Thomas C. Oden

The Reverend Thomas C. Oden
Born	Thomas Clark Oden (1931-10-21)October 21, 1931 Altus, Oklahoma, US
Died	December 8, 2016(2016-12-08) (aged 85)
Spouse	Edrita Pokorny ​ (m. 1952)​
Ecclesiastical career
Religion	Christianity (Methodist)
Church	United Methodist Church
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Oklahoma Southern Methodist University Yale University
Doctoral advisor	H. Richard Niebuhr
Influences	Will Herberg
Academic work
Discipline	Theology
School or tradition	Paleo-orthodoxy
Institutions	Phillips University Drew University
Notable works	John Wesley's Teachings (2012–2014)

Thomas Clark Oden (1931–2016) was an American Methodist theologian and religious author. He is often regarded as the father of the paleo-orthodox theological movement and is considered^{[citation needed]} to be one of the most influential theologians of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century. He was Henry Anson Buttz Professor of Theology and Ethics at Drew University in New Jersey from 1980 until his retirement in 2004.^[1]