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| Gary Dorrien
Union Theological Seminary
AD 413
3041 Broadway
NY, NY 10027
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university: 212-280-1387
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gdorrien@uts.columbia.edu |
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Gary Dorrien
Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Social Ethics
Union Theological Seminary |
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Biography
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.
Dorrien is the author of 12 books and approximately 150 articles that range across the fields of ethics, social theory, theology, philosophy, politics, and history. His philosophical, social-ethical, and political writings include "Logic and Consciousness" (1985), "The Democratic Socialist Vision" (1986), "Reconstructing the Common Good" (1990), "The Neoconservative Mind: Politics, Culture, and Ideology" (1993), "Soul in Society" (1995), and "Imperial Designs" (2005). His theological writings include "The Word as True Myth" (1997), "The Remaking of Evangelical Theology" (1998), "The Barthian Revolt in Modern Theology" (2000), and a trilogy, "The Making of American Liberal Theology" (2001, 2003, and 2006).
His books have been praised repeatedly for their “intellectual creativity,” “immense erudition,” and “stylish prose.” More than twenty reviewers have declared that Dorrien's three volumes on theological liberalism are the definitive works in the field, and his books on social Christianity, political neoconservatism, and Barthian theology have received similar commendations.
A frequent lecturer at universities, divinity schools, conferences, civic groups, and religious gatherings, 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 involvement in the American Academy of Religion, Society of Christian Ethics, and other professional organizations, he has a long record of involvement in social justice, human rights, environmental 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.
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