 | Thomas W. Ogletree |
Thomas W. Ogletree, newly designated as the Frederick Marquand Professor of Ethics, is a former dean of the Yale Divinity School whose teaching and research focus on Christian ethics.
Ogletree is the author of five books: "The World Calling: The Church's Witness in Politics and Society," "Christian Faith and History: A Critical Comparison of Ernst Troeltsch and Karl Barth," "The Death of God Controversy," "The Use of the Bible in Christian Ethics" and "Hospitality to the Stranger: Dimensions of Moral Understanding." He is the co-author of "From Hope to Liberation: Towards a New Marxist-Christian Dialogue" and co-editor of "Lifeboat Ethics: Moral Dilemmas of World Hunger." In addition, he has published numerous scholarly articles in journals, encyclopedias and essay collections.
Ogletree served as dean of the Divinity School 1990-1996. Before coming to Yale, he was dean of the Theological School at Drew University for nine years. From 1970 to 1981 he taught at Vanderbilt University, where he also served as a senior research associate at the Institute for Public Policy Studies and chaired the Graduate Department of Religion. Earlier in his career, he taught at Birmingham-Southern College and the Chicago Theological Seminary.
An ordained United Methodist minister, Ogletree has served as pastor of congregations in Alabama, Wisconsin and Tennessee. He was the founding pastor of Vestavia Hills United Methodist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. He was also one of the principal drafters of the current United Methodist Disciplinary Statement on Doctrinal Standards.
Ogletree earned his B.A. at Birmingham-Southern College, a B.D. at Garrett Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois, and his Ph.D. at Vanderbilt University. Under the auspices of a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Cross-Disciplinary Fellowship from the Society for Values in Higher Education, he pursued postdoctoral studies at the Free University in West Berlin and at the Seminar for Advanced Studies at the Sorbonne in Paris.
Ogletree is a former president of the Society of Christian Ethics. He also is a member of the American Theological Society, the New Haven Theological Discussion Group, the Society for Values in Higher Education and the American Academy of Religion. He has been recognized with honorary degrees from Birmingham-Southern College and Livingstone College and Hood Theological Seminary.
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