Marcus J. Borg is an American

United States

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 Biblical scholar and author. He is a fellow of the Jesus Seminar

Jesus Seminar

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, holds a DPhil degree from Oxford University and is Hundere Distinguished Professor of Religion and Culture, an endowed chair, at Oregon State University

Oregon State University

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, from which he retired in 2007. Borg has been national chair of the Historical Jesus Section of the Society of Biblical Literature

Society of Biblical Literature

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, co-chair of its International New Testament Program Committee and president of the Anglican Association of Biblical Scholars. Borg is among the most widely-known and influential voices in progressive Christianity

Progressive Christianity

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. On May 31, 2009, Borg was installed as the first canon theologian at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral.

Books

• Speaking Christian: Why Christian Words Have Lost Their Meaning, 2011; ISBN 978-0-06-197655-1
• Putting Away Childish Things: A Tale of Modern Faith, 2010; ISBN 978-0-06-188814-4
• The First Paul: Reclaiming the Radical Visionary Behind the Church's Conservative Icon, co—authored with John Dominic Crossan
  John Dominic Crossan
  John Dominic Crossan is an Irish-American religious scholar and former Catholic priest known for co-founding the Jesus Seminar. Crossan is a major figure in the fields of biblical archaeology, anthropology and New Testament textual and higher criticism. He is also a lecturer who has appeared in...
  
  , 2009; ISBN 0-06-143072-2
• The First Christmas: What the Gospels Really Teach About Jesus' Birth, co-authored with John Dominic Crossan
  John Dominic Crossan
  John Dominic Crossan is an Irish-American religious scholar and former Catholic priest known for co-founding the Jesus Seminar. Crossan is a major figure in the fields of biblical archaeology, anthropology and New Testament textual and higher criticism. He is also a lecturer who has appeared in...
  
  , 2007
• "Executed by Rome, Vindicated by God," Stricken by God?, ed. by Brad Jersak and Michael Hardin, 2007, ISBN 978-0-9780174-7-7
• Jesus: Uncovering the Life, Teachings, and Relevance of a Religious Revolutionary, 2006, ISBN 0-06-059445-4
• Living the Heart of Christianity: A Guide to Putting Your Faith into Action, co-authored with Tim Scorer, 2006
• The Last Week: A Day-by-Day Account of Jesus's Final Week in Jerusalem, co-authored with John Dominic Crossan, 2006, ISBN 0-06-084539-2
• The Heart of Christianity: Rediscovering a Life of Faith (2003)
• Reading the Bible Again for the First Time: Taking the Bible Seriously but Not Literally, 2001, ISBN 0-06-0609191
• The Apocalyptic Jesus: A Debate, co-authored with Dale C. Allison, John Dominic Crossan, and Stephan J. Patterson, 2001
• God at 2000 (editor, with Ross Mackenzie, 2001)
• The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions. Co-authored with N. Thomas Wright, 1999, ISBN 0-06-060875-7
• Will the Real Jesus Please Stand Up?: A Debate Between William Lane Craig and John Dominic Crossan, 1998 (Marcus Borg, Respondent)
• Conflict, Holiness and Politics in the Teachings of Jesus, rev. ed., 1998 (originally published in 1984)
• Jesus and Buddha: The Parallel Sayings, ed., 1997
• The God We Never Knew, 1997
• The Lost Gospel Q, ed., 1996
• Jesus at 2000, ed., 1996
• The Search for Jesus: Modern Scholarship Looks at the Gospels, co-authored with John Dominic Crossan and Stephen Patterson, ed. by Hershel Shanks, 1994
• Jesus in Contemporary Scholarship, 1994
• Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time, 1994, ISBN 0-06-060917-6
• Jesus: A New Vision, 1987
• The Year of Luke, 1976
• Conflict and Social Change, 1971

External links

• Borg's Blog for the Washington Post