Родился 27 ноября 1943 в Баффало (штат Нью-Йорк, США).

В 1974 г. защитил докторскую диссертацию (PhD). Тема: "M. M. Tareev: A Study in Russian Ethics and Mysticism." Awarded "Distinction."

В 1974-1982 гг. являлся доцентом Колумбийского университета. В 1982-1990 гг. - доцент Батлеровского университета. В 1990-!993 гг. - профессор Батлеровского университета.

С 1993 г. постоянный профессор религии Батлеровского университета.

В 1991-1997 гг. возглавлял Департамент философии и религии Батлеровского университета.

Женат. Отец троих детей.

Книги
Holy War and Pentecostal Peace. New York: The Seabury Press, Inc., 1983. 162 pp.
Change and Tradition in Russian Civilization. Westland, Michigan: Hayden-McNeill Publishing, Inc., 1994; rev. ed., 1995. 138 pp.
Modern Russian Theology: Bukharev, Soloviev, Bulgakov. Edinburgh: T&T Clark; Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2000. 443 pp.

Статьи в энциклопедиях
"Tradition." The Encyclopedia of Religion, Mircea Eliade, Editor in Chief. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1987. Vol. 15, pp. 1-16.
"The Orthodox Tradition." A Companion to the Philosophy of Religion, ed. by Philip L. Quinn and Charles Taliaferro. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 1997, pp. 186-193.
"Tradition." Updated and revised version of 1987 article. The Encyclopedia of Religion, 2d ed., Lindsay Jones, Editor in Chief. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2005. Vol. 13, pp. 9267-9281.
“The Christian East.” Updated and revised version of “The Orthodox Tradition,” 1997. A Companion to the Philosophy of Religion, ed. Charles Taliaferro and Paul Draper. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing Ltd, forthcoming.
“Berdyaev, Nikolai Aleksandrovich,” “Bulgakov, Sergei Nikolaevich,” and “Soloviev, Vladimir Sergeevich,” in The Cambridge Dictionary of Christianity, Daniel Patte, gen. ed. Cambridge University Press, forthcoming.

Переводы
Juris Rubenis and Maris Subacs. Finding God in a Tangled World: Thoughts & Parables. Trans. from the Latvian by Paul Valliere. Brewster, Massachusetts: Paraclete Press, 2007.

Главы из книг и статьи
1. "The Problem of Liberal Orthodoxy in Russia in 1905," St. Vladimir's Theological Quarterly, Vol. 20 (1976), No. 3, pp. 115-131.
2. "Modes of Social Action in Russian Orthodoxy: The Case of Father Petrov's Zateinik," Russian History, Vol. 4 (1977), Pt. 2, pp. 142-158.
3. "The Idea of a Council in Russian Orthodoxy in 1905," Russian Orthodoxy Under the Old Regime, ed. Robert L. Nichols and Theofanis George Stavrou (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1978), pp. 183-201.
4. "Russian Orthodoxy and the Challenge of Modernity: The Case of Archimandrite Makary (Mikhail Ya. Glukharev)," St. Vladimir's Theological Quarterly, Vol. 22 (1978), No. 1, pp. 1-15.
5. "'The Lady and the Wench': A Practical Theodicy in Russian Literature," Union Seminary Quarterly Review, Vol. 37 (1981-1982), Nos. 1-2, pp. 69-76.
6. "The Spirituality of War," Union Seminary Quarterly Review, Vol. 38 (1983), No. 1, pp. 5-14.
7. "Are They Atheists or Believers?: The Russian Soul," What About the Russians? A Christian Approach to U.S.-Soviet Conflict, ed. Dale W. Brown (Elgin, IL: The Brethren Press, 1984), pp. 27-36.
8. "The Liberal Tradition in Russian Orthodox Theology," The Legacy of St. Vladimir, ed. J.Meyendorff, J. Breck and E. Silk (Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1990), pp. 93-106.
9. "Theological Liberalism and Church Reform in Imperial Russia," God's Servants: Church, Nation and State in Russia and Ukraine, ed. Geoffrey A. Hosking (London: Macmillan Academic and Professional Ltd, in association with the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of London, 1991), pp. 108-130.
10. "The Social and Political Role of the Orthodox Church in Post-Communist Russia," Nationalities Papers, Vol. 20, No. 1 (Spring, 1992), pp. 1-15.
11. "The Humanity of God in Liberal Orthodox Theology," Modern Theology, Vol. 9, No. 1 (January, 1993), pp. 55-65.
12. "The Renewal of the Orthodox Communion," Dialog, Vol. 32, No. 2 (Spring, 1993), pp. 86-90.
13. "Sophiology as the Dialogue of Orthodoxy with Modern Civilization," Russian Religious Thought, ed. Judith Deutsch Kornblatt and Richard F. Gustafson (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1996), pp. 176-192.
14. "Russian Orthodoxy and Human Rights," Religious Diversity and Human Rights, ed. Irene Bloom, J. Paul Martin and Wayne L. Proudfoot (New York: Columbia University Press, 1997), pp. 278-312.
15. "Solov'ëv and Schelling's Philosophy of Revelation," Vladimir Solov'ëv: Reconciler and Polemicist, ed. Wil van den Bercken, Manon de Courten and Evert van der Zweerde (Leuven, Paris, Sterling, Virginia: Peeters, 2000), pp. 119-129.
16. "Russian Religious Thought and the Future of Orthodox Theology," St. Vladimir's Theological Quarterly, Vol. 45 (2001), No. 3, pp. 227-241.
17. "The Modernity of Khomiakov." A.S. Khomiakov: Poet, Philosopher, Theologian, ed. Vladimir Tsurikov (Jordanville, New York: Holy Trinity Seminary Press, 2004), pp. 129-144.
18. "Predely predaniia" [The Limits of Tradition]. Pravoslavnoe uchenie o tserkvi. Bogoslovskaia konferentsiia Russkoi Pravoslavnoi Tserkvi, Moscow, 17-20 November, 2003. Materialy (Synodal'naia Bogoslovskaia komissiia, Moscow, 2004), pp. 201-217.
19. "La 'Scuola parigina' di teologia: unità o molteplicità?" La teologia ortodossa e l’Occidente nel XX secolo: Storia di un incontro, ed. Adriano Dell’Asta (Seriate: La Casa di Matriona, 2005), pp. 41-49. Also in La Nuova Europa 1/2005.
20. "Introduction to the Modern Orthodox Tradition." The Teachings of Modern Christianity on Law, Politics, and Human Nature, ed. John Witte Jr. and Frank S. Alexander. 2 vols. (New York: Columbia University Press, 2006), Vol. 1, pp. 503-532. Also in The Teachings of Modern Orthodox Christianity on Law, Politics, and Human Nature, ed. John Witte Jr.and Frank S. Alexander, intro. Paul Valliere (New York: Columbia University Press, 2007), pp. 1-32.
21. "Vladimir Soloviev (1853-1900)." The Teachings of Modern Christianity on Law, Politics, and Human Nature, ed. John Witte, Jr. and Frank S. Alexander. 2 vols. (New York: Columbia University Press, 2006), Vol. 1, pp. 533-575 (original analytical essay); Vol. 2, pp. 425-455 (edited primary sources). Also in The Teachings of Modern Orthodox Christianity on Law, Politics, and Human Nature, ed. John Witte Jr.and Frank S. Alexander, intro. Paul Valliere (New York: Columbia University Press, 2007), pp. 33-105.
22. "The Theology of Culture in Late Imperial Russia." Sacred Stories: Religion and Spirituality in Modern Russia, ed. Mark D. Steinberg and Heather J. Coleman (Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 2007), pp. 377-395.
23. Items 20 and 21 above are republished in The Teachings of Modern Orthodox Christianity on Law, Politics, and Human Nature, ed. John Witte Jr. and Frank S. Alexander, intro. by Paul Valliere (New York: Columbia University Press, 2007), pp. 1-105.
24. “Sergei Nikolaevich Bulgakov.” Defending Human Dignity: A History of Russian Philosophy, 1830 to 1930, ed. Gary M. Hamburg and Randall A. Poole. To be published in 2009 by Cambridge University Press.