AAAS Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion

Biography

Larry L. Rasmussen, Ph.D., has been the Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Social Ethics at Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York since 1986. Prior to that he was Professor of Christian Ethics at Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, DC, and Assistant Professor of Religion at St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota. He is a past president of the Society of Christian Ethics and a past editor of The Annual of the Society of Christian Ethics. He currently serves as co-moderator of the Justice, Peace and Creation unit of the World Council of Churches and is a member of the AAAS Program of Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion advisory board. His most recent books are Earth Community, Earth Ethics, and Earth Habitat: Eco-Injustice and the Church's Response. Dr. Rasmussen graduated with a B.A. from St. Olaf College in 1961. He received the B.D. from Theological Seminary in 1965, and the Th.D. from Union Theological Seminary in 1970.