Ronald Frank Thiemann
Ronald Frank Thiemann (born 1946) is Benjamin Bussey Professorship of Theology at Harvard Divinity School. His research focuses on the role of religion in public life, and he was dean of Harvard Divinity School from 1986 to 1998.
Biography
Thiemann, an ordained Lutheran minister, holds an M.A. from Concordia Senior College, a M.Div. from Concordia Seminary, and both an M.A. and a Ph.D. from Yale University. He was a professor in the Religion Department at Haverford College before joining Harvard University in 1986.
Thiemann holds the Benjamin Bussey Professorship of Theology, the oldest endowed chair in theology at Harvard. He is a Faculty Associate of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and is a Faculty Fellow at the John F. Kennedy School's Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations, where he serves on the steering committee of the center's Joint Program in Religion and Public Life. He is a Faculty Affiliate at the Kennedy School's Harvard Center for Public Leadership and has received a fellowship from the center in support of his current research project. He is currently working on a book-length project entitled Prisoners of Conscience: Public Intellectuals in a Time of Crisis, which examines the courageous stance of four public figures—Anna Akhmatova, Albert Camus, Langston Hughes, and George Orwell—during the tumultuous period of 1914-45. In 2006 Thiemann represented the U.S. National Academies of Science on a lecture tour of universities and research centers in the Islamic Republic of Iran.[1]
Bibliography
Books
- Thiemann, Ronald F. Constructing a Public Theology: The Church in a Pluralistic Culture. Louisville, Kentucky: Westminster/John Knox, 1991. ISBN 0664251307.
- ------. Revelation and Theology: The Gospel as Narrated Promise. Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press, 1985. ISBN 0268016291.
- ------. Religion in Public Life: A Dilemma for Democracy. Washington, District of Columbia: Georgetown University Press, 1996. ISBN 0878406107.
Book Chapters
- Thiemann, Ronald F. "The Constitutional Tradition: A Perplexing Legacy," in Law and Religion: A Critical Anthology, edited by Stephen M. Feldman. New York: New York University Press, 2000. ISBN 0814726798.
- ------. Introduction to Joan Halifax, A Buddhist Life in America: Simplicity in the Complex. New York: Paulist, 1998. ISBN 0809137852.
Journal Articles
Editor
- Bane, Mary Jo, Brent Coffin and Ronald Thiemann. Who Will Provide: The Changing Role of Religion in American Social Welfare. Boulder, Colorado: Westview, 2000. ISBN 081333876X.
- Noll, Mark A. and Ronald F. Thiemann. Where Shall My Wond'ring Soul Begin? The Landscape of Evangelical Piety and Thought. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2000. ISBN 0802846394.
- Thiemann, Ronald F. The Legacy of H. Richard Niebuhr. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Fortress, 1991. ISBN 0800670841.
- ------ and William C. Placher, editors. Why Are We Here? Everyday Questions and the Christian Life. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Trinity International, 1998. ISBN 1563382369.
References
- ^ http://www.hds.harvard.edu/people/faculty/ronald-f-thiemann
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