John Dillenberger
Professor Emeritus, Graduate Theological Union
Berkeley, California |
 John Dillenberger
is a Professor Emeritus of Historical Theology at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. He was instrumental in forming the Graduate Theological Union which he headed during
its first decade, first as Dean from 1964-1969 and then, from 1967 to 1972, as its first president, a post to which he returned in 1999-2000. He also served as
President of Hartford Seminary, Dean of the Faculty at San Francisco Theological Seminary, Chair of the Program in History and Philosophy at Harvard University, and as President of the American Academy
of Religion. Ordained in the United Church of Christ, he was a Chaplain in the United States Navy during WWII. He is the author of many books, including
Benjamin West, The Visual Arts and Christianity in America, and Images and Relics: Theological Perceptions and Visual Images in Sixteenth Century Europe.
Books
From Fallow Fields to Hallowed Halls, 2004.
Images and Relics: Theological Perceptions and Visual Images in Sixteenth-Century Europe, 1999
The Visual Arts and Christianity in America, 1989
Protestant Christianity: Interpreted Through its Development (with Claude Welch), 1954, 1988
A Theology of Artistic Sensibilities: The Visual Arts and the Church, 1986
Perceptions of the Spirit in Twentieth Century Art (with Jane Dillenberger), 1977
Benjamin West: The Context of his Life's Work, 1977
John Calvin: Selections from his Writings, 1975
Contours of Faith: Changing Forms of Christian Thought, 1969
Martin Luther: Selections from his Writings, 1961
Protestant Thought and Natural Science: A Historical Interpretation, 1960
God Hidden and Revealed: The Interpretation of Luther's Deus Absconditus and its Significance for Religious Thought, 1953
Academic Credentials
- B.A., Elmhurst College, 1940
- B.D., Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1943
- Ph.D., Columbia University, 1948
Academic Appointments
- Professor of Historical Theology, Graduate Theological Union, 1963-1978
- Professor of Historical Theology, San Francisco Theological Seminary, 1962-1964
- Ellen S. James Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology, Drew University, 1958-1972
- Parkman Professor of Theology, Harvard Divinity School, 1957-1958
- Associate Professor of Theology, Harvard Divinity School, 1954-1957
- Associate Professor of Religion, Columbia University, 1952-1954
- Assistant Professor of Religion, Columbia University, 1949-1952
- Instructor, Department of Relgion, Princeton University, 1948-1949
Professional Service
- Chair, Board of Directors, Westar Institute
- Founder and Board Member, Center for the Arts, Religion and Education
- Board Member, Interfaith Forum for Religion, Art and Architecture
- President, Graduate Theological Union, 1999-2000
- Acting Librarian, Graduate Theological Union, 1997-1999.
- President, American Academy of Religion, 1987
- President-Elect, American Academy of Religion, 1986
- Vice-President, American Academy of Religion, 1985
- President, Hartford Seminary, 1978-1983
Research Scholar, National Museum of Art, Smithsonian, 1973-1975
Member, Executive Committee, Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada, 1970-1974
Chair, Editorial Board, A Library of Protestant Thought, 1958-1972
President, Graduate Theological Union, 1967-1972
Dean, Graduate Theological Union, 1964-1969
Dean of Graduate Students, San Francisco Theological Seminary, 1962-1964
Dean of Faculty, San Francisco Theological Seminary, 1962-1964
Chair, Program in the History and Philosophy of Religion, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University, 1955-1958
Chair, M.A. Program in Religion, Graduate Faculties, Columbia University, 1951-1954
Professional Associations
- Fellow, Westar Institute
- Member, American Academy of Religion
- Member, American Theological Society
- Fellow, Society for Values in Higher Education
- Fellow, Soeicty for the Arts, Religion and Contemporary Culture
Awards and Honors
- D.H.L., Graduate Theological Union, 1999
- D.H.L, University of San Francisco, 1966
- S.T.D., Ripon College, 1966
- S.T.D., Church Divinity School of the Pacific, 1965
- D.D. Elmhurst College, 1959
- D.D., Univerrsity of Vermont, 1957
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