Anthony Bradley

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Anthony B. Bradley is an American author and professor of religion, theology and ethics at the King's College in New York City, where he also serves as the chair of the Religious and Theological Studies program and directs the Galsworthy Criminal Justice Reform Program. [1] [2] [3] He is also a research fellow for The Acton Institute. [4]

The Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty is an American research and educational institution, or think tank, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, whose stated mission is "to promote a free and virtuous society characterized by individual liberty and sustained by religious principles". Its work supports free market economic policy framed within Judeo-Christian morality. It has been alternately described as conservative and libertarian.

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Bradley has a BS in biological sciences from Clemson University, a Master of Divinity from Covenant Theological Seminary, a Master of Arts in Ethics and Society from Fordham University, and his PhD is from Westminster Theological Seminary. [4] Before coming to King's, he was assistant professor of theology at Covenant Seminary from 2005 to 2009, where he also directed the Francis A. Schaeffer Institute. [5]

Clemson University university in South Carolina, United States

Clemson University is an American public, coeducational, land-grant research university in Clemson, South Carolina, United States. Founded in 1889, Clemson is the second-largest university in student population in South Carolina. For the fall 2017 semester, the university enrolled a total of 19,402 undergraduate students and 4,985 graduate students, and the student/faculty ratio was 18:1. Clemson's 1,400 acre campus is in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains and sits next to Lake Hartwell. The university manages the nearby 17,500 acre Clemson Experimental Forest that is used for research, education, and recreation.

Covenant Theological Seminary the denominational seminary of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA)

Covenant Theological Seminary, sometimes known as Covenant Seminary, is the denominational seminary of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA). It is located in the St. Louis, Missouri suburb of Creve Coeur, and its purpose is to train leaders for work in the church and the world — especially as pastors, missionaries, and counselors. It does not require all students to be members of the PCA, but it is loyal to the teachings of its denomination. Faculty must subscribe to the system of doctrine as outlined in the Westminster Standards.

Fordham University American university

Fordham University is a private research university in New York City. Founded by the Catholic Diocese of New York in 1841, it is the oldest Catholic university in the northeastern United States, the third-oldest university in New York, and the only Jesuit university in New York City.

Bradley's 2013 book, Aliens in the Promised Land, is a minority-led conversation about racism in the American evangelical church. [6]

In his 2015 book Runaway Radical, author Jonathan Hollingsworth identifies Bradley as the first to identify a new kind of evangelical legalism, in which young people feel compelled to enact their devotion to the Gospel by such radical acts as giving away all of their possessions, or dropping out of university to dedicate their lives to serving the poor. [7]

Legalism, in Christian theology, is the act of putting law above gospel by establishing requirements for salvation beyond repentance and faith in Jesus Christ and reducing the broad, inclusive and general precepts of the Bible to narrow and rigid moral codes. It is an over-emphasis on discipline of conduct, or legal ideas, usually implying an allegation of misguided rigour, pride, superficiality, the neglect of mercy, and ignorance of the grace of God or emphasizing the letter of law at the expense of the spirit. Legalism is alleged against any view that obedience to law, not faith in God's grace, is the pre-eminent principle of redemption. On the Biblical viewpoint that redemption is not earned by works, but that obedient faith is required to enter and remain in the redeemed state, see Covenantal nomism.

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  1. ↑ Peace, Madison. "Center for the Study of Human Flourishing Launches Galsworthy Criminal Justice Reform Program". The King's College. The King's College. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  2. ↑ Taylor, Aisha (13 July 2012). "Careers in Faith and Religion: Theologian Banks on Thought Leadership and Intellect Professor found purpose in molding next generation of faith professionals". Black Enterprise . Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  3. ↑ Anderson, Brandon (19 January 2015). "How Martin Luther King's faith drove his activism". Vox. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Staff Profile: Anthony B. Bradley, PhD". Acton Institute. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  5. ↑ ""A Reformed Approach to Racial Reconciliation"". worldmag.com/. World Mag. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  6. 1 2 Nazworth, Napp (14 May 2013). "Interview: Anthony Bradley on Evangelicals and Racism, Multi-Ethnicity in the Church (Pt. 1)". Christian Post . Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  7. ↑ Sells, Heather (2 July 2015). "Radical for Jesus a New Kind of Legalism?". CBN. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  8. ↑ "Book Discussion on Black and Tired". Book TV. C-SPAN. 1 September 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  9. ↑ Nazworth, Napp (28 July 2011). "Black and Tired: Anthony Bradley Talks Race, Politics, and the Church". Christian Post . Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  10. ↑ Peace, Madison. "Dr. Anthony Bradley Publishes Eighth Book: "Something Seems Strange"". The King's College. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  11. ↑ "Ending Overcriminalization and Mass Incarceration: Hope from Civil Society". Cambridge University Press. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
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