Michael Hogue 

Michael Hogue, who received his Ph.D. in Theological Ethics from the University of Chicago in December 2005, joined the Meadville Lombard faculty in September, 2005. He received his M.A. from the University of Chicago and earned his B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies from Hope College in Holland, Michigan.

Hogue brings to Meadville Lombard a deep concern for Theology as an interdisciplinary, public enterprise of religious life. In particular, his teaching and writing explores Theology as it intersects with Religious and Environmental Ethics, and the Sciences and Cultural Studies. Raised as a "preacher's kid" in the United Church of Christ, Hogue has a great deal of respect for the tasks of religious leadership. He is keenly committed to the contemporary significance of liberal religion and liberal theology, especially within the context of global dynamics.  His published articles and reviews have appeared in venues such as The Journal of Religion, Zygon: A Journal of Religion and Science, Crosscurrents, The Journal of the American Academy of Religion, The American Journal of Theology and Philosophy, among others.  His first book, The Tangled Bank: Toward an Ecotheological Ethics of Responsible Participation, was published in the Princeton Theological Monograph Series of Wipf and Stock Publishers (Fall 2007).  He is also at work on a second book, The Promise of Religious Naturalism, to be published August 2010 with Rowman and Littlefield.  Hogue is an active member of several academic societies, the American Academy of Religion, the Society of Christian Ethics, and the Highlands Institute for American Religious and Philosophical Thought.

Hogue grew up in Traverse City, Michigan and spent his childhood exploring the lakes and landscapes of the northwoods. He is the proud father of Kincade and newly-born Mikaela, and the very grateful husband of Sara, who is expecting another child.

See his academic profile here.