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Sharon Tan
Associate Professor of Christian Ethics, supported by the McVay Endowment
Presbyterian/Episcopalian
Appointed 2004

Education

B.Sc. Oral Roberts University
M.T.S. Candler School of Theology, Emory University
J.D. Emory University
Ph.D. Emory University

Teaching and Research

• Christian ethics
• religion and politics
• virtue ethics
• jurisprudence and law
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human rights
• reconciliation and conflict transformation
• ethics and public policy
• approaches to the study of religion
• world religion and ethics
• ethics in literature

Courses Offered in the past academic year
Note: Sharon received a grant to work on her book, Complex Integrity, and will not be teaching during the 2010-11 academic year.
IS152 Integration of Ministry and Local Theologies
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TR107 Christian Ethics
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TR537 Justice: Social, Legal, Economic
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TR572 Good Work
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TR771 Approaches to the Study of Religion and Religious Communities
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Other Courses Offered
TR509 Comparative Religious Ethics
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TR370 Politics and Religion in the World
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TR536 Ethics of Reconciliation
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TR573 Ethical Themes in Literature
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Publications

“Satyagraha and Reconciliation,” Journal of Interreligious Dialogue (Vol. 1 No. 1, 2009). www.irdialogue.org

“Community Making: Integrating Personal Virtue and Social Justice,” public lecture in a series Conversations: the Challenges of an American Community, Alpena Community College, Alpena, Michigan, April 30, 2009.

“Reflections on Being an Assistant Professor,” Colloquy Vol 16, No. 2 (Spring 2008).

The Reconciliation of Classes and Races: How Religion Contributes to Politics and Law
Edwin Mellen Press, 2009

“Toward Faith and Integrity in a Pluralistic Society.” Paper presented at annual meeting of the Upper Midwest region of the American Academy of Religion, April 2006.

“Human Rights and Confucianism: Religious Liberty in China.” Journal of Ethics in Leadership 1, no. 2 (2005). Co-authored with Hong Qu.

“Human Rights and Confucianism: Religious Liberty in China.” Paper presented at the International Conference on Global Ethics, Kennesaw State University, October 2004. Co-presented with Hong Qu.

“Satyagraha, Political Forgiveness and Reconciliation”
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion, November 2003.

“Reconsidering the American Way: Institutionalism and Path Dependence in Health Care Policy.” Paper presented at the Center for Ethics in Public Policy and the Professions, Emory University, Seminar on Health Care, Ethics, and the Market, 1999.

Regular Topics for Presentation

Upcoming Presentations


Contact Sharon at 651.255.6129.

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I enjoy time with my family and with friends, hiking, reading, discussion, music, and drama.

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“Ethics is about the integration of one’s faith and morals, intellect and action, in relationship to our neighbors and to the world community. Thus, my aim in theological education in ethics is to encourage and develop such a capacity in our lives.”

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“I see justice, peace, and reconciliation as interrelated processes of moral and social transformation, where we can integrate our faith, morals, intellect, and action while deepening and enriching our views of one another.”
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