Michael J. Gorman

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Michael J. Gorman
Born (1955-11-03) November 3, 1955 (age 67)
NationalityAmerican
Academic background
Alma mater
Thesis The Self, the Lord, and the Other [1]  (1989)
Academic advisors Bruce M. Metzger [2]
Sub-discipline
Institutions St. Mary's Seminary and University

Michael J. Gorman (born 1955) is an American New Testament scholar. He is the Raymond E. Brown Professor of Biblical Studies and Theology at St. Mary's Seminary and University, where he has taught since 1991. [3] From 1995 to 2012 he was dean of St. Mary's Ecumenical Institute. [3]

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Gorman specializes especially in the letters, theology, and spirituality of the Apostle Paul. He is associated with the "participationist perspective" on Paul's theology. His additional specialties are the book of Revelation, theological and missional interpretation of Scripture, the gospel of John, and early Christian ethics. Gorman was born and raised in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, graduating from Glen Burnie High School in Glen Burnie, Maryland. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree summa cum laude in French from Gordon College in Wenham, Massachusetts. He received the Master of Divinity and Doctor of Philosophy cum laude in New Testament from Princeton Theological Seminary, where he was also a teaching fellow in New Testament and an instructor in New Testament Greek. He has also been a visiting professor at Duke Divinity School, Regent College, Carey Baptist College (New Zealand), Wesley Theological Seminary, and two theological schools in Africa. Gorman has led several study trips to Greece/Turkey/Rome and to France/Switzerland. A United Methodist, Gorman is an active layperson and a popular teacher at colleges, seminaries, churches, and conferences representing many traditions. [3] His older son, Rev. Dr. Mark Gorman, is a pastor and theologian who is also on the faculty of St. Mary's Ecumenical Institute. [4]

Gorman is the author of twenty books and numerous articles on Biblical interpretation and on ethics. [3]

Selected works

Thesis

Books

On Paul

  • (2001). Cruciformity: Paul's narrative spirituality of the cross. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. ISBN   9780802847959. OCLC   46503747.
  • (2004). Apostle of the Crucified Lord: a theological introduction to Paul and his letters. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. ISBN   9780802839343. OCLC   708565847.
  • (2008). Reading Paul. Cascade companions. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books. ISBN   9781556351952. OCLC   181087025.
  • (2009). Inhabiting the cruciform God : kenosis, justification, and theosis in Paul's narrative soteriology. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. ISBN   9780802862655. OCLC   262878951.
  • (2015). Peace in Paul and Luke. Grove Biblical series. Vol. B 76. Cambridge, UK: Grove Books Limited. ISBN   9781851749393. OCLC   922784054.
  • (2015). Becoming the Gospel: Paul, participation, and mission. The Gospel and Our Culture Series. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. ISBN   9780802868848. OCLC   971422877.
  • (2017). Apostle of the Crucified Lord: a theological introduction to Paul and his letters (2nd ed.). Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. ISBN   9781467446945. OCLC   988869776.
  • (2018). Participation: Paul's vision of life in Christ. Grove Biblical series. Vol. 88. Cambridge, UK: Grove Books Limited. ISBN   9781788270502. OCLC   1046077371.
  • (2019). Participating in Christ: explorations in Paul's theology and spirituality. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic. ISBN   9781540960368. OCLC   1039458688.
  • (2021). Cruciformity: Paul's Narrative Spirituality of the Cross (20th Anniversary ed.). Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. ISBN   9780802879127. OCLC   1237694199.
  • (2022). Romans: A Theological and Pastoral Commentary. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. ISBN   9780802877628. OCLC   1256803242.
  • (2023). The Self, the Lord, and the Other according to Paul and Epictetus: The Theological Significance of Reflective Language. Eugene, OR: Cascade. ISBN   9781666795318. OCLC   1374880628.

Other Biblical and Theological Subjects

  • (1982). Abortion & the Early Church: Christian, Jewish & pagan attitudes in the Greco-Roman world. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press (reprinted by Wipf & Stock, 1998). ISBN   9780877843979. OCLC   8668589.
  • (2001). Elements of Biblical Exegesis: a basic guide for students and ministers. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson. ISBN   9781565634855. OCLC   809612129.
  • ; Brooks, Ann Loar (2003). Holy Abortion?: a theological critique of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice: why Christians and Christian churches should reconsider the issue of abortion. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock. ISBN   9781592441853. OCLC   53188437.
  • (2005). Scripture: an ecumenical introduction to the Bible and its interpretation. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic. ISBN   9781493403929. OCLC   912321059.
  • (2009). Elements of Biblical Exegesis: a basic guide for students and ministers (rev. & exp. ed.). Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic. ISBN   9780801046407. OCLC   942179305.
  • (2011). Reading Revelation Responsibly: uncivil worship and witness: following the Lamb into the new creation. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books. ISBN   9781606085608. OCLC   688509225.
  • (2014). The Death of the Messiah and the Birth of the New Covenant: the (not-so) new model of the atonement. Cambridge, UK: James Clarke. ISBN   9780227174913. OCLC   887856359.
  • (2017). Scripture and its Interpretation: a global, ecumenical introduction to the Bible. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic. ISBN   9780801098390. OCLC   951762504.
  • (2018). Abide and Go: missional theosis in the Gospel of John. Didsbury lectures, 2016. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books. ISBN   9781532615450. OCLC   1037043088.

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References

  1. Gorman, Michael J. (1989). The Self, the Lord, and the Other: The Significance of Reflexive Pronoun Constructions in the Letters of Paul, with a Comparison to the Discourses of Epictetus (PhD thesis). Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton Theological Seminary. OCLC   81316390.
  2. "An Interview with Dr. Michael J. Gorman" (video). Wipf and Stock Publishers. Event occurs at 4:02–4:42. Retrieved February 5, 2019 via YouTube.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Our Faculty and Administration. St. Mary's Seminary and University" . Retrieved August 30, 2023.
  4. "'Faculty'. The Ecumenical Institute at St. Mary's Seminary and University" . Retrieved August 30, 2023.