William Norman Pittenger (July 23, 1905 – June 19, 1997) was an Anglican minister, teacher, and theologian.
[1] He served as Vice-Chairman and the Chairman of the Theological Commission of the World Council of Churches from the mid-1950s through the early 1960s.
[3] He attended Princeton University for a short time, but left without graduating because he wanted to try a career as a newspaper reporter in New York City.
[citation needed] He was named an Instructor in Christian Apologetics in 1935 at the same Seminary, and was ordained a deacon in the Church in 1936, and a priest in 1937; he served as Instructor at the seminary until 1951, when he was elevated to the rank of Professor in the same department there, a position that he held until 1966.
[citation needed] In addition to his writing on explicitly Christian themes, he wrote on sexuality in general (e.g., Making Sexuality Human, 1970) and penned a Christian defense of homosexuality in particular (Time for Consent, 1970), a book that was so controversial when published that the Church Times refused to review it.