William Dyrness

{{Short description|American theologian and academic (born 1943)}} {{BLP sources|date=September 2011}} {{Infobox academic | honorific_prefix = | name = William A. Dyrness | honorific_suffix = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name =  | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1943|01|23|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Geneva, Illinois]] | death_date =  | death_place = | death_cause = | region = | period = | occupation = Professor of theology and culture at [[Fuller Theological Seminary]] | boards = ''Theology Through the Arts'', ''Christians in the Visual Arts'', ''Development Associates International'' & editorial board of the ''International Journal of Systematic Theology'' & ''The Society for Arts in Religious and Theological Studies'' | known_for = | spouse = | children = | signature = | signature_alt = | signature_size = | era = | language = | discipline = Biblical theology | sub_discipline =  | movement =

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'''William A. Dyrness''' is an American theologian and professor of theology and culture at [[Fuller Theological Seminary]]. He teaches courses in theology, culture, and the arts, and is a founding member of the [http://www.brehmcenter.com Brehm Center].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.fuller.edu/faculty/william-a-dyrness/|title=William A. Dyrness {{!}} Fuller Seminary|date=25 January 2018 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-27}}</ref>

==Education==

Dyrness holds a B.A. from [[Wheaton College (Illinois)|Wheaton College]], a B.A. from [[Columbia Theological Seminary]], a B. Div. from Fuller Theological Seminary, a D. Théol. from the [[University of Strasbourg]], a Doctorandus from the [[Vrije Universiteit]], and was a postdoctoral fellow at the [[University of Cambridge]] in 1978 and again in 2000.

==Academic career==

Dyrness joined the Fuller faculty in 1990 and served as dean of the School of Theology from 1990 to 2000. Before coming to Fuller he served as professor and president at [[New College Berkeley]] (1982–1990), professor and acting dean at Nairobi Evangelical Graduate School of Theology and program director and co-founder of the Institute for Studies in Asian Church Culture. He has been a visiting professor at Asian Center for Theological Studies and Mission, [[Asian Theological Seminary]], [[Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary]] and [[Regent College]].

He has served on a number of boards including the ''Theology Through the Arts'' steering committee (1997–2000), the national board of ''Christians in the Visual Arts'' (1999 to 2005), the editorial board of the ''International Journal of Systematic Theology'' (2001 to present), ''The Society for Arts in Religious and Theological Studies'' (2005 to present), and on the board of ''Development Associates International'' (2000 to the present). He is also a senior fellow at USC's ''Center for Religion and Civic Culture'' (since 2000)<ref name=FullerDryness>{{cite web|url=http://fuller.edu/faculty/wdyrness/. |title=William A. Dyrness – Dean Emeritus and Professor of Theology and Culture, School of Theology |access-date=June 23, 2016 }}</ref> and consulting editor for [[Christianity Today]](1996 to present).{{Failed verification|date=June 2016}}

His books ''Modern Art and the Life of a Culture'' (with Jonathan Anderson) and ''Insider Jesus'' won a 2017 ''Christianity Today'' award of merit.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2017/january-february/christianity-todays-2017-book-awards.html|title=Christianity Today's 2017 Book Awards|date=December 14, 2016|website=ChristianityToday.com|language=en|access-date=2019-01-27}}</ref>

He is an [[ordained]] [[minister (Christianity)|minister]] in the [[Presbyterian Church]] (USA).<ref name=":0" />

==Influences==

Dyrness works at the intersection of Reformed, evangelical, global and ecumenical [[theology]]. His numerous publications can be characterized as an attempt to grapple with "the dramatic encounter between faith and human culture."<ref name="image">{{cite web|title=William Dyrness|url=http://www.imagejournal.org/artist/william-dyrness/|website=Image Journal|access-date=May 7, 2016|language=en-US}}</ref> Dyrness's 1971 book on the twentieth-century French [[Catholic]] painter [[Georges Rouault]] influenced an entire generation of [[Christian art|Christian]] visual artists. Dyrness studied with noted Christian [[philosopher]] and art [[historian]] [[Hans Rookmaaker]], and is considered a leading expert on [[Christian theology]] and [[visual culture]].

==Writings== Dyrness has published work in a variety of fields, including theology and culture, apologetics, [[theological aesthetics|theology and art]], and global missions. In addition to numerous articles he is the author or editor of some twenty books, some cooperatively.<ref name=FullerDryness/> *{{Cite book|title=Modern Art and the Life of a Culture: The Religious Impulses of Modernism|publisher=IVP Academic|year=2016|isbn=978-0830851355|location=Downers Grove}} *{{Cite book|title=Insider Jesus|publisher=IVP Academic|year=2016|isbn=978-0830851553|location=Downers Grove, IL}} *{{cite book|title=Poetic Theology|year=2011 |publisher= Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. |isbn=978-0802865786}} * {{cite book|title=A Primer on Christian Worship|year=2009|publisher= Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. |isbn=978-0802860385}} * {{cite book|title=Global Dictionary of Theology|year=2008 |publisher= IVP Academic |isbn=978-0830824540}}(co-edited with Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen) * {{cite book|title=Senses of the Soul: Art and the Visual in Christian Worship|year=2008 |publisher= Wipf & Stock |isbn=978-1556358647}} * {{cite book|title=Reformed Theology and Visual Culture: The Protestant Imagination from Calvin to Edwards|year=2004 |publisher= Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0521833233}} * {{cite book|title=Visual Faith|year=2001 |publisher= Baker Academic |isbn=978-0801022975}} * {{cite book|title=Changing the Mind of Missions|year=2000|publisher=IVP Books|isbn=978-0830822393|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/changingmindofmi00jame_0}}(with James F. Engel) * {{cite book|title=The Earth is God's: A Theology of American Culture|year=1997 |publisher= Wipf & Stock Pub |isbn=978-1592447954}} * {{cite book|title=Emerging Voices in Global Christian Theology|year=1994 |publisher= Wipf & Stock Pub |isbn=978-1592444472}} * {{cite book|title=Invitation to Cross-cultural Theology|year=1992 |publisher= Zondervan |isbn=978-0310535812}} * {{cite book|title=Learning About Theology from the Third World|year=1990 |publisher= Zondervan |isbn=978-0310209713}} * {{cite book|title=How Does America Hear the Gospel?|year=1989 |publisher= Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. |isbn=978-0802804372}} * {{cite book|title=Let the Earth Rejoice: A Biblical Theology of Holistic Mission|year=1983 |publisher= Wipf & Stock Pub |isbn=978-1579101251}} * {{cite book|title=Christian Apologetics in a World Community|year=1982 |publisher= Wipf & Stock Pub |isbn=978-1579109684}} * {{cite book|title=Themes in Old Testament Theology|year=1980|publisher=IVP Academic|isbn=978-0877847267|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/themesinoldtesta00dyrn}} * {{cite book|title=Christian Art in Asia|year=1979 |publisher= Editions Rodopi B.V. |isbn=978-9062037322}} * {{cite book|title=Roualt: A Vision of Suffering and Salvation|year=1971|publisher=Eerdmans|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=80JQAAAAMAAJ}}(no ISBN)

== References == {{reflist}}

== External links ==

*{{cite web|title=William A. Dyrness – InterVarsity Press|url=http://www.ivpress.com/cgi-ivpress/author.pl/author_id=481|website=www.ivpress.com|access-date=May 7, 2016}} *{{cite web|title=Faculty & Staff – Brehm Center|url=http://www.brehmcenter.com/education/faculty_staff|website=Brehm Center|access-date=May 7, 2016}}

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