Wainwright, Geoffrey

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WAINWRIGHT, Geoffrey

WAINWRIGHT, Geoffrey. British, b. 1939. Genres: Theology/Religion. Career: Ordained Methodist Minister, 1967-; Professor of Systematic Theology, 1983-91, Robert E. Cushman Professor of Christian Theology, 1991-, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina; Professor of Systematic Theology, Protestant Faculty of Theology, Yaounde, Cameroon, W. Africa, 1967- 73; Lecturer in Systematic Theology, Queen's College, Birmingham, 1973- 79; Roosevelt Professor of Systematic Theology, Union Theological Seminary, NYC, 1979-83. Ed., Studia Liturgica, 1974-87; Societas Liturgica, president, 1983-85; America Theological Society, president, 1996-97. Publications: Christian Initiation, 1969; Eucharist and Eschatology, 1971; Doxology, 1980; The Ecumenical Moment, 1983; Geoffrey Wainwright on Wesley and Calvin, 1987; Methodists in Dialogue, 1995; Worship with One Accord, 1997; For Our Salvation: Two Approaches to the Work of Christ, 1997; Is the Reformation Over, 2000; Lesslie Newbigin: A Theological Life, 2000. EDITOR/CO-EDITOR: The Study of Liturgy, 1978, rev. ed., 1992; The Study of Spirituality, 1986; Keeping the Faith: Essays to Mark the Centenary of Lux Mundi, 1988; Dictionary of the Ecumenical Movement, 1991. Address: The Divinity School, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708-0967, U.S.A.

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