Lloyd Geering
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Emeritus Professor Lloyd George Geering PCNZM, CBE (born 1918) is a New Zealand theologian. He is Emeritus Professor of Religious Studies at Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand.
He is a minister in the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand and turned to theological teaching in 1956.
Geering is a controversial commentator on theological issues and considers Christian and Muslim fundamentalism to be a social evil.
In 1967 he gained a high profile for a charge of heresy.
He is a member of The Jesus Seminar and a participant in the program Living the Questions an alternative to the Evangelical Alpha course.
He was honored in 1988 as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire and in 2001 as Principal Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (equivalent to knighthood).
Bibliography
- The Greening of Christianity (2005) ISBN 0958364591
- Christianity without God (2002)
- Christian Faith at the Crossroads (revised 2001)
- The World to Come: From Christian Past to Global Future (1999)
- Tomorrow's God: How We Create our Worlds (reprint 2000)
- In the World Today (1988)
- The World of Relation: An Introduction to Martin Buber's I and Thou (1983)
- Faith's New Age: A Perspective on Contemporary Religious Change (1980)
- Resurrection - A Symbol of Hope (1971)
- God in the New World (1968)
External links
- [Sunday Star Times], Fundamentally fearless - news article on Geering (10 July, 2005)
- [Introduction to contributors, including Lloyd Geering, at livingthequestions.com]
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