13 Facts About Marcus Borg

Marcus Joel Borg was an American New Testament scholar and theologian.

Marcus Borg was among the most widely known and influential voices in Liberal Christianity.

Marcus Borg retired as Hundere Distinguished Professor of Religion and Culture at Oregon State University in 2007.

Marcus Borg died eight years later at the age of 72, of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis at his home in Powell Butte, Oregon.

Marcus Borg was born March 11,1942, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, and raised in a Lutheran family in North Dakota.

Marcus Borg taught at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota, from 1966 to 1969 and 1972 to 1974; South Dakota State University in Brookings from 1975 to 1976; and Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, from 1976 to 1979.

Marcus Borg was a faculty member at Oregon State University from 1979 until his retirement in 2007 as Distinguished Professor in Religion and Culture and the Hundere Endowed Chair in Religious Studies.

Marcus Borg was appointed Chair of the Religious Studies Department in January 1988.

Marcus Borg served as Visiting Professor of New Testament at the Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley and the Chism Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington.

Marcus Borg served as national chair of the Historical Jesus Section of the Society of Biblical Literature, co-chair of its International New Testament Program Committee and president of the Anglican Association of Biblical Scholars.

Marcus Borg was often featured in programs on networks such as PBS, NPR and National Geographic, and appeared on ABC World News and The Today Show.

Marcus Borg debated New Testament scholar Craig Blomberg and evangelical apologist James White on topics such as the historical reliability of the gospels and the historical Jesus.

Marcus Borg died on January 21,2015, in Powell Butte, Oregon.