Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite
Professor, Chicago Theological Seminary

Former president of Chicago Theological Seminary (1998-2008), Thistlethwaite is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.

Latest by Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite

Time to choose ethics over fashion?

Time to choose ethics over fashion?

The clothes on my back really do connect me with the people who made them in the most intimate way. We as consumers cannot turn our backs on them as they are with us, even now, in the very clothes that touch our skin.

First Resort: Syria, red lines and the drums of war

First Resort: Syria, red lines and the drums of war

Diplomacy and international coalition building to pressure the Syrian regime and the rebels to commit to a cease-fire are the things that work over time to actually reduce conflict. Not war.

Fear of flying: Cancer v. flight delays

Fear of flying: Cancer v. flight delays

Which is the more unethical? Causing people to die from lack of chemotherapy due to cancelled funding for treatment, or causing people to wait longer in a line at the airport?