Anthony B. Pinn

Anthony B. Pinn is an American professor and writer whose work focuses on black liberation theology, African-American religion, and African-American humanism. Pinn is the Agnes Cullen Arnold Professor of Humanities and Professor of Religious Studies at Rice University. He earned his Ph.D. in the Study of Religion at Harvard University in 1994. His dissertation was entitled “I Wonder as I Wonder: An Examination of the Problem of Evil in African-American Religious Thought.” The topic of theological responses to evil and suffering in Black religion has continued to dominate Pinn’s later work.

Read more about Anthony B. Pinn:  Black Humanism in Relation To Other Religious Traditions, Pinn’s Approach To Theodicy, Redemptive Suffering, and Black Humanism, Sources of Theology, Selected Books Written, Co-written, and Edited By Anthony Pinn

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