Nancy J. Duff (born May 2, 1951) is an American professor of theology. Duff worked as the Stephen Colwell Associate Professor of Christian Ethics at
Princeton Theological Seminary
Princeton Theological Seminary (PTSem), officially The Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian Church, is a private school of theology in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1812 under the auspices of Archibald Alexander, the General Assembly of ...
, where she taught from 1990 until 2020. Duff is also a Presbyterian minister in the PCUSA denomination. She is married to United Methodist Minister David Mertz. She has taught courses on the
Decalogue
The Ten Commandments (Biblical Hebrew עשרת הדברים \ עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדְּבָרִים, ''aséret ha-dvarím'', lit. The Decalogue, The Ten Words, cf. Mishnaic Hebrew עשרת הדיברות \ עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדִּבְ ...
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Biomedical ethics
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, human sexuality, liturgy and the Christian life,
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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,
James Cone
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, types of Christian ethics, and vocation in Christian tradition and contemporary life.
Education
In 1973, Duff earned her undergraduate degree in English from
Austin College
Austin College is a private liberal arts college affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA) and located in Sherman, Texas.Union Theological Seminary & Presbyterian School of Christian Education
Union Presbyterian Seminary is a Presbyterian seminary in Richmond, Virginia. It also has a non-residential campus in Charlotte, North Carolina and an online blended learning program.
History
As a result of efforts undertaken together by the ...
in Richmond, Virginia in 1977 and a doctorate in Systematic Theology from
Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York
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in 1988.
Selected publications
* Humanization and the Politics of God: the koinonia ethics of Paul Lehmann. Eerdmans, 1992.
* "Karen Ann Quinlan, Tony Bland, and Terri Schiavo: Withdrawing Life Support from Patients in a Persistent Vegetative State", Dialogue, Fall, 2006.
* "Locating God in all the Wrong Places: the Second Commandment and American Politics", '' Interpretation: a Journal of Bible and Theology'', April 2006, 182–193.
* "Recovering Lamentation as a Practice in the Church", Lament: Reclaiming Practices in Pulpit, Pew, and Public Square, Sally A. Brown and Patrick D. Miller, eds., Westminster John Knox, 2005, 3–14.
* "Should the Ten Commandments Be Posted in the Public Realm? Why the Bible and the Constitution Say 'No'". The Ten Commandments: The Reciprocity of Faithfulness, William Brown, ed., Westminster John Knox, 2004, 159–170.
* "Mary, the Servant of the Lord: Christian Vocation at the Manger and the Cross", Blessed One: Protestant Perspectives on Mary,
Beverly Roberts Gaventa Beverly Roberts Gaventa is Distinguished Professor of New Testament Interpretation at Baylor UniversityInterpretation'' 53/1, January 1999, 21–33.
* "Reformed Theology and Medical Ethics: Death, Vocation and the Suspension of Life-Support", in The Future of Reformed Theology: Tasks, Topics, Traditions, David Willis and Michael Welker, eds. William B. Eerdmans, 1999, 302–320.
* "Reflections on Human Cloning", The Princeton Seminary Bulletin Vol. XVII, No. 2, 1997, 184–192. (Originally presented to the National Bioethics Advisory Committee.)
* "Vocation, Motherhood, and Marriage", Women, Gender, and Christian Community,
Jane Dempsey Douglass
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and James F. Kay, eds. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 1997, 69–81.
* "Paul Louis Lehmann...", Theology Today 53.3 (October, 1996): 360–369.
* "How to Argue Moral Issues Surrounding Homosexuality When You Know You're Right", in Homosexuality and Christian Community, Leong Seow, ed., Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1996, 144–159.
* "Theological Themes", Lectionary Homiletics. (October, 1996).
* "Introduction", to Paul L. Lehmann, The Decalogue and a Human Future: the Meaning of the Commandments for Making and Keeping Human Life Human, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1995, 1–12.
* "Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Theological Ethic", The Princeton Seminary Bulletin, XV.3. 1994, 263–273. (Originally an address given at Nassau Presbyterian Church in Princeton, New Jersey.)
* "The Significance of Apocalyptic for Theological Ethics", Apocalyptic and the New Testament: A Feschrift for Prof. J. Louis Martyn, Sheffield Press, 1989, 279–296. ubsequently incorporated into one of the chapters of Humanization and the Politics of God: the koinonia Ethics of Paul Lehmann.ref>Princeton Theological Seminary Website. Nancy J Duff. Curriculum Vita. http://www.ptsem.edu/Academics/departments/TH/faculty/duff.php#cv