Member of the Perkins faculty since 1994; named to Maguire chair in 2001 
rlovin@smu.edu
214.768.4134

Education
Ph.D., Harvard University, 1978; B.D., Harvard University, 1971; B.A., Northwestern University, 1968

Teaching Specialties
Social ethics, protestant theological ethics, comparative religious ethics, religion and political thought, history of ethics

Research Interests
Reinhold Niebuhr and Christian Realism, racial justice, church and state issues

Selected Publications
Reinhold Niebuhr and Christian Realism (Cambridge, 1994), Christian Ethics: An Essential Guide (Abingdon, 2000)

Professional Distinctions
President, Society of Christian Ethics, 2000; editor-at-large for The Christian Century; ordained elder, United Methodist Church