Marc H. Ellis

Marc Ellis
Born 1952
Miami, Florida
Nationality American
Alma mater Florida State University
Marquette University
Occupation Professor

Marc H. Ellis (born in 1952, Miami, Florida) is an American author, liberation theologian, and University Professor of Jewish Studies, Professor of History and Director of the Center for Jewish Studies at Baylor University.[1]

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Biography

Ellis was a member of the Catholic Workers Movement in 1974-1975. He wrote an autobiographical book (1997) Unholy alliance: religion and atrocity in our time. He earned B.A. and M.A. degrees in Religion and American Studies at Florida State University, where he studied under Richard Rubenstein and William Miller. In 1980 he received his doctorate in contemporary American Social and Religious Thought from Marquette University.[2] He then became a faculty member at the Maryknoll School of Theology in Maryknoll, New York, and director of the M.A. program at the Maryknoll Institute for Justice and Peace.[1][3] He was made full professor in 1988, and remained at Maryknoll until 1995. He was a Senior Fellow[4] and then visiting scholar at Harvard University's Center for the Study of World Religions and Center for Middle Eastern Studies, as well as a visiting professor at Florida State University. In 1998 he was appointed Professor of American and Jewish Studies at Baylor University, where the next year he was named University Professor of American and Jewish Studies. In 1999 he founded Baylor University's Center for American and Jewish Studies. In 2006, the Center was renamed The Center for Jewish Studies. He is currently University Professor of Jewish Studies and Director of the Center for Jewish Studies at Baylor University.

His current writings deal with contemporary Judaism, Jewish liberation theology, Jewish-Arab relations, and justice and peace studies.

Ellis was featured in the David Horowitz book The Professors: The 101 Most Dangerous Academics in America.[5]

Dr. Ellis is currently facing dismissal charges from Baylor University. Dr. Cornel West and Rosemary Ruether have started a petition on Change.org in support of his efforts to remain at Baylor.[6]

Commentaries

Among those who have commented appreciatively on the work of Ellis are George McGovern, Noam Chomsky, Edward Said, Professor Susannah Heschel, Elliot Dorff and Desmund Tutu.[1] Among those who have criticized Ellis's work are Edward Alexander,[7] David Horowitz,[8] and Alan Mittleman.[9]

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References

  1. ^ a b c Director Marc H. Ellis, at Baylor University
  2. ^ University Faculty, Professional, and Administrative Personnel, Florida State University
  3. ^ Marc Ellis, University Professor of Jewish Studies Baylor University
  4. ^ Past Fellows and Affiliates: D-H, Center for the Study of World Religions Harvard Divinity School
  5. ^ Horowitz, David (2006). The professors: the 101 most dangerous academics in America. Regnery Publishing. ISBN 0895260034. 
  6. ^ http://mondoweiss.net/2011/11/cornel-west-rosemary-ruether-launch-petition-to-stop-marc-elliss-dismissal-from-baylor-university.html
  7. ^ http://archive.frontpagemag.com/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=5453
  8. ^ Horowitz, David (2006). The professors: the 101 most dangerous academics in America. Regnery Publishing. ISBN 0895260034.
  9. ^ Alan Mittleman, "Marc Ellis: The Torah as a Suicide Pact," in Edward Alexander and Paul Bogdanor, The Jewish Divide over Israel, New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers.

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