“In Job in Exile, David Gushee offers a searching, pastorally attuned, and theologically rich interpretation of Job. At once a work of biblical exegesis, moral theology, and spiritual accompaniment, it unfolds not as a conventional commentary but as a series of meditations on pivotal moments that illuminate a journey through exile, protest, to the reconstruction of faith. Gushee presents Job’s witness amid inexplicable suffering as pointing to the faithfulness of relentless, even confrontational questioning of God. Drawing on a wide range of voices and traditions, Gushee’s close reading of Job refuses both reductive theodicies and brittle certainties without yielding to despair, offering instead a compelling vision of faith that can sustain solidarity, truth-telling, and hope in a fractured and wounded world.” —Rev Canon Prof Luke Bretherton, Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology, University of Oxford

“David Gushee brings his customary blend of astute intelligence, spiritual sincerity, and ethical passion to this study of the book of Job, showing that whether or not the book is a midrash of Wisdom literature and the prophets, it is a gusher of spiritual daring that never runs out.” —Gary Dorrien, author, Over from Union Road: My Christian-Left-Intellectual Life

“Post-evangelicals will recognize the Job Gushee reveals: scorned by his faith community for an integrity that dares question dogma, Job discovers wisdom that can only be found in the ash heaps of comfortable religion.”—Rebecca Bell, Lead Pastor of Threads Church in Kalamazoo, Michigan

"With exegetical rigour and hard-won moral clarity, David Gushee unlocks the book of Job as a rich resource for anyone wrestling with oppressive, unjust, or abusive uses of faith and Scripture, whether in the academy or in lived experience. Biblical scholars, public theologians, and spiritual refugees alike will find in these pages both a credible guide and a deeply liberating companion."—Prof. dr. Dion A. Forster, University Research Chair and Professor of Public Theology and Ethics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Extraordinary Professor of Systematic Theology and Ethics, Stellenbosch University

“Shakespeare's plays are often set in contemporary contexts, thus illuminating things in both the text and ourselves. In reading the ancient biblical tale of Job as a guide for contemporary spiritual refugees, David Gushee creates the same effect. We see the complexity and profundity of this great story anew, and we gain fresh insight, compassion, and hope for those of us whose spiritual and religious journeys have been marked by change and loss. In Job in Exile, Gushee is the bible teacher, the ethicist, and the pastor the church needs today.”—(Rev. Dr.) Steve Watson, author of All Flesh Shalom: Larger, Freer, More Loving Readings of the Good News of Jesus.