The Rev. Dr. Daniel M. Bell, Jr. teaches theology and ethics at Lenoir Rhyne University and Utah Valley University. For almost two decades he served as a professor of theology and ethics at Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary. He is a popular speaker at colleges and universities, campus ministries, and churches on topics such as war and peace, the moral life, stewardship and economics, leadership and mission of the church today. He has authored several books, including Liberation Theology After the End of History (Routledge, 2001) Just War as Christian Discipleship (Brazos, 2009), The Economy of Desire: Christianity and Capitalism in a Postmodern World (Baker Academic, 2012) and most recently, Divinations: Theopolitics in an Age of Terror (Cascade, 2017). He has presented papers before distinguished organizations such as the Latin American Studies Association International Congress, the American Academy of Religion, the Society of Christian Ethics, and the Irish School