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| Gary Dorrien
Union Theological Seminary
AD 413
3041 Broadway
NY, NY 10027
By appointment
Phone
university: (212) 280-1387
Email
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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