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Shriver, Donald Woods was born on December 20, 1927 in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. Son of Donald Woods and Gladys (Roberts) Shriver.
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Our century has witnessed violence on an unprecedented scale, in wars that have torn deep into the fabric of national and international life. And as we can see in the recent strife in Bosnia, genocide in Rwanda, and the ongoing struggle to control nuclear weaponry, ancient enmities continue to threaten the lives of masses of human beings. As never before, the question is urgent and practical: How can nations--or ethnic groups, or races--after long, bitter struggles, learn to live side by side in peace? In An Ethic for Enemies, Donald W. Shriver, Jr., President Emeritus of Union Theological Seminary, argues that the solution lies in our capacity to forgive. Taking forgiveness out of its traditional exclusive association with personal religion and morality, Shriver urges us to recognize its importance in the secular political arena. The heart of the book examines three powerful and moving cases from recent American history--our postwar dealings with Germany, with Japan, and our continuing domestic problem with race relations--cases in which acts of forgiveness have had important political consequences. Shriver traces how postwar Germany, in its struggle to break with its political past, progressed from denial of a Nazi past, to a formal acknowledgement of the crimes of Nazi Germany, to providing material compensation for survivors of the Holocaust. He also examines the efforts of Japan and the United States, over time and across boundaries of race and culture, to forgive the wrongs committed by both peoples during the Pacific War. And finally he offers a fascinating discussion of the role of forgiveness in the American civil rights movement. He shows, for instance, that even Malcolm X recognized the need to move from contempt for the integrationist ideal to a more conciliatory, repentant stance toward Civil Rights leaders. Malcolm came to see that only through forgiveness could the separate voices of the African-American movement work together to achieve their goals. If mutual forgiveness was a radical thought in 1964, Shriver reminds us that it has yet to be realized in 1994. "We are a long way from ceasing to hold the sins of the ancestors against their living children," he writes. Yet in this poignant volume, we discover how, by forgiving, enemies can progress and have progressed toward peace. A timely antidote to today's political conflicts, An Ethic for Enemies challenges to us to confront the hatreds that cripple society and threaten to destroy the global village.
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Shriver, Donald Woods was born on December 20, 1927 in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. Son of Donald Woods and Gladys (Roberts) Shriver.
Bachelor of Arts, Davidson College, 1951; Bachelor of Divinity, Union Theological Seminary Virginia, 1955; School of Theology and Ministry, Yale University, 1957; Doctor of Philosophy (Rockefeller Doctoral fellow), Harvard University, 1963; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Central College, 1970; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Davidson College, 1984; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Union Medal, Union Theological Seminary American, 1991; honorary Doctor of Divinity, Wagner College, 1978; honorary Doctor of Divinity, Southwestern College, Memphis, 1983; honorary Doctor of Divinity, Colgate University, 1996; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Jewish Theological Seminary, 1991; Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Colgate University, 1996.
Ordained to ministry, Presbyterian Church, 1955;
pastor, Linwood Presbyterian Church, Gastonia, North Carolina, 1956-1959;
University minister, professor religion, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1963-1972;
director University program on science and society, North Carolina State University, 1968-1972;
professor ethics and society, Emory University, Atlanta, 1972-1975;
William E. Dodge professor applied Christianity, Union Theological Seminary, New York City, 1975-1996;
president faculty, Union Theological Seminary, New York City, 1975-1991. Adjunct Professor business ethics School Business Administration, Columbia University, professor ethics School International Affairs, 1995-1998. Senior fellow freedom forum School Journalism, Columbia University, 1992-1993.
Adjunct Professor ethics, since 1994. Lecturer Duke U., Virginia State University, Georgia State University, numerous colleges universities in Canada, Kenya, India, Japan and Korea.
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Director Urban Policy Study North Carolina State University, 1971-1973. Precinct chairman Democratic Party, Raleigh, North Carolina, delegate to national convention, 1968. Member Mayor's Committee on Human Relations, Raleigh, 1967-1971.
Chairman Urban Policy Seminar, Center for Theology and Public Policy, 1978-1982. Served with Signal Corps United States Army, 1946-1947. Member American Society Christian Ethics (president 1979-1980), Society for Values in Higher Education, Society for Health and Human Values, Society for Science Study of Religion, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Sociological Association, American Society Engineering Education (chairman liberal arts division 1972-1973), United Christian Youth Movement of National Council of Churches (national chairman 1951-1953), Council on Foreign Relations.
Married Peggy Ann Leu, August 9, 1953. Children: Gregory Bruce, Margaret Ann, Timothy Donald.