Charles Sherwood McCoy

Background

McCoy, Charles Sherwood was born on June 27, 1923 in Laurinburg, North Carolina, United States. Son of Clarence Latimer and Lutie Heber (Walker) McCoy.

Education

AS, Presbyterian Junior College, Maxton, North Carolina, 1942. Bachelor, University North Carolina, 1943. Master of Divinity, Duke University, 1945.

Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1957. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), University Hawaii, 1966. Doctor of Letters (honorary), St. Andrews College, Laurinburg, North Carolina, 1996.

Career

Pastor Creedmore (North Carolina) United Methodist Church, 1946-1947. Director Wesley Foundation, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1947-1949. Associate professor religion University Florida, Gainesville, 1954-1959.

Sproul professor theological ethics Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California, 1967-1998, Sproul professor emeritus, from 1998. Organizer, president Pan Pacific University, Oakland, from 1999. Visiting professor University North Carolina,, Chapel Hill, Fresno (California) State University, University California, Santa Cruz, University Tübingen, Germany, University Münster, Germany.

Lecturer numerous universities, colleges, including Danforth lecturer Association American Colleges, Washington, 1963-1964, 66-67. Fulbright senior lecturer, Germany, 1977-1978. Also University Pacific, University Puget Sound, Harvard University, Colorado State University, Syracuse University, California State University, Bakersfield, San Francisco Theological Seminary, Kent State University, John Carroll University, University Heidelberg and Bremen, Germany, Basel and Bern, Switzerland, also in Czech Republic, Japan, China, Republic of Korea.

Member executive committee Fellowship Southern Churchmen, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1944-1952. Founding executive secretary Christian Action, New Haven, 1951-1952. Founder, senior fellow director Center for Ethics and Social Policy, Berkeley, 1974-1981, Trinity Center for Ethics and Corporation Policy, New York City, 1981-1990.

Achievements

• Charles Sherwood McCoy has been listed as a noteworthy academic administrator, studies educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Fountainhead of Federalism: Heinrich Bullinger and the Covenantal Tradition

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  • When gods change: Hope for theology

    (Book by McCoy, Charles S)

  • Fountainhead & Federalism :Bullinger

Membership

President council on Human Relations, Gainesville, Florida, 1956-1959. Chairman (with Master of Laws King, Junior) Mission to Mississippi, Jackson, 1961. Member Robert Kennedy Campaign Committee, California,1 968.

Lieutenant United States Navy, 1943-1946, 52-54. Member American Academy Religion, Society Christian Ethics (section chairman 1987), Pacific Coast Theological Society (chairman, secretary 1979-1981), Polanyi Society (Centennial lecturer 1991).

Interests

• Tennis, golf, chess, reading.

Connections

Married Marjorie Louise Casebier, December 28, 1971 (deceased February 1985). Children: Carroll, Marsha, Priscilla, Celia, Stephanie, Elizabeth.

Father:

Clarence Latimer McCoy

Mother:

Lutie Heber (Walker) McCoy

Spouse:

Marjorie Louise Casebier

child:

Carroll McCoy

child:

Marsha McCoy

child:

Stephanie McCoy

child:

Elizabeth McCoy

child:

Priscilla McCoy

child:

Celia McCoy