Mark Liederbach, Senior Fellow

Mark Liederbach was born in Cherry Hills, New Jersey. Having nothing against the North, he was first moved by Divine providence (in the form of his parents) to Potomac, Maryland for his formative years and then further south and west for his formal education. He received his B.S. in Energy Resource Development from James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia; the M.A. in Theology and Church History from Denver Seminary; and the Ph.D. in Theology, Ethics and Culture from The University of Virginia. He began his career as a campus minister with Campus Crusade for Christ where he served for 4 years at Virginia Tech and later as the campus director of the Campus Crusade for Christ ministry at West Virginia University. During his Ph.D. years he taught Business Ethics at the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia. After completing his Ph.D. he served as a Visiting Professor of Religious Studies at James Madison University where he taught World Religions, Philosophy and Ethics related courses. Since 2000 he has been teaching at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary as an Associate Professor of Christian Ethics.

Liederbach is an active member in the Evangelical Theological Society and Evangelical Philosophical Society.

Not only does Liederbach frequently present academic papers at various conferences, he is also in demand to be the keynote speaker for campus events, marriage seminar’s and retreats, men’s conferences and ethics related conferences, panel discussions, and video presentations.

His publications include the book, The Convergent Church: Missional Worshipers in an Emerging Culture, articles on the nature of beauty, conceptions of the self, virtue ethics, just war theory, the conscience, methods of moral decision making, and ethics as worship. He has also been featured in an online panel discussion related to the issue of war and torture as well as an ethics video series published by the North Carolina Family Policy Council. Liederbach's current writing projects include two books, Marriage as Worship which is soon to be completed (target date for publication 2010) and Ethics as Worship (target date for publication 2011).
 

He is married to Harriette and they have three children: Daniel, Hannah, and Katherine.

“We live in a time and societal environment in which there is great uncertainty regarding the relationship between ethical convictions and tolerance, theology ideologies and societal trends, personal beliefs and our role in the public square. That is, there is great confusion over the proper interplay of faith and culture. The fact that most of the world’s great points of discussion are directly related to this interplay supports our conviction that the L. Russ Bush Center for Faith and Culture’s mission and purpose are both timely and profoundly relevant.

It is my great hope that the Center will assist believers and non-believers alike in the process of understanding and employing a right ordering of faith and culture in order to have a redemptive influence on society and ultimately bring glory of God. It is my further hope that through our efforts we might honor well the life and calling of the man for whom the center is named and the Savior he has so faithfully and effectively served.”                        ~ Dr. Mark Liederbach

Dr. Liederbach's C.V.