Matt Tittle
Matt Tittle is an American Unitarian Universalist minister who officiated the first same-sex marriage in New Zealand, author, and former Naval officer and assistant professor of psychology at the University of Illinois.
Tittle grew up in Charleston, South Carolina; received his bachelor's degree from the University of South Carolina, and became a United States Navy intelligence officer. He saw combat action in Grenada and Lebanon. He received his Ph.D. in educational psychology at University of Illinois, a master's degree in teaching Russian from the University of Illinois, a M.A. in national security affairs from the Naval Postgraduate School, and is a graduate of the Defense Language Institute. He was an assistant professor of psychology at University of Illinois.[1]
He graduated from Meadville Lombard Theological School in 2004 with a Master of Divinity degree.[1]
Tittle wrote the "Keep the Faith" online column at the Houston Chronicle until 2010 when he moved to New Jersey.[1][2]
In 2013, Tittle moved to New Zealand to be a Unitarian minister at Auckland's Unitarian Universalist church.[3] Tittle officiated the first same-sex marriage in New Zealand, at the church on August 18, 2013.[4][5][6][7][8]
As of 2015[update] he is listed as a faculty member in School of Undergraduate Studies Department of Psychology at Capella University.[9]
Bibliography[edit]
- Tittle, Matthew (2006), Taking Back Faith: Heretical Thoughts for a New Century, iUniverse, ISBN 978-0595391110
- Tittle, Gail; Tittle, Matt; Forsyth-Vail, Gail (2009), Harvest the Power: Developing Lay Leadership, Unitarian Universalist Association
- Tittle, Gail; Tittle, Matt (2010), Bless All Who Serve: Sources of Hope, Courage and Faith for Military Personnel and Their Families, Skinner House Books, ISBN 978-1-55896-566-9
- Tittle, Matt (2012), Stanley the Very Fine Squirrel, Charlo Nocete (illustrator), Xlibris, ISBN 978-1469126227
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Harbord, Eamon (July 29, 2010), "Digital minister's path takes him to Paramus", The Record, Bergen County, Jew Jersey
- ↑ Matt Tittle (May 1, 2010), Rev. Matt’s last post, Houston Chronicle
- ↑ Lee, Jess (March 5, 2013), Same-sex marriage: City churches say no but one is taking a different stand, stuff.co.nz
- ↑ New Zealand gay couples hold first weddings, BBC, August 19, 2013
- ↑ Schmidt, Christian (August 23, 2013), "Making waves in marriage, and other UUs in the media: A big same-sex marriage in New Zealand and other marriage news", UU World, Uniterian Universalist Association, retrieved 2015-01-16
- ↑ Maas, Amy (August 19, 2013), Historic day arrives for same-sex couples, stuff.co.nz
- ↑ Ali, Mahvash (July 19, 2013), Vicar steps in after Anglican Church says no to gay wedding
- ↑ First same-sex couples tie the knot in New Zealand, AFP, August 19, 2013 – via StarAfrica.com
- ↑ Faculty profile: Dr. Matthew Tittle, Capella University, retrieved 2015-04-15
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