Nancy J. Duff

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Nancy J. Duff (born May 2, 1951) is an American professor of theology. Duff worked as the Stephen Colwell Associate Professor of Christian Ethics at Princeton Theological Seminary, where she taught from 1990 until 2020. [1] Duff is also a Presbyterian minister in the PCUSA denomination. [2] She is married to United Methodist Minister David Mertz. She has taught courses on the Decalogue, Biomedical ethics, human sexuality, liturgy and the Christian life, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, James Cone, types of Christian ethics, and vocation in Christian tradition and contemporary life.

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Education

In 1973, Duff earned her undergraduate degree in English from Austin College in Sherman, Texas. She obtained a Master's of Divinity at Union Theological Seminary & Presbyterian School of Christian Education in Richmond, Virginia in 1977 and a doctorate in Systematic Theology from Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York in 1988.

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References

  1. "Professor Nancy Duff Retires". 14 December 2020.
  2. Seow, Choon-Leong (ed). Homosexuality and Christian Community. Louisville, Kentucky: Westminster John Knox Press, 1996.
  3. Princeton Theological Seminary Website. Nancy J Duff. Curriculum Vita. http://www.ptsem.edu/Academics/departments/TH/faculty/duff.php#cv