Harvey Gallagher Cox, Jr. (born March 19, 1929 in Malvern, Pennsylvania) is one of the preeminent theologians in the United States and serves as professor of divinity at the Harvard Divinity School. Cox's research and teaching focus on theological developments in world Christianity, including liberation theology and the role of Christianity in Latin America. March 19 is the 78th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (79th in leap years). ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Location of Malvern in relation to Paoli and Chesterbrook Malvern is a borough in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. ... Official language(s) English, Pennsylvania Dutch Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Area  Ranked 33rd  - Total 46,055 sq mi (119,283 km²)  - Width 280 miles (455 km)  - Length 160 miles (255 km)  - % water 2. ... Theology is literally rational discourse concerning God (Greek θεος, theos, God, + λογος, logos, rational discourse). By extension, it also refers to the study of other religious topics. ... Harvard Divinity School Harvard Divinity School is one of the constituent schools of Harvard University, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the United States. ... Christianity is a monotheistic[1] religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the New Testament. ... Liberation theology is a sometimes controversial school of theological thought. ... Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ...

After a stint in the U.S. Merchant Marine, Cox attended the University of Pennsylvania and graduated in 1951 with a BA degree with honors in history. He went on to earn a Bachelor of Divinity degree from the Yale University Divinity School in 1955, and a PhD in the history and philosophy of religion from Harvard University in 1963. Flag of the United States Merchant Marine The U.S. Merchant Marine flag flown at the American Merchant Marine Veterans Memorial in Point Park in Ashtabula, Ohio The United States Merchant Marine comprise the merchant ships that are used to transport both imports and exports during peace time and serves... This article is about the private university in Philadelphia. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Bachelor of Arts (B.A., BA or A.B.), from the Latin Artium Baccalaureus is an undergraduate bachelors degree awarded for either a course or a program in the liberal arts or the sciences, or both. ... in 1930 was when the first traces of humans where discovered by cochroaches. ... A Bachelor of Divinity (BD or BDiv) is usually an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a courses taken in the study of divinity or related disciplines, such as theology or, rarely, religious studies. ... Yale redirects here. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Doctor of Philosophy (from Greek , meaning Teacher of Philosophy), typically abbreviated Ph. ... Harvard redirects here. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ...

Cox was ordained as an American Baptist minister in 1957, and started teaching as an assistant professor at the Andover Newton Theological School in Massachusetts. He then began teaching at the Harvard Divinity School in 1965 and in 1969 became a full professor. ABCUSA American Baptist Churches USA (ABCUSA) is a group of Baptist churches within the United States; headquartered in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. ... In most Protestant churches, a minister is a member of the ordained clergy who leads a congregation; such a person may also be called a Pastor, Preacher, or Elder. ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A professor giving a lecture The meaning of the word professor (Latin: one who claims publicly to be an expert) varies. ... Andover Theological Seminary, now part of Andover Newton Theological School, is the oldest graduate school of theology in the United States. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Year 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ...

Cox became widely known with the publication of The Secular City in 1965. It became immensely popular and influential for a book on theology, selling over one million copies. Cox developed the thesis that the church is primarily a people of faith and action, rather than an institution. He argued that "God is just as present in the secular as the religious realms of life". Far from being a protective religious community, the church should be in the forefront of change in society, celebrating the new ways religiosity is finding expression in the world. Phrases such as "intrinsic conservatism prevents the denominational churches from leaving their palaces behind and stepping into God's permanent revolution in history" (p. 206) can be viewed as threatening to the status quo, and for some an embrace of the social revolution of the 1960s. 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Status Quo are an English rock band whose music is characterised by a strong boogie line. ...

Books

• The Secular City: Secularization and Urbanization in Theological Perspective (1965), Collier Books, 25th anniversary edition 1990: ISBN 0-02-031155-9
• God's Revolution and Man's Responsibilities (1966) no ISBN issued
• The Feast of Fools: A Theological Essay on Festivity and Fantasy (1969), Harvard University Press, ISBN 0-674-29525-0, Harper & Row 1970 paperback: ISBN 0-06-080272-3, HarperCollins 2000 paperback: ISBN 0-06-090212-4
• The Seduction of the Spirit: The Use and Misuse of People's Religion (1973), Touchstone edition 1985: ISBN 0-671-21728-3
• Turning East: Why Americans Look to the Orient for Spirituallity-And What That Search Can Mean to the West (1978), Simon & Schuster, ISBN 0-671-24405-1
• Religion in the Secular City: Toward a Postmodern Theology, (1985), Simon & Schuster, ISBN 0-671-52805-X
• Many Mansions: A Christian's Encounter with Other Faiths (1988), Beacon Press reprint 1992: ISBN 0-8070-1213-0
• The Silencing of Leonardo Boff: The Vatican and the Future of World Christianity, (1988) ISBN 0-940989-35-2
• Fire from Heaven: The Rise of Pentecostal Spirituality and the Re-shaping of Religion in the 21st Century, (1994), Decapo Press reprint 2001: ISBN 0-306-81049-2
• Religion in a Secular City: Essays in Honor of Harvey Cox, Harvey Cox, Arvind Sharma editors, (2001), Trinity Press, ISBN 1-56338-337-3
• When Jesus Came to Harvard: Making Moral Choices Today, (2004), Houghton Mifflin, ISBN 0-618-06744-2 (hardcover)

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External link

• Official page at Harvard Divinity School