Mark D. Jordan | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Professor |
| Awards | Randy Shilts Award (2011) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | St. John's College University of Texas at Austin |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Harvard University Emory University University of Notre Dame Washington University in St. Louis |
| Doctoral students | Stephen J. Blackwood[1] |
Mark D. Jordan (born 1953/54) is a scholar of Christian theology, European philosophy, and gender studies. He is currently the Richard Reinhold Niebuhr Research Professor of Divinity at Harvard Divinity School and Professor of the Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality in the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
At Harvard, he teaches courses on the Western traditions of Christian theology, the relations of religion to art or literature, and the prospects for sexual ethics. Jordan also writes on gender, sexuality, and the relationship between religious doctrine and LGBT issues.[2][3][4][5][6][7] In addition to his scholarship and classroom teaching, Jordan has discussed sexual and religious issues to audiences that range from college lectureships to National Public Radio, the New York Times, and CNN.
Jordan's most recent books are Teaching Bodies: Moral Formation in the Summa of Thomas Aquinas (Fordham 2016) and Convulsing Bodies: Religion and Resistance in Foucault (Stanford 2015).
- ^ "The Meters of Boethius: Rhythmic Therapy in the Consolation of Philosophy".
- ^ "Harvard professor seeks 'gay' term in Bible". 28 October 2009.
- ^ "Emory Profile: Mark Jordan".
- ^ "Divinity School Professor To Leave Harvard | News | The Harvard Crimson".
- ^ "Obama Backs Marriage Equality: A Christian Ethicist Responds | Religion & Politics". 11 May 2012.
- ^ "Harvard Divinity School's Jordan to deliver Boswell Memorial Lecture".
- ^ "Christians Debate Sinfulness of Servicing Same-Sex Weddings". NPR.org.
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