Ronald Frank Thiemann
Ronald Frank Thiemann (1946 – November 29, 2012) was an American political theologian and Benjamin Bussey Professor of Theology at Harvard Divinity School. His research in large part focused on the role of religion in public life. He was dean of Harvard Divinity School from 1986 to 1998.
Biography
Thiemann, an ordained
Thiemann held the Benjamin Bussey Professorship of Theology, the oldest endowed chair in theology at Harvard. He was a faculty associate of the
While acting president of
Pornography case
Thiemann lived in a Harvard-owned residence, using a Harvard-owned computer. In fall 1998 he requested that a bigger
After a review, the University President stated that the staff had acted properly in the incident.[7]
The Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz wrote, in a letter to the editor of the Boston Globe, "Surely Dean Thiemann would not have been asked to resign if he had been found using his Harvard-owned computer to keep track of his private stamp collection. Nor would he have been asked to leave if a cleaning person had found a copy of a pornographic magazine in the desk drawer of his Harvard-owned residence. What, then, is the principle, and where are the lines to be drawn?"
Bibliography
Books
- Thiemann, Ronald F. The Humble Sublime: Secularity and the Politics of Belief. New York: I.B. Tauris, 2013. ISBN 1780767447.
- ------. Constructing a Public Theology: The Church in a Pluralistic Culture. Louisville, Kentucky: Westminster/John Knox, 1991. ISBN 0-664-25130-7.
- ------. Revelation and Theology: The Gospel as Narrated Promise. Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press, 1985. ISBN 0-268-01629-1.
- ------. Religion in Public Life: A Dilemma for Democracy. Washington, District of Columbia: Georgetown University Press, 1996. ISBN 0-87840-610-7.
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 0-8147-2679-8.
- ------. Introduction to Joan Halifax, A Buddhist Life in America: Simplicity in the Complex. New York: Paulist, 1998. ISBN 0-8091-3785-2.
Journal articles
Editor
- ISBN 0-8133-3876-X.
- Noll, Mark A. and Ronald F. Thiemann, eds. Where Shall My Wond'ring Soul Begin? The Landscape of Evangelical Piety and Thought. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2000. ISBN 0-8028-4639-4.
- Thiemann, Ronald F., ed. The Legacy of H. Richard Niebuhr. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Fortress, 1991. ISBN 0-8006-7084-1.
- ------ and ISBN 1-56338-236-9.
References
- ^ George R. Goethals and J. Thomas Wren, eds. Leadership and Discovery, ppxi-xii. Palgrave Macmillan. Retrieved December 5, 2012.
- ^ "Ronald F. Thiemann Harvard Divinity School". Hds.harvard.edu. Harvard. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
- ^ "Haverford Honor is Rejected", New York Times (UPI), May 20, 1986. A.24
- ^ Parrott, Jennings, "Graduation Speech: No, Thanks", Los Angeles Times (Pre-1997 Fulltext), May 20, 1986. 2.
- ^ "Harvard Ouster Linked to Porn; Divinity School Dean Questioned", Boston Globe, May 19, 1999.
- ^ T. Trent Gegax, "An Odd fall from grace", Newsweek vol. 133, no. 22 (May 31, 1999) p.70.
- ^ "Harvard Defends Role in Dean's Resignation Amid Porn Claims: Review Found Nothing Invasive in Staff's Actions, President Says", Boston Globe, July 3, 1999.
External links
- Ronald F. Thiemann, at Harvard University
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