Dr. Robert Benne
founded the
Center for Religion and Society of Roanoke College
(Virginia) in 1982 and has served as its director since
then. Dr. Benne has taught, written, and lectured widely in
the area of religion and society. He was Jordan-Trexler
Professor of Religion and Chairman of the Department of
Religion and Philosophy for eighteen years. He has
authored over one hundred articles and ten books, most
dealing with Christianity and society. His books include:
Wandering in the Wilderness—Christians and the New Culture
(1971); Defining America—A Christian Critique of the
American Dream (1974); The Ethic of Democratic Capitalism—A
Moral Reassessment (1982); Ordinary Saints—An Introduction
to the Christian Life (1988 and revised second edition in
2003); The Paradoxical Vision—A Public Theology for the
Twenty-first Century (1995); Seeing is Believing—Visions of
Life Through Film (1998); Why Bother?--A Whole Vision for a
Whole People (1999); Quality with Soul—How Six Premier
Colleges and Universities Keep the Faith with Their
Religious Traditions (2001), and Reasonable Ethics—A
Christian Approach to Society, Economics, and Politics
(2005).
Center for Religion and Society of Roanoke College
(Virginia) in 1982 and has served as its director since
then. Dr. Benne has taught, written, and lectured widely in
the area of religion and society. He was Jordan-Trexler
Professor of Religion and Chairman of the Department of
Religion and Philosophy for eighteen years. He has
authored over one hundred articles and ten books, most
dealing with Christianity and society. His books include:
Wandering in the Wilderness—Christians and the New Culture
(1971); Defining America—A Christian Critique of the
American Dream (1974); The Ethic of Democratic Capitalism—A
Moral Reassessment (1982); Ordinary Saints—An Introduction
to the Christian Life (1988 and revised second edition in
2003); The Paradoxical Vision—A Public Theology for the
Twenty-first Century (1995); Seeing is Believing—Visions of
Life Through Film (1998); Why Bother?--A Whole Vision for a
Whole People (1999); Quality with Soul—How Six Premier
Colleges and Universities Keep the Faith with Their
Religious Traditions (2001), and Reasonable Ethics—A
Christian Approach to Society, Economics, and Politics
(2005).