James H. Ware Jr. was born in Shanghai, China, of missionary parents. He received his BA and MA degrees from Baylor University and his BD from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary...visualizza altroJames H. Ware Jr. was born in Shanghai, China, of missionary parents. He received his BA and MA degrees from Baylor University and his BD from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Duke University granted him his PhD.
At Clemson University, University of Central Arkansas, and Austin College, he taught Asian Religions, the Philosophy of Language, Biblical Studies, Hermeneutics, and the History of Philosophy. Throughout his academic career, he has pastored numerous churches.
Dr. Ware’s first two books were study guides to Chinese and Korean Religions published by Yale Divinity School Press. His third work, Not with Word of Wisdom, dealt with performative language and liturgy. In 2001, he published Heart Sing, which consists of 350 morning prayers of praise and thanksgiving. Following retirement from Austin College, he has served as Parish Associate at Gulf Breeze Presbyterian Church and has been dealing with biblical hermeneutics and the life of the church.
The Southwest Commission on Religious Studies presented him the John Gammie Distinguished Scholar’s Award in 1994–1995. Previously, he received a post-doctoral award from the Fund for the Study of the World Great Religions and spent six months at the University of Hong Kong and six months at the University of Chicago.visualizza meno