Jacob Shatzer

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Assistant Professor & Associate Dean — STM at Union University

Jacob Shatzer (PhD, Marquette University) is assistant professor and associate dean in the School of Theology and Missions (STM) at Union University. He is an ordained Southern Baptist minister and the author of A Spreading and Abiding Hope, editor of a volume of essays by A. J. Conyers, and assistant editor for Ethics & Medicine. Shatzer has published in the fields of theology and ethics, and is an expert in the thought of the late Southern Baptist theologian A. J. Conyers. He has contributed scholarly essays to The New Bioethics, Pro Ecclesia, and The Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture. He is also project director and consultant for BibleMesh, a trusted source for online theological education. He is an active member of the Evangelical Theological Society, where he serves on the steering committee for the study group “Voices in American Theology and Culture: Wendell Berry.”

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