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Sharon Tan
Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs
McVay Associate Professor of Christian Ethics
Presbyterian
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
•	comparative religious ethics
•	justice
•	reconciliation
•	religion and politics
•	virtue ethics
•	religious studies

Courses taught in the 2011-2012 academic year
IS152		Integration of Ministry and Local Theologies (with Paul Capetz)
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TR107		Christian Ethics
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TR509		Comparative Religious Ethics
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TR537		Justice: Social, Legal, Economic
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Other Courses Offered
TR370		Politics and Religion in the World
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TR536		Ethics of Reconciliation
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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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TR573		Ethical Themes in Literature
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Publications

Books

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

Articles and Essays

“Composing Integrity: An Approach to Moral Agency for Asian Americans,” in Eleazar Fernandez, ed., New Overtures: Asian North American Theology in the 21st Century (forthcoming in Journal of Race, Ethnicity and Religion, and Sopher Press).

“Theological Diversity in a Liberal Seminary,” Theological Education, Fall 2011.

“Theological Themes in Psalm 119:105-112: Law from the Inside Out,” Lectionary Homiletics, July 2011 (forthcoming).

“Theological Themes in Genesis 28:10-19a: God’s Sovereignty and Human Agency,” Lectionary Homiletics, July 2011.

“Theological Themes in Genesis 29:15-28: Blessed are the Unloved,” Lectionary Homiletics, July 2011.

“Satyagraha and Reconciliation,” Journal of Interreligious Dialogue (Vol. 1 No. 1, 2009) www.irdialogue.org; http://irdialogue.org/journal/issue01/%e2%80%9csatyagraha-and-reconciliation%e2%80%9d-by-sharon-tan-united-theological-seminary-of-the-twin-cities/

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

“Human Rights and Confucianism: Religious Liberty in China,” with Hong Qu, Journal of Ethics in Leadership Vol. 1, No. 2 (2005), pp. 1-16.

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, and reading.

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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. It is to live out the good news of God's work and action in the world.”

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“Justice, peace, and reconciliation are interrelated processes of moral and social transformation, whereby we live into integrity with our faith, morals, intellect, and action, while deepening and enriching our views of one another.”

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