Jim Garrison (theologian)

Jim Garrison
Born James Amon Garrison
January 7, 1951
Huili, China
Occupation Author, theologian, President of Ubiquity University, founder of the State of the World Forum
Language English
Citizenship United States of America
Alma mater Santa Clara University
Harvard University
Cambridge University

James Amon "Jim" Garrison is an American author, theologian and founder of the State of the World Forum. He is Founder and President of Ubiquity University.

Biography

Jim Garrison serves as founding President and CEO of Ubiquity University. This university is dedicated to providing affordable education at the graduate, undergraduate, and public education levels worldwide. Garrison served as founding President of Wisdom University from 2005 till 2012. The university is now the Wisdom School of Graduate Studies within Ubiquity University providing Masters and Doctoral degrees in the world wisdom traditions.

Garrison served as founder and President of the State of the World Forum from 1995 till 2012, a San Francisco based non-profit institution created to establish a global network of leaders dedicated to creating a more sustainable global civilization. With President Gorbachev as its Convening Chairman, the Forum convened leaders from around the world and a spectrum of disciplines to its annual and regional conferences; creates action-oriented strategic initiatives, and catalysed the creation of several independent ongoing organizations.

Prior to this, Garrison was founder of the Radiation and Health Information Service in 1978; founder of East West Reach in 1980; and he served as Executive Director of the Esalen Institute Soviet American Exchange Program from 1985 till 1990. In 1991, he founded the International Foreign Policy Institute with Eduard Shevardnadze. At the request of Mr. Gorbachev, Garrison founded and served as President of the Gorbachev Foundation/ USA in 1992, which set the stage for the establishment of the State of the World Forum in 1995.

Garrison was born in China of Baptist missionary parents in 1951 and grew up in Taiwan. After returning to the US in 1965, he began college at Pepperdine University (1969–70), attended the University of Tel Aviv in 1972 to study Middle Eastern Affairs, and received a B.A. magna cum laude in World History from the Santa Clara University (1973). He then received a double M.T.S. in Christology and History of Religion from Harvard Divinity School (1975); and a Ph.D. in Philosophical Theology from Cambridge University (1982).

Garrison published his first book in 1980 called The Plutonium Culture (SCM). This was followed by The Darkness of God: Theology After Hiroshima (SCM/1982); The Russian Threat: Myths and Realities (Gateway Books/ 1983); The New Diplomats (Resurgence Press/1984); Civilization and the Transformation of Power (Paraview Press/2000); and America As Empire (Barrett Koehler/2004). His current book, not yet published, is on Climate Change and the Primordial Mind.

Works

Articles

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Books

References

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  1. ↑ "Jim Garrison". Huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2015-08-25.
  2. ↑ "It's the Weather, Not the Debt | Jim Garrison". Huffingtonpost.com. 2011-09-21. Retrieved 2015-08-25.
  3. ↑ "Osama bin Laden as the First Global Terrorist | Jim Garrison". Huffingtonpost.com. 2011-05-09. Retrieved 2015-08-25.
  4. ↑ "The Perfect Eco-Technical Storm in Japan | Jim Garrison". Huffingtonpost.com. 2011-03-18. Retrieved 2015-08-25.
  5. ↑ "Obama the Feckless | Jim Garrison". Huffingtonpost.com. 2011-02-25. Retrieved 2015-08-25.
  6. ↑ "Clinton the "Perfect Republican" with Obama Soon to Follow? | Jim Garrison". Huffingtonpost.com. 2010-09-16. Retrieved 2015-08-25.
  7. ↑ "From Climate Change to Climate Shock: The Result of a Perfect Eco-Political Storm | Jim Garrison". Huffingtonpost.com. 2010-08-31. Retrieved 2015-08-25.
  8. ↑ "Dr JIM GARRISON, American author, philosopher and theologian: cut GHGs 80% by 2020 - Cut Carbon Emissions 80% by 2020". Sites.google.com. 2009-08-03. Retrieved 2015-08-25.
  9. ↑ "Transformando acciones que marcan la diferencia". Worldforum. 2014-06-20. Retrieved 2015-08-25.
  10. ↑ "graduate studies with world renowned leaders". Wisdom University. 2005-02-02. Retrieved 2015-08-25.
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