{"id":2368,"date":"2011-07-28T09:26:39","date_gmt":"2011-07-28T16:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/?p=2368"},"modified":"2019-01-10T12:07:28","modified_gmt":"2019-01-10T19:07:28","slug":"meeks-wayne-1932","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/?p=2368","title":{"rendered":"MEEKS, WAYNE A., 1932-"},"content":{"rendered":"

Biography;<\/strong><\/p>\n

Historian of Christianity; university professor.\u00a0 Born January 9, 1932, Aliceville.\u00a0 Parents; Benjamin LaFayette and Winnie Meeks.\u00a0 Married (1) Martha Fowler, June 10, 1954.\u00a0 Children–three. Married (2)\u00a0Judith Colton, March 18, 2000. Education; University of Alabama, B. S., 1953; Austin Theological Seminary, B. D., 1956; University of Tubingen, graduate study, 1956-57; Yale University, M. A., 1963; Ph. D., 1965.\u00a0 Career; ordained Presbyterian minister, 1956; university pastor, Memphis, Tennessee, 1957-61; Dartmouth College instructor in religion, 1965-66; Yale University United Ministry university pastor, 1966-68; Indiana University at Bloomington, assistant professor, 1966-68; Yale University associate professor of religious studies, 1969-73; professor, 1973-1999; Director, Division of the Humanities, 1988-91.\u00a0 Published many articles in journals and periodicals; delivered lectures and lecture series; consultant for television programs on history of Christianity. \u00a0Member, American Academy of Religion, Society of Biblical Literature, Studorium Novi Testamenti Societas, Phi Beta Kappa.\u00a0 Awards;\u00a0 Fulbright fellowship, 1956-57;\u00a0 Kent fellow, 1962-65; NEH senior fellow, 1975-76; Guggenheim fellow, 1979-80; elected a corresponding fellow of the British Academy, 1992.\u00a0\u00a0Awarded\u00a0the Doctor Theologicae honoris causis\u00a0by the University of Uppsala, Sweden, 1990.\u00a0 Emeritus status at Yale, 1999. Fortress Press, Minneapolis, published The Social World of the First Christians, a festschriften, <\/em>in his honor in 1995.<\/p>\n

Sources;<\/strong><\/p>\n

Contemporary Authors online (updated 1\/07\/2010).<\/p>\n

Marquis Who’s Who online.<\/p>\n

Publications;<\/strong><\/p>\n

Christ Is the Question.\u00a0 Louisville:\u00a0 Westminster John Knox Press, 2006.<\/p>\n

Go From Your Father’s House: A College Student’s Introduction to the Christian Faith.\u00a0 Atlanta: John Knox Press, 1964.<\/p>\n

The First Urban Christians; The Social World of the Apostle Paul.\u00a0 New Haven;\u00a0 Yale University Press, 1983; 2nd edition, 2003.<\/p>\n

In Search of the Early Christians; Selected Essays.\u00a0 New Haven; Yale University Press, 2002.<\/p>\n

The Moral World of the First Christians.\u00a0 Atlanta:\u00a0 Westminster John Knox, 1986.<\/p>\n

The New Testament in its Social Environment.\u00a0 Atlanta; Westminster John Knox, 1988.<\/p>\n

The Origins of Christian Morality;\u00a0 The First Two Centuries.\u00a0 New Haven; Yale University Press, 1993.<\/p>\n

The Prophet-King.\u00a0 Long Island City, NY; E. J. Brill, 1967.<\/p>\n

Editor; <\/strong><\/p>\n

The Writings of St. Paul: A Norton Critical Edition. New York: Norton, 1972.<\/p>\n

Zur Soziologie des Urchristentums.\u00a0 Munich:\u00a0 Kaiser, 1979.<\/p>\n

Joint_Editor:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Conflict at Colossae; A Problem in the Interpretations of Early Christianity.\u00a0 Missoula, MT; Society of Biblical Literature, 1973.<\/p>\n

The Future of Christology; Essays in Honor of Leander E. Keck.\u00a0 Philadelphia; Fortress Press, 1990.<\/p>\n

God’s Christ and His People.\u00a0 Oslo, Norway; Universitetsforlager, 1977.<\/p>\n

Greeks, Romans, and Christians; Essays in Honor of Abraham J. Malherbe.\u00a0 Philadelphia; Fortress Press, 1990.<\/p>\n

Jews and Christians in Antioch in the First Four Centuries of the Common Era.\u00a0 Missoula, MT; Scholars Press, 1978.<\/p>\n

The Writings of St. Paul; Annotated Texts, Reception, and Criticism.\u00a0 New York; Norton, 2007.<\/p>\n

Series editor\/coeditor;<\/strong><\/p>\n

HarperCollins Study Bible (coeditor).\u00a0New York;\u00a0 HarperCollins, 1993.<\/p>\n

Harper’s Bible Commentary (associate editor). New York; HarperCollins, 1988.<\/p>\n

Library of Early Christianity (general editor).\u00a0 Westminster Press, 1982-87.<\/p>\n

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