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Robert Pyne
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Robert Pyne directs the work of the Norman Miller Center for Peace, Justice & Public Understanding at St. Norbert College. He has taught courses on human rights, and peace and justice, and regularly leads multi-narrative educational trips to Israel and the West Bank. His research interests include human rights, Middle East politics and the role of religion in society.

  • PEAC 200 Introduction to Peace and Justice
  • PEAC 266 Human Rights and Responsibilities
  • PEAC 400 Peace and Justice Capstone

  • B.A. – Arizona State University (Communication)
  • Th.M. – Dallas Theological Seminary
  • Th.D. – Dallas Theological Seminary (Systematic Theology)

  • Human Rights
  • Religion in society
  • Middle East politics
  • Freedom of speech
  • Freedom of religion

Returning to the Question: A Journey from Evangelicalism (in progress).

Selected publications:
LifeSpace: the practice of life with God (with Joni Grace Powers), (Ventura, CA: Regal Books, 2007).

Humanity and Sin: The Creation, Fall, and Redemption of Humanity. Swindoll Leadership Library (Nashville: Word, 1999).

“A Human Rights Sampler: Review of The Routledge History of Human Rights.” Human Rights Education Review 4:2 (2021).

“A Lesson in Civility.” St. Norbert College Magazine (April 2, 2013).

“The True Good Samaritans.” The New York Times (April 19, 2003) (invited op-ed).

“Machiavelli Marooned.” Christianity Today (October 23, 2000): 123-24.

“The New Man and Immoral Society.” Bibliotheca Sacra 154 (July-September 1997): 259-74.

“The Ethical Ring of the Bell Curve.” dialog 35 (Winter 1996): 51-57.