Harvey Cox

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  • God's Revolution and Man's Responsibilities (1966) no ISBN issued
  • On Not Leaving It to the Snake (1967), Macmillan, S.C.M. Press 3rd edition 1968: ISBN   978-0-33401169-9
  • 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 Spirituality-And What That Search Can Mean to the West (1978), Simon & Schuster, ISBN   0-671-24405-1
  • Just as I am (autobiography), Nashville, TN: Abingdon, 1983.
  • 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 eds. (2001), Trinity Press, ISBN   1-56338-337-3
  • Common Prayers: Faith, Family, and a Christian's Journey Through the Jewish Year (2002), Mariner Books, ISBN   0-618-25733-0 (paperback)
  • When Jesus Came to Harvard: Making Moral Choices Today, (2004), Houghton Mifflin, ISBN   0-618-06744-2 (hardcover)
  • The Future of Faith (2009), HarperOne, ISBN   0-06-175552-4 (hardcover)
  • How to Read the Bible (2015) HarperOne, ISBN   978-0-06234315-4 (hardcover)
  • The Market as God (2016) Harvard University Press, ISBN   978-0-67465968-1 (hardcover)
  • A New Heaven(2022) Orbis Books, ISBN   978-1-62698-458-5 (harcover)
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    2. 1 2 Wakefield, Dan (May 22, 1988). "Spreading the Gospel at Harvard" . The New York Times Magazine. pp. 20ff. ISSN   0028-7822 . Retrieved April 30, 2020.
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    20. "The Market as God". The Harvard University Press. The Harvard University Press. Retrieved 20 April 2024.

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    Harvey Cox
    Harvey Cox (1973).jpg
    Cox examining a Honeywell fragmentation device in 1973
    Born (1929-05-19) May 19, 1929 (age 94)
    Spouses
    • Nancy Nieburger (m. 1957; div.) [1]
    Nina Tumarkin
    (m. 1986)
    [2]
    Ecclesiastical career
    ReligionChristianity (Baptist)
    Church American Baptist Churches USA
    Ordained1957
    Academic background
    Alma mater
    Doctoral advisor James Luther Adams [3]
    Influences