Paul Matthews van Buren (April 20, 1924 – June 18, 1998) was a Christian theologian and author.
An ordained Episcopal priest, he was a professor of religion at Temple University, Philadelphia for 22 years.
He was a Director [NYT obituary says "Associate"] of the Center of Ethics and Religious Pluralism at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem.
[1] Van Buren attended Harvard College, from which he graduated with a bachelor's degree in government, in 1948.
"[1] Later, however, Van Buren expressed criticism of the approach that he and others had taken to accommodate the Christian faith to an increasingly secular culture.