We Are Who We Think We Were: Christian History and Christian Ethics

We Are Who We Think We Were is an ambitious yet carefully constructed critique of mainstream Christian ethicists uses and abuses of history. Not only does Conley make a persuasive case for why and how historical method matters for Christian ethicists who take seriously the moral demands of justice, the critical self-reflective methodology he develops points to important constructive possibilities for telling our stories in other ways. –Yvonne C. Zimmerman, Methodist Theological School in Ohio

Conley advocates thoroughgoing deconstruction with self-critical awareness of the power-interests and subliminal loyalties driving the narrative-tradition that shapes our historical self-understanding. He provides improved articulateness for what I intend by a historical drama approach, with continuous repentance in participative community, with realistic attention to self-correcting data from diverse others, and to the struggle for delivering justice. We all need to learn from Conley. –Glen Stassen, Fuller Theological Seminary