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== Biography ==
== Biography ==


Born 1945 in [[Denver]], [[Colorado]], he was a student at [[Williams College]], [[Massachusetts]], and the [[Hebrew Union College]] at [[Cincinnati]]. He served as Chaplain of the Colorado House of Representatives. He received a doctorate in philosophy from the [[University of Cambridge]] in [[England]]. Later, he received a doctorate in divinity from the [[Hebrew Union College|Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion]], [[New York]]. He taught theology at the University of Kent and served as Director of the Centre for the Study of Religion and Society. In addition to his current position at the [[University of Wales, Lampeter]] where he is Professor of Judaism, he has served as Visiting Professor at the Universities of [[University of Essex|Essex]], [[Middlesex University|Middlesex]], [[St. Andrews]], [[Durham University|Durham]], [[University of Vilnius|Vilnius]], [[Trinity College, Carmarthen]], and [[St Mary's University College]]. He has been a Visiting Fellow at [[Wolfson College, Cambridge]], and [[Harris Manchester College, Oxford]], a Corresponding Fellow of the [[Academy of Jewish Philosophy]], and a Fellow of the [[Royal Asiatic Society]], and a Member of the Arts and Humanisties Peer Review College. He has also served as a Visiting Scholar of [[Mansfield College, Oxford]], the [[Oxford Centre for Postgraduate Studies]], and [[Sarum College]]. He is married to [[Lavinia Cohn-Sherbok]].
Born 1945 in [[Denver]], [[Colorado]], he was a student at [[Williams College]], [[Massachusetts]], and the [[Hebrew Union College]] at [[Cincinnati]]. He served as Chaplain of the Colorado House of Representatives. He received a doctorate in philosophy from the [[University of Cambridge]] in [[England]]. Later, he received a doctorate in divinity from the [[Hebrew Union College|Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion]], [[New York]]. He taught theology at the University of Kent and served as Director of the Centre for the Study of Religion and Society. In addition to his current position at the [[University of Wales, Lampeter]] where he is Professor of Judaism, he has served as Visiting Professor at the Universities of [[University of Essex|Essex]], [[Middlesex University|Middlesex]], [[St. Andrews]], [[Durham University|Durham]], [[University of Vilnius|Vilnius]], [[Trinity College, Carmarthen]], [[St Mary's University College]] and [[Charles University, Prague]]. He has been a Visiting Fellow at [[Wolfson College, Cambridge]], and [[Harris Manchester College, Oxford]], a Corresponding Fellow of the [[Academy of Jewish Philosophy]], and a Fellow of the [[Royal Asiatic Society]], and a Member of the Arts and Humanisties Peer Review College. He has also served as a Visiting Scholar of [[Mansfield College, Oxford]], the [[Oxford Centre for Postgraduate Studies]], and [[Sarum College]]. He is listed in Who's Who, International Who's Who, Who's Who in the World, and People of Today. He is married to [[Lavinia Cohn-Sherbok]].


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Dan Cohn-Sherbok is a rabbi of Reform Judaism and a prolific author on religion. He is currently Professor of Jewish Theology at the University of Wales, Lampeter.

Biography

Born 1945 in Denver, Colorado, he was a student at Williams College, Massachusetts, and the Hebrew Union College at Cincinnati. He served as Chaplain of the Colorado House of Representatives. He received a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Cambridge in England. Later, he received a doctorate in divinity from the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, New York. He taught theology at the University of Kent and served as Director of the Centre for the Study of Religion and Society. In addition to his current position at the University of Wales, Lampeter where he is Professor of Judaism, he has served as Visiting Professor at the Universities of Essex, Middlesex, St. Andrews, Durham, Vilnius, Trinity College, Carmarthen, St Mary's University College and Charles University, Prague. He has been a Visiting Fellow at Wolfson College, Cambridge, and Harris Manchester College, Oxford, a Corresponding Fellow of the Academy of Jewish Philosophy, and a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society, and a Member of the Arts and Humanisties Peer Review College. He has also served as a Visiting Scholar of Mansfield College, Oxford, the Oxford Centre for Postgraduate Studies, and Sarum College. He is listed in Who's Who, International Who's Who, Who's Who in the World, and People of Today. He is married to Lavinia Cohn-Sherbok.

Views

Contrary to the official position of Reform Judaism, Cohn-Sherbok is sympathetic to Messianic Judaism and Secular Humanistic Judaism, as well as the Order of the Lotus (which purports to be a Jewish-Buddhist synthesis). In his view, Judaism today is pluriform in nature: no longer is there an overarching authority which can determine correct belief and practice. As a consequence, the Jewish community has splintered into a variety of subgroups, ranging from the strictly Orthodox to the most liberal; in addition, some groups have syncretistically borrowed from other religious traditions.

Bibliography

Cohn-Sherbok is the author and editor of over 80 books which have been translated into Russian, Greek, Bulgarian, French, Spanish, Italian, Chinese, Swedish, and German, including:

  • Cohn-Sherbok, Dan. Anti-Semitism. Hardcover ed. Sutton Pub., 2002.
  • Cohn-Sherbok, Dan. Messianic Judaism. Paperback ed. Continuum Int'l. Pub. Group, 2000.
  • Cohn-Sherbok, Dan. The Jewish Faith. Paperback ed. Continuum Int'l. Pub. Group, 1993.

See also

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