San Francisco Theological Seminary
Robert Leighton Stuart Professor of Theology, Emeritus
Core Doctoral Faculty Member

At GTU since 1987

Ph.D., Princeton University, 1961
M.A., Rhodes Scholar, Oxford, 1958
B.D.(M.Div.), Princeton Theological Seminary, 1955
B.A., summa cum laude, Princeton University 1951

Phone: 510/845-5958
E-mail: lewismudge@sbcglobal.net

Current Research and Teaching Interests

• The churches and public discussion about the nature of "civil society" - ecclesiology and public philosophy
• Theology, hermeneutics, and the human sciences
• The foundations of constructive theology in practical action/reflection
• Theological ethics
• Reinventing the ecumenical movement
• Inter-Abrahamic dialogue

Selected Publications

• The Sense of a People: Toward a Church for the Human Future. Philadelphia: Trinity Press International, 1992.
• The Church as Moral Community: Ecclesiology and Ethics in Ecumenical Debate. New York: Continuum and Geneva: World Council of Churches, 1998
• Democratic Contracts for Sustainable and Caring Societies, ed. with Thomas Wieser. Geneva: WCC Publications, 2000.
• Rethinking the Beloved Community: Ecclesiology, Hermeneutics, Social Theory. Geneva, World Council of Churches and University Press of America, 2001.
• Beyond Idealism: A Way Ahead for Ecumenical Social Ethics, with Julio de Santa Ana and Heidi Hadsell et al., Eerdmans, 2006.