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David Ray Griffin (born August 8, 1939 in Wilbur, Washington) is a retired American professor of philosophy of religion and theology; and a political writer, publishing numerous books claiming that elements of the US government were involved in the attacks of September 11, 2001.^[1][2] Along with John B. Cobb, Jr., he founded the Center for Process Studies in 1973, a research center of Claremont School of Theology that seeks to promote the common good by means of the relational approach found in process thought.^[3]

David Ray Griffin
Born	(1939-08-08) August 8, 1939 (age 85) Wilbur, Washington, U.S.
Era	20th-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Process theology
Doctoral students	Thomas Jay Oord
Main interests	Ontology epistemology theology 9/11

Griffin has been described and criticized as a conspiracy theorist.^[4] David Aaronovitch in the London Times in 2008 wrote: "Griffin believes that no plane hit the Pentagon (despite hundreds of people seeing it) and that the World Trade Centre was brought down by a controlled demolition. There isn't a single point of alleged fact upon which Griffin's barking theory hasn't itself been demolished."^[5] Griffin and others have disputed both points of this criticism. On the Pentagon, Griffin has claimed a consensus among 9/11 researchers that "regardless of what hit the Pentagon, the Pentagon was not struck by AA 77 under the control of al-Qaeda."^[6] On the World Trade Center, AIA architect Richard Gage, after listening to a radio interview with Griffin in 2006, established Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth, which now has over 3,000 professional architects and engineers disputing the claim that the WTC buildings were brought down by fires resulting from airplane attacks.^[7][8] Griffin's view is further supported by a recent study at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, whose authors wrote: "The principal conclusion of our study is that fire did not cause the collapse of WTC 7 on 9/11, contrary to the conclusions of NIST and private engineering firms that studied the collapse."^[9]

1. John R Shook, ed. (2016). The Bloomsbury encyclopedia of philosophers in America : from 1600 to the present. London: Bloomsbury. ISBN 9781472570543. OCLC 951784733.
2. Powell, Michael (September 8, 2006). "The Disbelievers – 9/11 Conspiracy Theorists Are Building Their Case Against the Government From Ground Zero". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 1, 2010.
3. "About the Center". The Center for Process Studies. Archived from the original on January 11, 2010. Retrieved December 14, 2009.
4. Sources which describe David Ray Griffin as a "conspiracy theorist", "conspiracist", "conspiracy nut", or otherwise associate him with 9/11 conspiracy theories include:

   • Gilan, Audrey (September 9, 2006). "Full house as leading 9/11 conspiracy theorist has his say". The Guardian. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
   • Staff Blogger (September 24, 2009). "The 50 people who matter today: 41-50". New Statesman. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
   • Swaine, Jon (January 25, 2011). "UN human rights official claims 9/11 was US plot". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
   • Epstein, Rafael (September 11, 2006). "The World Today: Former spy raises 9/11 conspiracy theory". ABC. Australia. Retrieved June 13, 2020. one of the world's most popular 9/11 conspiracy theorists
   • "Debunking Conspiracy Theories In Voodoo Histories". NPR. January 30, 2020. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
   • Cockburn, Alexander (September 7, 2006). "The 9/11 Conspiracy Nuts". The Nation. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
   • Byford, Jovan (2011). Conspiracy Theories: A Critical Introduction. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 165. ISBN 9780230349216.
   • Stahl, Jeremy (September 7, 2011). "The Theory vs. the Facts". Slate. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
5. Aaronovitch, David (April 15, 2008). "UN expert? No, a conspiracy crank". The Times. London. Retrieved June 13, 2020. (subscription required)
6. Griffin, David Ray (2011). "Chapter 7: The Pentagon: A Consensus Approach". 9/11 Ten Years Later: When State Crimes Against Democracy Succeed. Northampton, MA: Olive Branch Press. ISBN 978-1-56656-868-5.
7. Rudin, Mike (July 4, 2008). "The evolution of a conspiracy theory". BBC. Archived from the original on September 18, 2009. Retrieved May 23, 2009.
8. Walter, Ted (March 25, 2020). "University Report on 9/11 Building Collapse Contradicts Official Conclusions". PR Newswire. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
9. Hulsey, J.L.; Z. Quan; F. Xiao (March 2020). A Structural Reevaluation of the Collapse of World Trade Center 7 – Final Report. College of Engineering and Mines, Institute of Northern Engineering, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK.