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

(1958-04-04) April 4, 1958 (age 65)[2]
Illinois, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
OccupationEthics professor
Notable workNot for Sale, Saving the Corporate Soul
Theological work
Tradition or movementliberation theology
Main interestsHuman trafficking, slavery

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]

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

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

  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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