Forrest Clingerman
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

Forrest John Clingerman (1972–2024) was an American academic and author. A professor of philosophy and religion at
Ohio Northern University Ohio Northern University (Ohio Northern or ONU) is a private college in Ada, Ohio, United States. Founded by Henry Solomon Lehr in 1871, ONU offers over 60 programs across five undergraduate and graduate colleges and is affiliated with the Unit ...
, he served as the director of the honors program there since 2019 and was a significant figure in Environmental hermeneutics. Clingerman was born on January. 29, 1972, in
Terre Haute, Indiana Terre Haute ( ) is a city in Vigo County, Indiana, United States, and its county seat. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city had a population of 58,389 and Terre Haute metropolitan area, its metropolitan area had a populati ...
. He graduated from
Deerfield Academy Deerfield Academy (often called Deerfield or DA) is an Independent school, independent College-preparatory school, college-preparatory boarding and day school in Deerfield, Massachusetts. Founded in 1797, it is one of the oldest secondary schoo ...
in
Deerfield, Massachusetts Deerfield is a town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States. Settled near the Connecticut River in the 17th century during the colonial era, the population was 5,090 as of the 2020 census. Deerfield is part of the Springfield, Massachus ...
. Clingerman then received his bachelors from Augustana College in
Rock Island, Illinois Rock Island is a city in Rock Island County, Illinois, United States, and its county seat. The population was 37,108 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Located at the confluence of the Rock River (Mississippi River tributary), Rock a ...
, where he met his wife, Gail whom he married in 1994, and later started a family. He received his Masters of Divinity from
Boston University Boston University (BU) is a Private university, private research university in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. BU was founded in 1839 by a group of Boston Methodism, Methodists with its original campus in Newbury (town), Vermont, Newbur ...
before earning his Ph.D from
University of Iowa The University of Iowa (U of I, UIowa, or Iowa) is a public university, public research university in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. Founded in 1847, it is the oldest and largest university in the state. The University of Iowa is organized int ...
, completing his dissertation in Modern Religious Thought in 2005. Clingerman co-edited with
Brian Treanor Brian Treanor is the current Casassa Chair in Social Values, Professor of Philosophy in the Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts and the academic director of the Academy of Catholic Thought & Imagination at Loyola Marymount University. He received h ...
, Martin Drenthen and David Utsler ''Interpreting Nature: The Emerging Field of Environmental Hermeneutics''. With
Sigurd Bergmann Sigurd Bergmann (born 1956 in Hannover) is a German-Swedish theologian and scholar of religion. He is a professor at the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, and an a ...
he co-edited ''Exploring Nature’s Texture: Engaging Environments Through Visual Arts and Religion'', (Studies in Environmental Humanities, Leiden: Brill Rodopi). Clingerman died in his
Ohio Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the ...
home on April 21, 2024, at age 52.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Clingerman, Forrest 1972 births 21st-century American philosophers Writers from Terre Haute, Indiana Augustana College (Illinois) alumni University of Iowa alumni Ohio Northern University faculty 2024 deaths