Michael J. Gorman (born 1955) is an American
New Testament
The New Testament (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon. It discusses the teachings and person of Jesus in Christianity, Jesus, as well as events relating to Christianity in the 1st century, first-century Christianit ...
scholar. He is the
Raymond E. Brown
Raymond Edward Brown (May 22, 1928 – August 8, 1998) was an American Sulpician priest and prominent biblical scholar. He was a specialist on the hypothetical Johannine community, which he speculated contributed to the authorship of the Gosp ...
Professor of Biblical Studies and Theology at
St. Mary's Seminary and University
St. Mary's Seminary and University is a Catholic Church, Catholic seminary located within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore, Archdiocese of Baltimore in Baltimore, Maryland; it was the first seminary founded in the United States after ...
, where he has taught since 1991.
From 1995 to 2012 he was dean of St. Mary's Ecumenical Institute.
Gorman specializes especially in the letters, theology, and spirituality of
the Apostle Paul
Paul, also named Saul of Tarsus, commonly known as Paul the Apostle and Saint Paul, was a Apostles in the New Testament, Christian apostle ( AD) who spread the Ministry of Jesus, teachings of Jesus in the Christianity in the 1st century, first ...
. He is associated with the "participationist perspective" on Paul's theology. His additional specialties are the book of
Revelation
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, theological and missional interpretation of Scripture, the gospel of
John
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* John (given name)
* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
New Testament
Works
* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
* Second E ...
, and early Christian ethics. Gorman was born and raised in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, graduating from
Glen Burnie High School in Glen Burnie, Maryland. He earned his
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts (abbreviated B.A., BA, A.B. or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is the holder of a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the liberal arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts deg ...
degree ''summa cum laude'' in French from
Gordon College in Wenham, Massachusetts. He received the
Master of Divinity
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and
Doctor of Philosophy
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''cum laude'' in New Testament from
Princeton Theological Seminary
Princeton Theological Seminary (PTSem), officially The Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian Church, is a Private university, private seminary, school of theology in Princeton, New Jersey, Princeton, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Establish ...
, where he was also a teaching fellow in New Testament and an instructor in New Testament Greek. He has also been a visiting professor at
Duke Divinity School,
Regent College
Regent College is an interdenominational evangelical Christian College of Christian studies, and an affiliated college of the University of British Columbia, located next to the university's campus in the University Endowment Lands west of Va ...
,
Carey Baptist College (New Zealand),
Wesley Theological Seminary, and two theological schools in Africa. Gorman has led several study trips to Greece/Turkey/Rome and to France/Switzerland. A
United Methodist, Gorman is an active layperson and a popular teacher at colleges, seminaries, churches, and conferences representing many traditions.
His older son, Rev. Dr. Mark Gorman, is a pastor and theologian who is also on the faculty of St. Mary's Ecumenical Institute.
Gorman is the author of twenty books and numerous articles on Biblical interpretation and on ethics.
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1955 births
American biblical scholars
American United Methodists
Christian scholars
Gordon College (Massachusetts) alumni
Living people
Methodist writers
New Testament scholars
Princeton Theological Seminary alumni
St. Mary's Seminary and University faculty