John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
Sangwoo Youtong Chee Professor, Theology & Culture
BA (Queen’s), MA (Wheaton), PhD (Chicago)
John Stackhouse has published more than 500 articles, book chapters, and reviews in the history, sociology, and philosophy of religion, in ethics, and in theology. He has authored seven books and co-authored, edited, or co-edited seven more.
Dr. Stackhouse’s commentary has been featured by major North American television networks, many radio stations, and print media as diverse as The New York Times, The Times Literary Supplement, The Atlantic, Time, and Reader’s Digest. He serves as an advisory editor at Christianity Today, a contributing editor at Books & Culture, a columnist for Faith Today, and a blogger for The National Post. He has given lectures at leading universities, including Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Edinburgh, and Fudan, as well as at institutions as varied as Seoul Theological University, the Elijah Institute in Jerusalem, Tyndale House in Cambridge, Brigham Young University, and the ACTS Institute in Bangalore. A jazz musician, he sometimes plays piano, electric bass, trumpet, or guitar for Regent events. He was also a right winger on the Regent College hockey team that lost the UBC intramural championship on a dreadful referee’s mistake.
Dr. Stackhouse’s commentary has been featured by major North American television networks, many radio stations, and print media as diverse as The New York Times, The Times Literary Supplement, The Atlantic, Time, and Reader’s Digest. He serves as an advisory editor at Christianity Today, a contributing editor at Books & Culture, a columnist for Faith Today, and a blogger for The National Post. He has given lectures at leading universities, including Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Edinburgh, and Fudan, as well as at institutions as varied as Seoul Theological University, the Elijah Institute in Jerusalem, Tyndale House in Cambridge, Brigham Young University, and the ACTS Institute in Bangalore. A jazz musician, he sometimes plays piano, electric bass, trumpet, or guitar for Regent events. He was also a right winger on the Regent College hockey team that lost the UBC intramural championship on a dreadful referee’s mistake.
Areas of expertise
- Religion & Society in North America
- Historical & Constructive Theology
- Epistemology & Theological Method
- Ethics
- Gender
- Apologetics & Public Theology
Courses Taught
- APPL 520 - Connect! Improve in One Week Your Speaking Skills for Life
- INDS 520 - Connect! Improve in One Week Your Speaking Skills for Life
- INDS 558 - Corporate Life and Eternal Life: Discipleship and the Demands of Business
- THEO 606 - Systematic Theology B: Creation, Christology, Soteriology, and Anthropology
Media & Publications
- Featured Faculty Blog – Blog
- Can God be Trusted? Faith and the Challenge of Evil – Book Publication
- Making the Best of It: Following Christ in the Real World – Book Publication
- Finally Feminist: A Pragmatic Christian Understanding of Gender – Book Publication
- Church: An Insider's Look at How We Do It – Book Publication
- Humble Apologetics – Audio Publication
- John Stackhouse Interview with Cardus Magazine: "Clarity and Connection" – Article
- Is Christianity the Only True Religion? Article in Faith Today – Article
- Christianity the Worst Source of Evil? – Blog
- Should the Studio Have Pulled The Dark Knight Rises? – Blog
- The Rules and the Code: Reflections on Olympic Badminton–and Hypocrisy – Blog
- John Stackhouse re-designs the look of his blog – Blog
- Are You Lovable? – Blog
- Of Course It Matters that Mitt Romney Is a Mormon – Blog
- Feminists for the Unborn: Speak Up – Blog
- I'm John Stackhouse–and so Is He – Blog
- Seriously, Mr. Toews? Christian Chaplains Providing “Generic” Services? – Blog
- Reason #25 Why You Should Come to Regent College Next Summer – Blog
- What Pastors Can Learn from Dentists – Article
- "This (Ambiguous) Political Life" in Christianity Today – Article
- Some Post-Election Hopeful Realism – Blog
- Grading as Truth-Telling – Blog
- "Top Christmas Albums (Reprise)" – Blog
- "Why 'Mere Christianity' Should Have Bombed" – Article
- “'Why, God?'” Asked the American People, and Would Not Stay for an Answer – Blog
- "Downward Mobility" – Blog
- Dr Ben Carson Starts...and, One Hopes, Ends...His Political Career at the National Prayer Breakfast – Blog
- The Dirty Truth About Honoraria – Article
- The Supreme Court Protects the Hateful “Hate Speech” Law – Blog
- Are We Connecting? Or Just Correcting? – Article
- How (and Whether) to Review a Book (Nonfiction) – Blog