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Roger S. Gottlieb

Roger S. Gottlieb (born October 20, 1946) is professor of philosophy and Paris Fletcher Distinguished Professor in the Humanities at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.[5][6][7] He has written and edited 21 books, including two Nautilus Book Awards winners, and over 150 papers on philosophy, political theory, environmental ethics, religious studies, religious environmentalism, religious life, contemporary spirituality, the Holocaust, and disability.[8][9][10] He is internationally known for his work as a leading analyst and exponent of religious environmentalism, for his passionate and moving account of spirituality in an age of environmental crisis, and for his innovative and humane description of the role of religion in a democratic society.[11][12][10]

Gottlieb has edited six academic book series (which have collectively published more than 50 titles), serves on the editorial boards of several academic journals. He is contributing editor to Tikkun magazine, and has appeared online on Patheos, Huffington, Grist, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Real Clear Religion, and many others. His writings have appeared in top academic journals (such as The Journal of Philosophy, Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Conservation Biology, and Ethics); in popular publications (such as E Magazine online, The Boston Globe, and Orion Afield); and in anthologies of Jewish writing, environmental ethics, religious life, spirituality, the Holocaust, and disability; and in the Encyclopedia of Philosophy.[11]

Life

Roger S. Gottlieb was born on October 20, 1946, in White Plains, New York,[2][3][13] where he grew up in a middle-class suburban family.[14] He graduated from White Plains High School in 1964.[15][16] From there he went on to Brandeis University intending to become a psychologist, but after one course found it "unbelievably dull" and soon became hooked on philosophy.[14] He earned a BA (Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Special Honors) in philosophy in 1968 and a Ph.D. 1975.[4]

He was a visiting assistant professor from 1974 to 1977 at University of Connecticut and 1978 to 1980 at Tufts University. In 1980–1981, he was awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship, and in 1981 was hired as a professor of philosophy at Worcester Polytechnic Institute where he was granted tenure in 1985, and appointed Paris Fletcher Distinguished Professor from 1995 to 1997. Since 2006, he has also been a visiting professor of Jewish studies at Wake Forest University divinity school.[7]

Gottlieb lives in Boston with his wife, noted psychotherapist and author Miriam Greenspan,[17][18] and shares in the care of his daughters, Anna and Esther.[19] Their first child (a son) was born with brain damage, living only five days without coming home from the hospital. Three years later they had a third child, Esther, who was born with multiple handicaps. Gottlieb recounts how these events had a profound impact on him and forced him to grow spiritually.[14][20] The spiritual and political dimensions of his relation to Esther, who has multiple disabilities, forms part of Chapter 8 of Joining Hands.[21]

Gottlieb is affiliated with the Jewish Renewal movement.[21] His brother is Dovid Gottlieb (a Haredi Rabbi).[22][23][24]

Professional associations

Selected works

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Won praise from Elie Wiesel and Protestant theologian John B. Cobb who called it "a true spiritual guide for our day," and was excerpted in Tikkun and Orion Afield.[11]
  2. ^ First anthology in the new transdisciplinary field of spiritual ecology[25][11]
  3. ^ Endorsed by the heads of both the Sierra Club and the National Council of Churches, as well as leading ecotheologian Thomas Berry.[11][26]
  4. ^ Nautilus Award for fiction[9][10]
  5. ^ Nautilus Book Award and called “best book of the year” by Spirituality and Practice[9]
  6. ^ Collection of selected past essays as well as new essays on technology, death, and a fascinating intellectual autobiography.[11]
  7. ^ Received the “book most likely to save the planet” award from Independent Publisher and was semi-finalist for the Siskiyou Prize for new environmental literature.[9] It was also praised by political theorist Paul Wapner and environmental ethicist Larry Rasmussen, who called it “The best book on the subject.”[11]

References

  1. ^ Sponsel, Leslie Elmer (2012). Spiritual Ecology: A Quiet Revolution. ABC-CLIO. p. 69. ISBN 978-0-313-36409-9.
  2. ^ a b c "Gottlieb, Roger S. 1946- ." Contemporary Authors. Encyclopedia.com. January 14, 2021 from Encyclopedia.com
  3. ^ a b Gottlieb, Roger S. "Roger S. Gottlieb". Goodreads.com.
  4. ^ a b "Roger S. Gottlieb". Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
  5. ^ Ruffing, Janet K. (2001). Mysticism and Social Transformation. Syracuse University Press. p. XV. ISBN 978-0-8156-2877-4.
  6. ^ "The Ecological Community". Routledge & CRC Press. 10 December 1996.
  7. ^ a b c Gottlieb, Roger S. "Roger S. Gottlieb's CV" (PDF). users.wpi.edu. Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
  8. ^ Schade, Leah D.; Bullitt-Jonas, Margaret (2019). Rooted and Rising: Voices of Courage in a Time of Climate Crisis. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 206. ISBN 978-1-5381-2777-3.
  9. ^ a b c d
  10. ^ a b c "Dr. Roger Gottlieb". merrimack.edu. Merrimack College.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g
    • "Roger S. Gottlieb". Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
    • "Professor Gottlieb". users.wpi.edu. Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
    • "Renewing Hope Conference Registrants" (PDF). fore.yale.edu. Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology. 2008.
  12. ^
    • "Religious Environmentalist, Author Roger Gottlieb to Lecture". Hamilton College. 2009.
    • "Judaism, Environmental Crisis is Topic for Siegel Lecture". St. Lawrence University. 2013.
  13. ^ Bialas, Wolfgang; Fritze, Lothar (2019). Nationalsozialistische Ideologie und Ethik: Dokumentation einer Debatte (in German). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. ISBN 978-3-647-37078-1.
  14. ^ a b c Faugno, Rachel; Gottlieb, Roger S. (Winter 2005). "Finding Happiness" (PDF). WPI Transformations.
  15. ^ Gottlieb, Roger S. "Roger S. Gottlieb". linkedin.
  16. ^ "White Plains High School Class of 1964 Alumni, White Plains, NY". Classcreator.com.
  17. ^ Gottlieb, Roger S. (2012). Spirituality: What It Is and Why It Matters. Oxford University Press. pp. VIII, 22. ISBN 978-0-19-998709-2.
  18. ^ "Thiel College - News Releases". resources.thiel.edu. Thiel College.
  19. ^ "Roger Gottlieb". patheos.com.
  20. ^ Greenspan, Miriam (January 2008). "Through A Glass Darkly: Miriam Greenspan On Moving From Grief To Gratitude" (Interview). Interviewed by Barbara Platek. The Sun Magazine.
  21. ^ a b "Roger S. Gottlieb | Massachusetts Bible Society". Massachusetts Bible Society.
  22. ^ Gottlieb, Roger S. (2012). Spirituality: What It Is and Why It Matters. Oxford University Press. pp. 34–35. ISBN 978-0-19-998709-2.
  23. ^ Gottlieb, Roger S. (2009). A Greener Faith: Religious Environmentalism and Our Planet's Future. Oxford University Press. p. 252. ISBN 978-0-19-539620-1.
  24. ^ Gottlieb, Roger S. "God's relationship with the Jewish people | Massachusetts Bible Society". Massachusetts Bible Society.
  25. ^ Adler, Joseph A. "Spiritual Ecology". www2.kenyon.edu. Kenyon College.
  26. ^ A Greener Faith: Religious Environmentalism and Our Planet's Future. Oxford University Press. 15 June 2006. ISBN 978-0-19-517648-3.

Further reading

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