User:RobJKing
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Rob J. King was born in New York City, and grew up in St. Petersburg, Florida as the only son of Coast Guard Senior Chief Petty Officer (E-8) Robert Lewis King and the third child of Lucille Vasquez King.
Educationally, as an undergraduate, Rob J King was a Stuart Scholar (full tuition) at Davidson College [1], a Duke Scholar (full tuition) at Duke University Divinity School [2], and spent three years studying Ethics and History at the University of Notre Dame in their Ph.D. program[3]. Influential among Rob's intellectual influences are his former professors from Duke University, Stanley Hauerwas [[4]] and Geoffrey Wainwright [[5]] and Pope John Paul II [[6]]. King's philosophical sources include Plato [[7]]; Michel Foucault [[8]] and Alasdair MacIntyre [[9]].
Rob J. King has published extensively, including Christian Church periodicals and extensively on Campaigns Wikia. His articles in Church publications include, "A Liberal's Testimony" [10]; "Why I Left the United Methodist Church" [11] and "Eastern Patristic Spirit-Christology for Contemporary Wesleyan Faith Practice" in the Fall 2003 Volume of The Wesleyan Theological Journal [12]
In April 2007 Rob J. King delivered the Church/State relations paper, "One Nation Under YHWH: A Theological Critique of the 'Under God' Clause" at the American Experiment Religious Freedom Conference, a Conference attended by Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
Rob J. King's many colleagues span the globe including South Africa, Kenya and Latin America. Rob J. King has spent several years studying the recent trend in shifting from a European-rooted Christianity to a more Pentecostal-style "New Christendom" of Africa, Latin America and Southeast Asia. Religiously, Rob J. King is a Charismatic Catholic, attends a Roman Rite parish and has been influenced by the charism of Opus Dei [13].
Rob J. King is currently teaching, writing and involved with activist work.