Marcus J. Borg Hundere Distinguished Professor of Religion and Culture at Oregon State University

Marcus Borg is Hundere Distinguished Professor of Religion and Culture at Oregon State University. He has written eleven books, including Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time, the best-selling book by a contemporary Jesus scholar; The God We Never Knew, named as one of "ten best books in religion for 1997; The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions (with N. T. Wright); and Reading the Bible Again for the First Time, another best-seller.  He has been national chair of the Historical Jesus Section of the Society of Biblical Literature, co-chair of its International New Testament Program Committee, and president of the Anglican Association of Biblical Scholars. His books have been translated into seven languages, and he has lectured widely throughout North America, including the Chautauqua and Smithsonian Institutions, and overseas (England, Austria, Germany, Belgium, Hungary, Israel, and South Africa).

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Books

• Reading the Bible Again for the First Time (2001)
• God at 2000 (editor, eith Ross Mackenzie, 2001)
• The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions. Co-authored with N. Thomas Wright, 1999
• Conflict, Holiness and Politics in the Teachings of Jesus, rev. ed., 1998 (originally published in 1984)
• Jesus and Buddha: The Parallel Sayings, ed., 1997
• The God We Never Knew, 1997
• The Lost Gospel Q, ed., 1996
• Jesus at 2000, ed., 1996
• The Search for Jesus: Modern Scholarship Looks at the Gospels, co-authored with John Dominic Crossan and Stephen Patterson, ed. by Hershel Shanks, 1994
• Jesus in Contemporary Scholarship, 1994
• Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time, 1994
• Jesus: A New Vision, 1987
• The Year of Luke, 1976
• Conflict and Social Change, 1971

Academic Credentials

• A.B., Concordia College
• M.Th., Oxford University
• D.Phil., Oxford University

Special Study

• Union Theological Seminary, New York
• University of Tübingen

Academic Appointments

• Hundere Distinguished Professor, Oregon State University, 1993-continuing. At Oregon State since 1979
• Visiting Professor of New Testament, Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, 1989–1991
• Chism Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, 1986–1987
• Assistant Professor of Religion, Carleton College, 1976–1979
• Assistant Professor of Religion, South Dakota State University, 1975–1976
• Instructor and Assistant Professor of Religion, Concordia College, Moorhead, MN, 1966–1969, 1972–1974

Professional Service

• Chair of Historical Jesus Section of the Society of Biblical Literature, 1987–1992
• Co-chair of International Society of Biblical Literauture New Testament Program Committee, 1991–1995
• Society of Biblical Literature, Executive Council, 1993–1996
• Editorial Board, Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 1991–
• Chair, Department of Religious Studies, Oregon State University, 1988–1992
• Faculty Council President, Oregon State University, 1985–1986, 1992–1993

Honors and Awards

• College of Liberal Arts Faculty Excellence Award, OSU, 1997
• "Distinguished Professor," OSU, 1992
• National Endowment for the Humanities Award, 1988
• Researcher of the Year, College of Liberal Arts, OSU, 1986
• Oregon Legislature Faculty Excellence Award for Teaching, 1986
• National Endowment for the Humanities Award, 1985
• Burlington Northern Teaching Award, OSU, 1985
• Elizabeth Ritchie Outstanding Teaching Award, OSU, 1984
• Danforth Fellowship, 1965-1966, 1696-1972
• Rockefeller Brothers Theological Fellowship, 1964-1965
   

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