Dr. Scott Bader-Saye joined the seminary faculty as the Helen and Everett H. Jones Chair in Christian Ethics and Moral Theology in 2009 and has served as academic dean since 2013. His current research centers on theology and transgender identity. Other research interests include faith and culture, ecology and economy, and interfaith dialogue. He teaches the core Theological Ethics courses for all degree programs. He is the author of Following Jesus in a Culture of Fear, Formed by Love, and Church and Israel After Christendom. He has contributed to The Blackwell Companion to Christian Ethics, The Cambridge Companion to the Gospels, and The Routledge Companion to Christian Ethics. In addition, he has published widely in theological journals and magazines. Professor Bader-Saye serves on the editorial board of the Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics and is a member of the steering committee for the Gathering of Leaders. He has been an active lay leader in the church, serving as Theologian-in-Residence at St. Julian of Norwich Episcopal Church in Austin for many years and, prior to coming to the seminary, co-founding and leading Peacemeal, a missional Episcopal community in Scranton, PA.

AB, Davidson College
MDiv, Yale Divinity School
PhD, Duke University