Chris K. Huebner is an associate professor of theology

Theology

Theology is the systematic and rational study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truths, or the learned profession acquired by completing specialized training in religious studies, usually at a university or school of divinity or seminary.-Definition:Augustine of Hippo...

 and philosophy

Philosophy

Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...

 at Canadian Mennonite University

Canadian Mennonite University

Canadian Mennonite University is a Christian university located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada that awards three and four-year degrees in a variety of programs...

, as well as co-editor of the Polyglossia series in Herald-Press.

Huebner received a BTh from Canadian Mennonite Bible College, as well as a BA and MA in Philosophy from University of Manitoba

University of Manitoba

The University of Manitoba , in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, is the largest university in the province of Manitoba. It is Manitoba's most comprehensive and only research-intensive post-secondary educational institution. It was founded in 1877, making it Western Canada’s first university. It placed...

. He holds a PhD in Theology and Ethics

Ethics

Ethics, also known as moral philosophy, is a branch of philosophy that addresses questions about morality—that is, concepts such as good and evil, right and wrong, virtue and vice, justice and crime, etc.Major branches of ethics include:...

 from Duke University

Duke University

Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...

. Prior to teaching at CMU, he was a part-time instructor in Philosophy at the University of Manitoba; a part-time instructor in Religion and Philosophy at Meredith College

Meredith College

Meredith College is a liberal arts women's college located in Raleigh, North Carolina. For the 2010-2011 academic year, there were approximately 2,300 students enrolled, including about 350 graduate students, making Meredith the largest women's college in the southeastern United States...

; and a part-time instructor in the University Writing Program at Duke University. Huebner's writing is primarily in the area of philosophical theology

Philosophical Theology

Philosophical theology is the disciplined employment of philosophical methods in developing or analyzing theological concepts. It therefore includes natural theology as well as philosophical treatments of orthodox and heterodox theology....

 and can be located at the intersection of politics

Politics

Politics is a process by which groups of people make collective decisions. The term is generally applied to the art or science of running governmental or state affairs, including behavior within civil governments, but also applies to institutions, fields, and special interest groups such as the...

 and epistemology, with a special interest in questions of peace and violence.

Books

• A Precarious Peace (2006) ISBN 0-8361-9341-5
• The Wisdom of the Cross: Essays in Honor of John Howard Yoder (2005) ISBN 1597522260 – co-editor
• The New Yoder (2009) – co-editor

Selected articles and reviews

• "The Work of Inheritance: Reflections on Receiving John Howard Yoder" in Power and Practices (2009) ISBN 0-836194470
• "The End of Memory: Remembering Rightly in a Violent World" in Modern Theology 24/3 (2008)
• "John Howard Yoder: Mennonite Patience, Evangelical Witness, Catholic Convictions" in Journal of Religion 87/3 (2007)
• "The Nonviolent Atonement" in Modern Theology 20/3 (2004)
• "Peace and War in the Nation-State and Beyond: A Response to George Weigel, 'Moral clarity in a Time of War'" in Mennonite Life 58/2 (2003)
• "Bioethics and the Church: Technology, Martyrdom, and the Moral Significance of the Ordinary" in Vision 4/1 (2003)
• "The Politics of the Cross: The Theology and Social Ethics of John Howard Yoder" in Modern Theology 18/2 (2002)
• "Artists, Citizens, Philosophers: Seeking the Peace of the City: An Anabaptist Theology of Culture" in Mennonite Quarterly Review 76/1 (2002)
• "History, Theory, and Anabaptism : A Conversation on Theology After John Howard Yoder", in The Wisdom of the Cross (1999) – with Stanley Hauerwas

Quotes

External links

• Article by Chris Huebner from Direction
• Article by Chris Huebner from Mennonite Life
• Polyglossia Series launch