Gary Dorrien
Gary John Dorrien (born March 21, 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 18 books on ethics, social theory, philosophy, theology, politics, and intellectual history.
Gary Dorrien | |
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| Born | Gary John Dorrien March 21, 1952 |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse |
Brenda L. Biggs
(m. 1979; died 2000) |
| Partner | Eris McClure |
| Ecclesiastical career | |
| Religion | Christianity (Anglican) |
| Church | Episcopal Church |
| Ordained | December 18, 1982 (priest) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | |
| Thesis | Transformations of Modernity (1989) |
| Influences | Reinhold Niebuhr |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | |
| Sub-discipline | Christian ethics |
| School or tradition | Theological liberalism |
| Institutions | |
| Notable works | The Making of American Liberal Theology (2001–2006) |
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.
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.
Dorrien is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America's Religion and Socialism Commission.