Background
Sanders, Jack Thomas was born on February 28, 1935 in Grand Prairie, Texas, United States. Son of Eula Thomas and Mildred Madge (Parish) Sanders.
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Jack Thomas Sanders
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Bachelor of Arts, Texas Wesleyan College, 1956; Master of Divinity, Emory University, 1960; Doctor of Philosophy, Claremont Graduate School, 1963; postgraduate, Eberhard-Karls U., Tuebingen, Germany, 1963-1964.
Career
Assistant professor, Emory University, Atlanta, 1964-1967; assistant professor, Garrett Theol Seminary, Evanston, Illinois, 1967-1968; assistant professor, McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, 1968-1969; associate professor, U. Oregon, Eugene, 1969-1975; professor, U. Oregon, Eugene, 1975-1997; head department religious studies, U. Oregon, Eugene, 1973-1980, 85-90; professor emeritus, U. Oregon, Eugene, since 1997.
Achievements
Membership
Member policy board Department Higher Education National Council Churches, New York City, 1971-1973. Member American Association of University Professors (chapter president 1981-1982), Studiorum Novi Testamenti Society, World Union Jewish Studies, Association for Jewish Studies, Society Biblical Literature (regional secretary 1969-1976, sabbatical research award 1976-1977), Archeological Institute American (chapter president 1988-1989), Society for Science Study of Religion, Association forSociology Religion.
Connections
Married M. Patricia Chism, August 9, 1959 (deceased October 1973). 1 son, Collin Thomas. Married Susan Elizabeth Plass, March 3, 1979.
Education
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1956
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1960
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1963
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1964
Career
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1964 - 1967
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1967 - 1968
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1968 - 1969
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1969 - 1975
Awards
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National Defense Education Act graduate study fellow, 1960-1963. Fulbright Commission fellow, 1963-1964. American Council Learned Societies travel grantee, 1981. National Endowment of the Humanities fellow, 1983-1984.National Defense Education Act graduate study fellow, 1960-1963. Fulbright Commission fellow, 1963-1964. American Council Learned Societies travel grantee, 1981.
National Endowment of the Humanities fellow, 1983-1984.