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Columbia professor speaks on the making of social ethics: Peabody, Pickering, and the Politics of the Color
The Ralph and Barbara Cushing Distinguished Lecture Series at the University of Detroit Mercy will host a talk with Ethics Professor Gary Dorrien of Columbia University.
The lecture entitled "The Making of Social Ethics: Peabody, Pickering, and the Politics of the Color" will be held Wednesday, March 19, 2008 at 7 pm at the Maureen A. Fay, O.P. Center, adjacent to the new College of Health Professions Building on the McNichols Campus. The event is sponsored by UDM's Religious Studies Department.
Dorrien is the Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Social Ethics at the Union Theological Seminary and Professor of Religion at Columbia University. An Episcopal priest, he was previously the Parfet Distinguished Professor at Kalamazoo College, where he taught for 18 years and served as Dean of Stetson Chapel.
Dorrien has authored 12 books and over 150 articles about ethics, social theory, philosophy, politics, and history. His work has been praised repeated for their "intellectual creativity," "immense erudition," and "stylish prose," naming him one of the most rigorous theological historians of our time.
A frequent lecturer at universities, divinity schools, conferences, civic groups, and religious gatherings, he has a long history of involvement in social justice, human rights, environmental and anti-war organizations. His recent book, Imperial Designs, grew out of his extensive lecturing against the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq.
Release date: February 26, 2008
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