Background
II, MErrill Douglas Meeks, was born on April 24, 1941 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of Merrill Douglas and Evelyn (Yost) M.
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II, MErrill Douglas Meeks, was born on April 24, 1941 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of Merrill Douglas and Evelyn (Yost) M.
Student, Vanderbilt University, 1960. Bachelor, Rhodes College, 1963. Bachelor of Divinity, Duke Division School, 1966.
Doctor of Philosophy, Duke University, 1971.
Instructor in theology, Duke Division School, Durham, North Carolina, 1967-1968; Wissenschaftliche assistant Protestant theological faculty, Tubingen (Federal Republic of Germany) U., 1968-1970; assistant professor religion, Huntingdon College, Montgomery, Alabama, 1970-1971; assistant professor theology and ethics, Eden Theological Seminary, St. Louis, 1971-1974; associate professor theology and ethics, Eden Theological Seminary, St. Louis, 1974-1978; professor systematic theology and philosophy, Eden Theological Seminary, St. Louis, 1978-1990; dean, professor systematic theology, Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, since 1990. Chairperson section on liberation theology American Academy of Religion, 1979-1989. Co-chairperson Oxford (England) Institute Methodist Theological Studies, since 1981.
Fellow American Academy Religion, Society Christian Ethics, Society for Values in Higher Education, Gesellschaft für Theologie.
Married Helen Blair Gilmer, June 5, 1963. Children: Merrill Douglas III, John William.