Jonathan Tran is a Vietnamese-American theologian, and currently holds the George W. Baines Chair of Religion at

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Biography

Originally from Southern California, Tran received his BA (1994) from

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and his M.Div. (2002) and Ph.D. (2006) from

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where he studied under

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. He is an Associate Professor of Philosophical Theology and holds the George W. Baines Chair of Religion in the Department of Religion at

, where he researches and teaches theology, ethics, and identity theory.

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Living people American people of Vietnamese descent American theologians Duke Divinity School alumni Baylor University faculty Year of birth missing (living people) {{Christian-theologian-stub