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David Batstone

David Batstone (born April 4, 1958) is an ethics professor at the University of San Francisco and is the founder and president of Not for Sale.[3]

David Batstone
David Batstone (right) speaking at an anti-sex trafficking event
Born
David Bruce Batstone[1]

(1958-04-04) April 4, 1958 (age 66)[2]
Illinois, U.S.
OccupationEthics professor
Notable workNot for Sale, Saving the Corporate Soul
Theological work
Tradition or movementliberation theology
Main interestsHuman trafficking, slavery

Batstone is also a journalist and the president and founder of Right Reality, an international business that engages in social ventures.[4] He is a leader in Central American Mission Partners, a human rights group. As a representative of this group, he met with Bono through Glide Memorial Church during A Conspiracy of Hope, a concert tour in support of Amnesty International.[5] Before becoming a human rights activist, Batstone was a Silicon Valley venture capitalist.[6]

Biography

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Batstone wrote the book Not for Sale: The Return of the Global Slave Trade - and How We Can Fight It, in which he wrote about human trafficking and how social inequality and poverty make it easy for traffickers to find girls to traffick.[7] Julie Clawson wrote positively of this book, writing that she appreciated Batstone's "audacity in telling story after story of modern-day slavery."[8] While still a student, Batstone studied under William R. Herzog, who taught Batstone about the parables of Jesus.[9] Batstone is an advocate of workplace spirituality, about which he wrote in his 2003 book Saving the Corporate Soul.[10] He is also a liberation theologian who considers postmodernity an era in which "we wallow in private affluence while squatting in public squalor."[11] An anti-slavery activist,[12] at the 2012 Freedom and Honor Conference in Korea, a conference about slavery and human trafficking, Batstone was one of the two keynote speakers.[13]

Born in Illinois,[2] Batstone graduated from Chillicothe Township High School in 1976.[14] He then earned a B.A. degree in psychology from Westmont College in 1980. Batstone received an M.Div. degree from the International Baptist Seminary in Switzerland in 1982 and a second M.Div. degree from the Pacific School of Religion in 1984. He completed his Ph.D. degree in systematic theology at the Graduate Theological Union in 1989.[15] His doctoral thesis in liberation theology was entitled From Conquest to Struggle: Jesus of Nazareth in the Liberation Christology of Latin America.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Theses" (PDF). p. 275. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Not For Sale" (PDF) (in Dutch). Amsterdam. March 2018. p. 6. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
  3. ^ Ryan Dobson; Christian Buckley (2010). Humanitarian Jesus: Social Justice and the Cross. Moody Publishers. p. 95. ISBN 978-1575674919.
  4. ^ "First Hour: Human Trafficking". ABC Online. June 4, 2008. Retrieved June 21, 2013.
  5. ^ David Kootnikoff (2009). U2: A Musical Biography. ABC-CLIO. p. 57. ISBN 978-0313365232.
  6. ^ Zinko, Carolyne (26 March 2015). "Google, booze and virtual reality add fun to Neiman Marcus men's store party". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  7. ^ Barrie Levy (2008). Women and Violence: Seal Studies. Perseus Books Group. p. 50. ISBN 978-0786726721.
  8. ^ Julie Clawson (2009). Everyday Justice: The Global Impact of Our Daily Choices. InterVarsity Press. p. 66. ISBN 978-0830878529.
  9. ^ William R. Herzog (1994). Parables As Subversive Speech: Jesus As Pedagogue of the Oppressed. Westminster John Knox. p. ix. ISBN 0664253555.
  10. ^ Lake Lambert (2009). Spirituality, Inc: Religion in the American Workplace. New York University Press. p. 110. ISBN 978-0814752531.
  11. ^ Paul Rasor (2005). Faith Without Certainty: Liberal Theology In The 21st Century. Unitarian Universalist Association. pp. 61–62. ISBN 1558965998.
  12. ^ Rosner, Mari (31 October 2015). "Slavery in the 21st Century: A Call to Action". McGill International Review. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  13. ^ Dylan Goldby; Daniel Sanchez; Matthew Lamers (March 20, 2012). "Girls Are Not For Sale". Groove Korea. Archived from the original on January 6, 2015. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
  14. ^ Moewe, Karen (May 4, 2016). "District financially safe for next year". Journal Star. Peoria, Illinois: Gannett Co., Inc. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
  15. ^ "David Batstone, Professor". University of San Francisco School of Management. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
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