Peter C. Blum is Professor of Philosophy and Culture at Hillsdale College, where he directs their program in Sociology and Social Thought. A graduate of Goshen College, with advanced degrees in sociology and philosophy from the University of Notre Dame, he lives in Hillsdale, Michigan with his wife, Gail. He is a member of Salem Mennonite Church near Waldron, Michigan, and is author of a number of essays relating contemporary social theory to an Anabaptist understanding of Christian discipleship.