Paul Mojzes

Paul Mojzes
Born (1936-11-10) 10 November 1936 (age 88)
Osijek, Yugoslavia
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Belgrade
Florida Southern College BA
Boston University PhD
Occupation(s)Professor emeritus
Religious studies scholar
Notable workBalkan Genocides: Holocaust and Ethnic Cleansing in the Twentieth Century

Paul Mojzes (born 10 November 1936)[1] is an academic who is professor emeritus of Religious Studies at Rosemont College.[2]

Education and career

Mojzes was born in Osijek and grew up in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia.[3] Upon graduation from the gymnasium in Novi Sad, he studied at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law before coming to the United States in 1957.[4] He received his B.A. from Florida Southern College in 1959[5] and doctorate in Eastern European Church History from Boston University in 1965.[1] As well as teaching, Mojzes was also chair of the Religious Studies and Humanities Department at Rosemont College.[6]

He was the co-editor of the Journal of Ecumenical Studies, and founder and co-editor of Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe.[7] Additionally, he was the interim director of the Gratz College Holocaust and Genocide Studies doctoral program and continues to teach at Gratz as an adjunct professor.[8] He was also distinguished visiting professor of Holocaust and genocide studies at Richard Stockton College.[9] He is a member of the United Methodist Church.[10]

Books

  • Varieties of Christian-Marxist dialogue (Ecumenical Press, 1978). ISBN 978-0-93121-402-8
  • Christian-Marxist dialogue in Eastern Europe (Augsburg Fortress, 1981). ISBN 978-0-80661-895-1
  • Religious Liberty in Eastern Europe and the USSR (East European Monographs, 1992). ISBN 978-0-88033-234-7
  • Yugoslavian Inferno: Ethnoreligious Warfare in the Balkans (Continuum, 1994). ISBN 978-0-82640-683-5
  • Religion and the War in Bosnia (Scholars, 1998). ISBN 978-0-78850-428-0
  • Balkan Genocides: Holocaust and Ethnic Cleansing in the Twentieth Century (Rowman & Littlefield, 2011). ISBN 978-1-44220-665-6

References

  1. ^ a b "Mojzes, Paul". Library of Congress. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Paul Mojzes". WM.B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  3. ^ Mirkovic, Damir (2011). "Book Reviews: Paul Mojzes, Balkan Genocides: Holocaust and Ethnic Cleansing in the Twentieth Century" (PDF). The Canadian Journal of Peace and Conflict Studies. 43 (2): 156.
  4. ^ "Lecture on War in Bosnia". Baylor University Media and Public Relations. 27 March 1997. Archived from the original on 30 January 2013.
  5. ^ Swidler, Leonard; Mojzes, Paul (2008). The Uniqueness of Jesus: A Dialogue with Paul F. Knitter. Wipf and Stock Publishers. pp. X. ISBN 978-1-55635-652-0.
  6. ^ "Dr. Paul Mojzes". Global Peace Foundation. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  7. ^ Leustean, Lucian N. (2019). "List of Contributors". Forced Migration and Human Security in the Eastern Orthodox World. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-35118-521-9.
  8. ^ "Paul Mojzes, Ph.D." gratz.edu. Gratz College. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  9. ^ "Paul Mojzes". lybrary.com. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  10. ^ "Paul Mojzes". Bloomsbury Publishing. Retrieved 16 February 2020.