William Bean Kennedy

Background

Kennedy, William Bean was born on October 18, 1926 in Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States. Son of Leland McDuffie and Elizabeth Fleming (Bean) Kennedy.

Education

Bachelor, Wofford College, 1947. Honorary Doctor of Laws, Wofford College, 1970. Master of Arts, Duke University, 1948.

Bachelor of Divinity, Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Virginia, 1954. Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1957. Doctor of Letters (honorary), The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1995.

Career

Teacher, Spartanburg High School, 1948-1949; instructor, Emory University at Oxford, 1949-1951; minister of education, First Congressional Church, West Haven, Connecticut, 1954-1957; assistant professor Christian education, Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, 1957-1959; associate professor, Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, 1959-1965; secretary education, Board Christian Education, Presbyterian Church United States, Richmond, 1965-1969; director office education, World Council Churches, Geneva, 1969-1975; director, Atlanta Association International Education, 1976-1979; professor religion and education, Union Theological Seminary, New York City, 1979-1981; Skinner and McAlpin professor practical theology, Union Theological Seminary, New York City, 1981-1994; professor emeritus, Union Theological Seminary, New York City, since 1994. Member task force on world hunger Presbyterian Church United States, Atlanta, 1976-1982. Consultant hunger program National Council Churches, New York City, 1981.

Consultant pilot immersion project for globalization of theological education, Plowshares Institute, 1988-1993.

Achievements

• William Bean Kennedy has been listed as a noteworthy theology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Pedagogies for the Non-Poor:

    (Rooted in Freire's pedagogy for the poor, the authors pro...)

  • Into Covenant Life Volume 1 (Volume One)

    (The Covenant Life Curriculum is offered to the churches a...)

  • Into covenant life (Covenant life curriculum)

    (Softcover - 2 volumes - Religion)

  • Into Covenant Life Volume One by William Kennedy 1963

    (1963 CLC Press Paperback Edition)

  • Into Covenant Life Vol. 2
  • Pedagogies for the Non-Poor: Paperback August 23, 2000
  • The Shaping of Protestant Education
  • The shaping of Protestant education;: An interpretation of the Sunday school and the development of Protestant educational strategy in the United States, 1789-1860 (Monographs in Christian education)

Membership

President Buncombe County Senior Democrats, since 1995. Alderman Town of Black Mountain, North Carolina, since 1997. With United States Navy, 1945-1946.

Member National Council Churches (president, professors and research section 1961-1962, division education and ministry unit committee), Religious Education Association (board directors 1981-1989, Chairman, Board Of Directors 1984-1989), Association professors and Researchers in Religious Education (board directors 1983-1985, president 1990-1991), American Academy of Religion, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Frances Barron Harris, July 9, 1952. Children: Katharine Fleming, William Bean, Jane Harris, Emily Pou.

Father:

Leland McDuffie Kennedy

Mother:

Elizabeth Fleming (Bean) Kennedy

Spouse:

Frances Barron Harris

child:

Jane Harris Kennedy

child:

Katharine Fleming Kennedy

child:

William Bean Kennedy

child:

Emily Pou Kennedy