Background
Benson, Constance Louise was born on March 22, 1950 in Geneva, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Donald E. and Alice M. (MacPherson) Benson.
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Constance Louise Benson, American Religion educator. Columbia University academic merit scholar, 1991; Ernst Troeltsch Gesellschaft travel grantee, 1988; Union Theological Seminary fellow, 1981-1982. Research associate Center on Violence and Human Survival, CUNY. Member American Academy Religion, Society of Biblical Literature, Society of Christian Ethics.
Education
Bachelor in English Literature magna cum laude, Wheaton (Illinois) College, 1972. Master of Divinity in Biblical Studies, Harvard University, 1980. Master of Philosophy in Religion and Christian Ethics, Columbia University, 1986.
Postgraduate, Columbia University.
Career
Teaching assistant, Gordon-Conwell Seminary, spring 1975; interim pastor, West Delhi (New York) Presbyterian Church, summer 1980; adjunct assistant professor religious studies, Manhattan College, Riverdale, New York, 1990; adjunct assistant professor religious studies, Fordham University, New York City, 1991-1994. Lecturer in field.
Membership
Research associate Center on Violence and Human Survival, CUNY. Member American Academy Religion, Society of Biblical Literature, Society of Christian Ethics.
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Married Brian D'Agostino, October 16, 1982.
