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 PERSONAL

George Hunsinger

165 Ross Stevenson Circle

Princeton, New Jersey 08540

 EDUCATION  

1988   Ph.D. Yale University

1977   M.Phil. Yale University  

1977   M.A. Yale University

1971-72         Tübingen University (DAAD)

1971   B.D. Harvard Divinity School, cum laude

1967   A.B. Stanford University, Honors in Humanities.

 ORDINATION  

1982  Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)

 WORK EXPERIENCE  

2001- McCord Professor of Systematic Theology,

     Princeton Theological Seminary.

1997-2001 Director, Center for Barth Studies,

     Princeton Theological Seminary.

1994-97 Member, Center of Theological Inquiry, Princeton.  

1992-94 Professor of Theology,

     Bangor Theological Seminary.

 1988-92    Associate Professor of Theology,

     Bangor Theological Seminary.

1986-88 Assistant Professor of Theology,

     Bangor Theological Seminary.  

1984-85 Assistant Professor of Theology,

     New Brunswick Theological Seminary.

 OTHER EXPERIENCE

2011-17  Delegate, Reformed/Roman Catholic International Dialogue

    (Sponsored by the World Communion of Reformed Churches, Geneva and

    the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity, Rome)

    (On justification and the sacraments)

2006 Founder, National Religious Campaign Against Torture (NRCAT).

2003-2008 Faith and Order Commission (USA)

2003-    President, Karl Barth Society of North America (KBSNA).

1995-98 Member. Special Committee to Write a New Presbyterian Catechism.   

    The catechisms, of which I was the principal author, were approved  

    by the 210th General Assembly of the PCUSA in June 1998.  Now translated 

    into five languages, including Spanish and Chinese.

 AWARDS

2010 Karl Barth Prize

 Union of Evangelical Churches, Germany.

2006 Bishop James K. Matthews Award

    Churches' Center for Public Policy, Washington, DC.

2006 Annual Award (on behalf of NRCAT)

    Bellvue /NYU Torture Survivor Program, New York City.

2005  Annual Recognition Award

    Coalition for Peace Action, Princeton, NJ.

2001 Mitch Snyder Award 

    First Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, Cambridge, MA.

 PUBLICATIONS

 Books:

The Eucharist and Ecumenism: Let Us Keep the Feast

 Cambridge University Press, 2008.

Disruptive Grace: Studies in the Theology of Karl Barth 

 Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2000.    

How to Read Karl Barth: The Shape of His Theology 

 Oxford University Press, 1991. 

 German Translation: Barth lesen: Eine Einführung in sein theologisches Denken. Neukircher Verlag, 2009

    Japenese Translation: In progress

 In Progress:

The Beatitudes

     Paulist Press, 2014

Theological Commentary on Philippians

     Brazos Press, 2014Wm B. Eerdmans, 2014

Evangelical, Catholic and Reformed: Essays on Barth and Other Themes

     Wm B. Eerdmans, 2014

Christian Doctrine: A Concise Introduction

    Oxford University Press, 2015

 Edited Volumes:

Thy Word is Truth: Karl Barth on Holy Scripture

     Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2012

Torture Is a Moral Issue: Christians, Jews, Muslims and People of Conscience Speak Out. 

    Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2008.

 For the Sake of the World: Karl Barth and the Future of Ecclesial Theology

    Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2004. 

Theology and Narrative: Selected Essays. By Hans W. Frei.  

    Editor (with William C. Placher). 

    Oxford University Press, 1993.

Types of Christian Theology. By Hans W. Frei.  

    Editor (with William C. Placher). 

    Yale University Press, 1992.

Karl Barth and Radical Politics 

    Westminster Press, 1976.

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