Raymond Carr, described by Cornel West as “one of the few groundbreaking and path-blazing theologians of his generation,” is an international public theologian whose research interests are theologically ecumenical, historically sensitive, & radically inclusive. He is a visiting professor at Harvard Divinity School & director of the “Codex Charles H. Long Papers Project” at Harvard.

He has published & presented papers on theological aesthetics, theomusicology, & black religion. He complements his teaching & writing with involvement in ENGAGE: A Youth Theology Initiative guiding students who are interested in constructive theology and politics. He has a forthcoming trilogy called Theology in the Mode of Monk: An Aesthetics of Barth and Cone on Revelation and Freedom.

© Raymond Carr and the Thomas Merton Center at Bellarmine University