Middle Eastern Studies (Arts and Sciences), comparative historian and scholar of Islam Charles Hallisey, scholar of Therevada Buddhism David Hempton (dean), Dean of the school, historian of Methodism and Evangelical Protestantism Amy Hollywood Michael Jackson, anthropologist and novelist Baber Johansen, scholar of Islamic law Ousmane Oumar Kane, Alwaleed Professor of Contemporary Islamic Religion and Society Karen King, Hollis Professor of Divinity, author of "What is Gnosticism?" and "The Gospel of Mary Magdala" Gordon D. Kaufman (died 2011), liberal Mennonite pacifist theologian and author of God the Problem Helmut Koester (died 2016), professor emeritus, New Testament scholar Jon D. Levenson, scholar of Hebrew Bible and Jewish studies Arthur Chute McGill, (1926–1980) Bussey Professor of Theology at Harvard from 1971 until 1980 Richard R. Niebuhr, Hollis Professor of Divinity emeritus, theologian Henri Nouwen (1983–1985), Professor of Divinity and Horace De Y. Lentz Lecturer Jacob K. Olupona, scholar of Indigenous Religions, Religions in Africa Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, Krister Stendahl Professor feminist New Testament scholar, author: In Memory of Her; Rhetoric and Ethic; The Power of the Word Francis Schüssler Fiorenza, Charles Chauncey Stillman Professor of Roman Catholic Theological Studies Wilfred Cantwell Smith, former director of the school's Center for the Study of World Religions Ronald Frank Thiemann, Christian theologian and dean of the Divinity School from 1986 to 1998 Paul Tillich (1886–1965), Protestant theologian and Christian existentialist Henry Ware Jr., (1794–1843), Unitarian theologian Henry Ware Sr. (1764–1845), prominent early Unitarian theologian C. Conrad Wright (1917–2011), historian of American Congregationalism and Unitarianism George Ernest Wright (1958–1974), Parkman Professor of Divinity; (1961–1974) Curator of the Semitic Museum, Presbyterian, leading Old Testament scholar and biblical archaeologist Cornel West, public intellectual, author, philosopher, political activist, social critic and member of the Democratic Socialists of America Notable alumni Susan Ackerman, (born 1958), Hebrew Bible scholar Charles G. Adams, Baptist pastor; William and Lucille Nickerson Professor of the Practice of Ethics and Ministry, Harvard Divinity School. Emma Anderson, professor of Classics and Religious Studies at University of Ottawa Chris Adrian, author and medical doctor Horatio Alger, scholar and novelist Reza Aslan, author and Islamic scholar Charles Bennison, bishop in the Episcopal Church Rebecca Birk, English Liberal Jewish rabbi George Madison Bodge, author, historian, and Unitarian minister George Bradburn, Unitarian preacher and abolitionist from Massachusetts. Neville Callam, General Secretary of the Baptist World Alliance Edward John Carnell, prominent neoevangelical theologian Tom Chappell, founder of Tom's of Maine, large producer of