What is Marcus Borg?
{{Infobox academic | name = Marcus Borg | image = Marcus Borg speaking in Mansfield College chapel.JPG | alt = | caption = Borg speaking in [[Mansfield College, Oxford|Mansfield College]] chapel | birth_name = Marcus Joel Borg | birth_date = {{birth date|1942|03|11}} | birth_place = [[Fergus Falls, Minnesota|Fergus Falls]], [[Minnesota]], US | death_date = {{death date and age|2015|01|21|1942|03|11}} | death_place = [[Powell Butte, Oregon|Powell Butte]], [[Oregon]], US | residence = | known_for = | title = | boards = <!--board or similar positions extraneous to main occupation--> | spouse = Marianne Wells Borg | children = | parents = | awards = <!--notable national level awards only--> | alma_mater = {{unbulleted list | [[Concordia College (Moorhead, Minnesota)|Concordia College]] | [[Mansfield College, Oxford]]}} | thesis_title = Conflict as a Context for Interpreting the Teaching of Jesus<ref>{{cite thesis |last=Borg |first=Marcus J. |year=1972 |title=Conflict as a Context for Interpreting the Teaching of Jesus |type=DPhil dissertation |location=Oxford |publisher=University of Oxford |oclc=43405002}}</ref> | thesis_year = 1972 | school_tradition = {{hlist | [[Anglicanism]] | [[Jesus Seminar]] | [[liberal Christianity|theological liberalism]]}} | doctoral_advisor = [[G.&nbsp;B. Caird]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Alker |first=Adrian |date=February 6, 2015 |title=Professor Marcus Borg |url=https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2015/6-february/gazette/obituaries/professor-marcus-borg |work=Church Times |location=London |publisher=Hymns Ancient and Modern |access-date=September 3, 2018}}</ref> | academic_advisors = | influences = [[W.&nbsp;D. Davies]] | discipline = {{hlist | [[Biblical studies]] | [[religious studies]] | [[theology]]}} | sub_discipline = [[New Testament]] studies | workplace