Brad Stetson, Author

Brad Stetson (PhD, University of Southern California) writes on a wide range of social and religious topics. His books have been critically reviewed in academic and popular venues ranging from Omega: The Journal of Death and Dying, to the Journal of Church and State, The Journal of Ecumenical Studies, First Things, National Review, Publishers Weekly and the Wall Street Journal. He has also written for various periodicals, including The Orange County Register, The Los Angeles Times, Grief Digest, First Things, World and Christianity Today magazine.  His diverse interests have led him to investigate the most urgent social and personal concerns of the day, and he continues to regularly write on issues of moment. Mr. Stetson works frequently as a funeral chaplain, and has written and conducted over 3,000 funerals and memorial services.  

Email:  thebradstetson@gmail.com

US Mail:  PO Box 1248, Tustin, CA  92781

Challenging the Civil Rights Establishment:  Profiles of a New Black Vanguard (with Joseph G. Conti), Praeger Publishers, 1993.
 
Pluralism and Particularity in Religious Belief  Praeger Publishers, 1994.  

The Silent Subject:  Reflections on the Unborn in American Culture  (Editor), with a Foreword by Richard John Neuhaus.  Praeger Publishers, 1996. 
 
Black and Right: The Bold New Voice of Black Conservatives in America  (co-edited with Joseph G. Conti and Stan Faryna) Praeger Publishers, 1997.  
 
Human Dignity and Contemporary Liberalism  Praeger Publishers, 1998.  
 
Tender Fingerprints:  A True Story of Loss and Resolution   Zondervan, 1999.  
 
From Rage to Responsibility:  Black Conservative Jesse Lee Peterson and America Today (with Jesse Lee Peterson).  Foreword by Dennis Prager.  Paragon House Publishers, 2000.  
 
Living Victims, Stolen Lives:  Parents of Murdered Children Speak to America  Routledge, 2003.
 
The Truth About Tolerance:  Pluralism,  Diversity and the Culture Wars  (with Joseph G. Conti)  InterVarsity Press, 2005.  
 
Jewish Sacred Music and Jewish Identity:  Continuity and Fragmentation (co-edited with Jonathan L. Friedmann) Paragon House, 2007.
 
Choosing To Survive:  Loved Ones of Murder Victims Tell Their Stories  (Editor) Centering Corp., 2017.

Your Faith and the World Today: Emails of Instruction and Encouragement to Young Christians Wipf and Stock, 2025.