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| Christopher L. Morse
Dietrich Bonhoeffer Professor of Theology and Ethics
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"Dogmatics is
the antidote
of dogmatism."
Christopher Morse
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Christopher Morse received a B.A. in philosophy from Randolph-Macon College, an M.Div. from Yale Divinity School, and an S.T.M. and Ph.D. from Union Theological Seminary. Dr. Morse is an ordained minister of the United Methodist Church. His field of research and teaching is systematic theology, with particular emphasis on developing the practice of dogmatics and ethics as a "testing of the spirits" in regard to formative Christian dogmatic traditions and to the contemporary significance and assessment of church doctrines.
Dr. Morse's research on the biblical and creedal references to heaven, and the present day significance of apocalyptic understandings of reality as a coming "kingdom of heaven," has been published by T&T Clark/Continuum in the book The Difference Heaven Makes: Rehearing the Gospel as News.
He is an active participant in church and academic associations, including the New Haven Theological Discussion Group, of which he is co-convenor, the American Theological Society, of which he is a past president, and the Duodecim Theological Society.
Prof. Morse's speaking engagements have included lectures on the theme of Bonhoeffer’s Theological Legacy at the United Theological College of the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica, in 2004, on Dogmatics and American Politics at Neskirkja Church in Reykjavik, Iceland, in 2006, and papers on Dogmatics, Hermeneutics, Metaphysics, and Ethics, in relation to apocalyptic themes, presented at the Scottish universities of Aberdeen, St. Andrews, Edinburgh, and Glasgow in 2007.
Among his recent publications are book chapters on former Union faculty members John Macquarrie, Paul Lehmann and Richard Norris. His major published work is a text on Christian doctrine, Not Every Spirit: A Dogmatics of Christian Disbelief, which continues to be used at a number of schools and seminaries. It is currently in its second edition, with a new prologue by the author, published by T&T Clark/Continuum.
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Mary C. Boys
Euan K. Cameron
David M. Carr
Chung Hyun Kyung
James H. Cone
Alan Cooper
Samuel Cruz
Gary Dorrien
Esther J. Hamori
Kelby Harrison
Serene Jones
Brigitte Kahl
Paul F. Knitter
Barbara K. Lundblad
Daisy L. Machado
Tyler D. Mayfield
John Anthony McGuckin
Troy Messenger
Christopher L. Morse
Daniel Munteanu
Su Yon Pak
Hal Taussig
Mark C. Taylor
Ann Belford Ulanov
Janet R. Walton
John B. Weaver
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