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GARY DORRIEN
Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Social Ethics
Union alumnus Gary Dorrien is the Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Social Ethics at Union Theological Seminary and Professor of Religion at Columbia University. An Episcopal priest, he was previously the Parfet Distinguished Professor at Kalamazoo College, where he taught for 18 years and also served as Dean of Stetson Chapel.
Prof. Dorrien is the author of 13 books and approximately 175 articles that range across the fields of ethics, social theory, theology, philosophy, politics, and history. Praised for their "intellectual creativity" and "stylish prose," these works include four books on social ethics and economic democracy, two acclaimed books on political neoconservatism, and a trilogy titled The Making of American Liberal Theology: (1) Imagining Progressive Religion; (II) Idealism, Realism, and Modernity; (III) Crisis, Irony, and Postmodernity.
More than thirty reviewers have described the trilogy on liberalism as the definitive work in the field. The Expository Times called it "an endeavor best described, by all accounts, as magisterial, definitive, and authoritative." The Journal of Markets and Morality called it "monumental, encyclopedic, breathtaking." The Christian Century called it "a magnificent intellectual achievement." Boston University philosophical theologian Robert Neville wrote: "Dorrien is the most rigorous theological historian of our time, moving from analyses of social context and personal struggles through the most abstruse theological and metaphysical issues."
A frequent lecturer at universities, divinity schools, conferences, civic groups, and religious gatherings, Prof. Dorrien speaks for the Distinguished Lecturers Program of the Organization of American Historians and is a recent past president of the American Theological Society.
In addition to his long involvement in the American Academy of Religion and other professional organizations, Prof. Dorrien has a long record of involvement in social justice and anti-war organizations. His recent book, Imperial Designs, grew out of his extensive lecturing against the U.S.'s invasion and occupation of Iraq. His major work, Social Ethics in the Making, will be published by Blackwell in November 2008, and he is currently completing a book titled Economy, Difference, and Empire.
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Dorothy C. Bass Mary C. Boys
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Serene Jones
Brigitte Kahl
Paul F. Knitter
Barbara K. Lundblad
Daisy L. Machado
John Anthony McGuckin
Troy Messenger
Christopher L. Morse Su Yon Pak
Kent Aaron Reynolds
Hal Taussig
Mark C. Taylor
Ann Belford Ulanov Janet R. Walton John B. Weaver
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