Gabriel Fackre

Gabriel Fackre
Born(1926-01-25)January 25, 1926
DiedJanuary 31, 2018(2018-01-31) (aged 92)
Spouse
Dorothy Ashman Fackre
(m. 1945; died 2017)
Ecclesiastical career
ReligionChristianity
Church
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Chicago
ThesisA Comparison and Critique of the Interpretations of Dehumanization in the Thought of Soren Kierkegaard and Karl Marx[1] (1962)
Influences
Academic work
DisciplineTheology
Institutions

Gabriel Joseph Fackre (1926–2018) was an American theologian and Abbot Professor of Christian Theology Emeritus at Andover Newton Theological School in Newton, Massachusetts (now Andover Newton Seminary at Yale). He was on the school's faculty for 25 years before retiring in 1996. Previous to that he was Professor of Theology and Culture at Lancaster Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania, teaching there from 1961 through 1970. Fackre has also served as visiting professor or held lectureships at 40 universities, colleges, and seminaries. His papers are housed in Special Collections at Princeton Theological Seminary Libraries, Princeton, New Jersey.[6]

  1. ^ Fackre, Gabriel J. (1962). A Comparison and Critique of the Interpretations of Dehumanization in the Thought of Soren Kierkegaard and Karl Marx (PhD thesis). Chicago: University of Chicago. OCLC 222067215.
  2. ^ a b "The Rev. Dr. Gabriel J. Fackre". Framingham, Massachusetts: Massachusetts Conference of the United Church of Christ. January 31, 2018. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
  3. ^ Morrison, John Douglas (2015). "By What Authority Do We Say These Things? Enlightenment Dualism and the Modern Rejection of Biblical Authority". In Allison, Gregg R.; Wellum, Stephen J. (eds.). Building on the Foundations of Evangelical Theology: Essays in Honor of John S. Feinberg. Wheaton, Illinois: Crossway. ISBN 978-1-4335-3820-9.
  4. ^ Kaplan, Grant (2016). René Girard, Unlikely Apologist: Mimetic Theory and Fundamental Theology. Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press. ISBN 978-0-268-10088-9.
  5. ^ Larkman, Connie (February 6, 2018). "UCC Mourns the Loss of Theologian, Teacher, Author, Activist Gabe Fackre". Cleveland, Ohio: United Church of Christ. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
  6. ^ "Dr. Gabriel Fackre". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 21 February 2018.