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Mark Lewis Taylor (born February 3, 1951) is Maxwell M. Upson Professor of Theology and Culture 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 t ...
. His major interests are in the political philosophy of religious practices and theological discourse, particularly in Christian communities and also broader social movements. He served as Chair of the Religion & Society Committee at Princeton Seminary. Taylor received the Best General Interest Book Award for his earlier book, ''The Executed God: The Way of the Cross in Lockdown America'' (2001). He is also founder of Educators for
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Bibliography

* The Theological and the Political: On the Weight of the World. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2011
Interview on book at The Immanent Frame
* Religion, Politics and the Christian Right: Post-9/11 Politics and American Empire. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2005 * The Executed God: The Way of the Cross in Lockdown America. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2001 * Reconstructing Christian Theology, co-edited with Rebecca S. Chopp. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1994 * Remembering Esperanza: A Cultural-Political Theology for North American Praxis. Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis Books, 1990. Reissued with a new Preface, 2005, Fortress Press. * Paul Tillich: Theologian of the Boundaries. London: Collins and Harper & Row, 1987, and paperback published by Fortress Press, 1991) * Beyond Explanation: Religious Dimensions in Cultural Anthropology. Macon: Mercer University Press, 1986.


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Official website
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