Harvey Cox

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The Reverend Harvey Cox
Cox examining a Honeywell fragmentation device in 1973
Born	(1929-05-19) May 19, 1929 (age 95) Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, US
Spouses	Nancy Nieburger (m. 1957; div.)[1] Nina Tumarkin ​ (m. 1986)​ [2]
Ecclesiastical career
Religion	Christianity (Baptist)
Church	American Baptist Churches USA
Ordained	1957
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Pennsylvania Yale University Harvard University
Doctoral advisor	James Luther Adams[3]
Influences	Karl Barth Dietrich Bonhoeffer[2][4]
Academic work
Discipline	Theology
School or tradition	Secular theology
Institutions	Andover Newton Theological School Harvard University
Notable works	The Secular City (1965)

Harvey Gallagher Cox Jr. (born May 19, 1929) is an American theologian who served as the Hollis Professor of Divinity at Harvard Divinity School, until his retirement in October 2009. Cox's research and teaching focus on theological developments in world Christianity, including liberation theology and the role of Christianity in Latin America.