Ronald H. Stone is the John Witherspoon Professor of Christian Ethics emeritus at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. Born and educated in Iowa, Stone undertook graduate study at Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University, and Oxford University. Returning to the United States, he became Reinhold Niebuhr's last teaching assistant and, later, colleague. Stone has written two dozen books on religion and society and served as chairman of the local Development Corporation and the Allegheny County Ethics Commission.