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J. Benton White
J. Benton White is a Methodist minister who grew up in Alabama, graduated from the U. of Alabama and the Candler School of Theology at Emory University. He received a third degree ...view moreJ. Benton White is a Methodist minister who grew up in Alabama, graduated from the U. of Alabama and the Candler School of Theology at Emory University. He received a third degree from Pacific Lutheran Theological School. He began his ministerial career as a SAC Chaplain, followed by stints as a campus minister at the University of Nebraska and San Jose State University in California. In 1967 he became the first Ombudsman in Higher Education, appointed by the then SJSU President Robert Clark to help deal with the problems of student unrest on campuses at that time. He became Assistant to the President at SJSU in 1969 and was appointed a Professor of Religious Studies at SJSU and the founding member of SJSU’s Religious Studies Program. He coordinated that Program until his retirement in 1992. He authored a very successful introductory textbook in 1986, From Adam to Armageddon: A Survey of the Bible, a book now in its fifth edition. He has a co-author for the last 2 editions of that book. He also has a successful book on the history of the modernist/fundamentalist controversy that was published by John Knox Press in 1993 entitled Taking the Bible Seriously: Honest Differences in Biblical Interpretation. After retirement he was invited to serve as an Adjunct Professor at Santa Clara University from 1992 until 2003. He lives with his wife Mary Lou in San Jose, CA, plays golf and travels when he is not trying to write. They are proud parent of 2 sons, and have 3 grandchildren. This is his first work of fiction.view less