Bryan Stone
Bryan Stone | |
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| Born | Bryan P. Stone December 8, 1959 |
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| Religion | Christianity |
| Church | United Methodist Church |
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| Dr. Schubert Ogden | |
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| Discipline | Theology |
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Bryan P. Stone (born 1959) is an American theologian who became the Leighton K. Farrell Endowed Dean of Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University in June 2025. He was formerly the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and the E. Stanley Jones Professor of Evangelism at Boston University School of Theology, and a Co-founder/co-director of the Center for Practical Theology. Stone writes on topics related to both systematic theology and practical theology. He is associated with both postliberalism and Christian pacifism, having been influenced by thinkers such as John Howard Yoder, Stanley Hauerwas, Alasdair MacIntyre, and John Wesley, and in his earliest work with liberation theology and process theology. Stone is also a scholar of theology and film, having written and taught on the subject extensively. His newest book, forthcoming from Routledge Press, is entitled Christianity and Horror Cinema.