Mark Lewis Taylor (born February 3, 1951) is Maxwell M. Upson Professor of Theology and Culture at Princeton Theological Seminary.[1] 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).[2] He is also founder of Educators for Mumia Abu-Jamal.[3]
Religion, Politics and the Christian Right: Post-9/11 Politics and American Empire. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2005[5]
The Executed God: The Way of the Cross in Lockdown America. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2001[6][7]
Reconstructing Christian Theology, co-edited with Rebecca S. Chopp. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1994[8]
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)[9]
Beyond Explanation: Religious Dimensions in Cultural Anthropology. Macon: Mercer University Press, 1986.
