Gary Dorrien | |
|---|---|
 Dorrien in 2023 | |
| Born | Gary John Dorrien March 21, 1952 |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse |
Brenda L. Biggs
(m. 1979; died 2000) |
| Partner | Eris McClure[1] |
| Ecclesiastical career | |
| Religion | Christianity (Anglican) |
| Church | Episcopal Church |
| Ordained | December 18, 1982 (priest)[2] |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | |
| Thesis | Transformations of Modernity[3] (1989) |
| Influences | Reinhold Niebuhr[4] |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | |
| Sub-discipline | Christian ethics |
| School or tradition | Theological liberalism[5] |
| Institutions | |
| Notable works | The Making of American Liberal Theology (2001–2006) |
Gary John Dorrien (born 1952) is an American social ethicist and theologian. He is the Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Social Ethics at Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York and Professor of Religion at Columbia University, both in New York City, and the author of 25 books on ethics, social theory, philosophy, theology, politics, and intellectual history.[6]
Prior to joining the faculty at Union and Columbia in 2005, Dorrien taught at Kalamazoo College in Michigan, where he served as Parfet Distinguished Professor and as Dean of Stetson Chapel.[6]
An Episcopal priest, he has taught as the Paul E. Raither Distinguished Scholar at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, the Horace De Y. Lentz Visiting Professor at Harvard Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the Lowell Visiting Professor at Boston University School of Theology.[7]
Dorrien is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America's Religion and Socialism Commission.[8]
- ^ "Fall 2019 STH Lowell Lecture". Boston University. Archived from the original on August 5, 2024.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
CVwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Dorrien, Gary John (1989). Transformations of Modernity: The Common Good in Social and Theological Theory (PhD thesis). Union Institute. OCLC 984155347.
- ^ Steinfels, Peter (May 25, 2007). "Two Social Ethicists and the National Landscape". The New York Times. p. B6. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
- ^ Horstkoetter, David W. (2016). Gary Dorrien, Stanley Hauerwas, Rowan Williams, and the Theological Transformation of Sovereignties (PhD dissertation). Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Marquette University. p. 26. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
- ^ a b "Department of Religion". religion.columbia.edu. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
- ^ "Gary Dorrien '78 | Union Theological Seminary". utsnyc.edu. Archived from the original on November 24, 2016. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
- ^ "ABOUT US". Democratic Socialists of America. Retrieved July 14, 2018.