Gary Dorrien: Economic Democracy Then and Now

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Drs. Gary Dorrien, Steve Simmons & Craig Atwood

Dr. Gary Dorrien is the Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Social Ethics at Union Theological Seminary and Professor of Religion at Columbia University, and an ordained Episcopal priest. He is the author of 16 books and approximately 250 articles that range across the fields of ethics, social theory, theology, philosophy, politics, and history. A recent past president of the American Theological Society, Professor Dorrien has been described by Princeton University philosopher Cornel West as “the preeminent social ethicist in North America today.”

God and Politics

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My latest column was first posted in Bruce Reyes-Chow’s blog site Patheos.com.  This is a repost from his site.

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I will never forget the answer that George W. Bush gave in an early presidential primary season debate – December 13, 1999 – when he was asked, ‘who is your favorite political philosopher’.