (on economics and ethics) to The Word in Life Study Bible and has contributed chapters to eighteen other books.

Selected works:

1. "Recovering the Moral Foundations of Economics"
2. "Shining a Light in a Dark Place"
3. "A Biblical Perspective on Environmental Stewardship"
4. "An Evangelical Looks at Centesimus Annus, the Nature of Man, and Human Economy"
5. "Poverty and Pollution"
6. "Poverty: A Problem in Need of Definition"