Joerg rieger biography of rory

German theologian and Methodist minister (born 1963)

Joerg Michael Rieger (born 1963) is a German and American professor of Christian theology whose work emphasizes economic justice and political movements.

Joerg rieger biography of rory

Rieger is also an ordained minister of the United Methodist Church.^[2]

Life and career

Born on August 3, 1963,^[6] Rieger is Cal Turner Chancellor's Chair in Wesleyan Studies and Distinguished Professor of Theology at the Divinity School and the Graduate Program of Religion at Vanderbilt University.

Previously he was the Wendland-Cook Endowed Professor of Constructive Theology at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University. He received a Master of Divinity degree from the Theologische Hochschule Reutlingen [de], Germany, a Master of Theology degree from Duke Divinity School, and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in religion and ethics from Duke University.^[7]

Rieger is the author and editor of more than 2