Background
Anthony Bernard Pinn was born on May 2, 1964, in Buffalo, New York, United States. He is a son of Raymond Pinn and Anne H. Pinn, a minister.
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Pinn graduated from Columbia University in 1986.
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Pinn graduated from Harvard Divinity School in 1989.
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Pinn graduated from Harvard University in 1991.
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Pinn worked at Macalester College from 1994 till 1999.
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Pinn worked at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary from 1993 till 1994.
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Pinn worked at Suffolk University from 1993 till 1994.
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Pinn has worked at Rice University since 2004.
(Based on extensive research, travel, and interviews - and...)
Based on extensive research, travel, and interviews - and embellished with photos, bibliographies, and case studies - Pinn's work provides a fascinating look especially at Voodoo, Santeria, the Nation of Islam, and Black Humanism in the United States.
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1998
(Making the Gospel Plain is a unique collection of Ransom'...)
Making the Gospel Plain is a unique collection of Ransom's writings that are presently out of print or little known --writings that feature the issues he addressed and the context and perspective from which he worked.
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1999
(Anthony Pinn's new anthology demonstrates the crucial, of...)
Anthony Pinn's new anthology demonstrates the crucial, often overlooked role that Humanism has played in African American struggles for dignity, power and justice.
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2001
(Pinn describes themes in the history of the Black Church ...)
Pinn describes themes in the history of the Black Church as well as the major beliefs and forms of worship that define this tradition.
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2002
(The African American Religious Experience in America prov...)
The African American Religious Experience in America provides readers with an introduction to the tremendous religious diversity of African American communities in the United States, with snapshots of 11 religious traditions practiced by African Americans―from Buddhism to Catholicism, from Judaism to Voodoo.
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2005
(This book seeks to correct this trend by examining some o...)
This book seeks to correct this trend by examining some of the major issues facing black churches in the twenty-first century.
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2010
(In this groundbreaking study, Anthony B. Pinn challenges ...)
In this groundbreaking study, Anthony B. Pinn challenges the long held assumption that African American theology is solely theist, arguing that this assumption has stunted African American theological discourse and excluded a rapidly growing segment of the African American population - non-theists.
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2011
Anthony Bernard Pinn was born on May 2, 1964, in Buffalo, New York, United States. He is a son of Raymond Pinn and Anne H. Pinn, a minister.
Pinn received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Columbia University in 1986. He became Master of Divinity at Harvard Divinity School three years later. In 1991 Pinn obtained Master of Arts degree from Harvard University. Three more years later he finally earned his Doctor of Philosophy degree from Harvard University.
Pinn served as an instructor at Center for Urban Ministerial Education at the Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary for a year from 1993. During that same period of time, he held a position of a senior lecturer at Suffolk University. For five years from 1994, Pinn worked as an assistant professor of religious studies at Macalester College, rising to associate professor of religious studies in 1999, becoming finally a professor of religious studies in 2002. He left the college in 2004 and joined Rice University as a professor of humanities. He still works there. Since 2010 Pinn has served as a director of research of the Institute for Humanist Studies in Washington.
In addition, Pinn is the author of over 35 books, including The Black Church in the Post-Civil Rights Era (2002), Terror and Triumph: The Nature of Black Religion (2003), Noise and Spirit: Rap Music’s Religious and Spiritual Sensibilities (2004) and the novel The New Disciples (2015). He is an editor of numerous volumes and general co-editor of the series “Studies in African- American Religious Thought and Life” of Trinity Press International, and of “Studies in the History of African-American Religions” of University Presses of Florida. He is a contributor of articles and reviews to periodicals, including American Journal of Theology and Philosophy, Religious Studies News, African American Review, Journal of Religous Thought, Journal of African-American Men and Free Inquiry.
(The African American Religious Experience in America prov...)
2005(Based on extensive research, travel, and interviews - and...)
1998(Making the Gospel Plain is a unique collection of Ransom'...)
1999(Anthony Pinn's new anthology demonstrates the crucial, of...)
2001(Pinn describes themes in the history of the Black Church ...)
2002(This book seeks to correct this trend by examining some o...)
2010(Black theology tends to be a theology about no-body.)
2010(In this groundbreaking study, Anthony B. Pinn challenges ...)
2011Pinn is a member of the American Academy of Religion, the American Society of Church History, the Society for the Study of Black Religion, the Association for Religion and Intellectual Life, the American Association of University Professors, the Committee for the Scientific Examination of Religion, the African Americans for Humanism, the Humanist Association of Minneapolis and St. Paul and the Friends of Religious Humanism.