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April 21, 2008
Seminary news
AUSTIN, TX – The Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary Student Senate has established a Relay for Life team to honor their classmate, Jamie L. Peterson, who has cancer. The Relay benefits the American Cancer Society and takes place from April 25 at 7 p.m. until April 26 at 7 a.m. at the Texas School for the Deaf. Peterson said in March that she had been free from cancer cells in her brain (medulloblastoma) for about six months. When she has been free of cancer cells for a year, she will then technically be in remission. Peterson has had four reoccurrences of the medulloblastoma in the last seven years. Click here to donate to the team, tagged the “The Austin Seminarrrians.”
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DECATUR, GA –Beginning in fall 2008, Columbia Theological Seminary will offer required introductory seminars for its Church and Ministry Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.) program in Atlanta and Montreat, NC. At each location, degree candidates can take the introductory seminar and three elective courses toward the completion of their D.Min. in Church and Ministry. The Doctor of Ministry Degree program is open to experienced pastors of all denominations and backgrounds. For more details and application materials, go to www.ctsnet.edu. Then click degree programs, then advanced degrees, then doctor of ministry.
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PITTSBURGH, PA – Marjorie Hewitt Suchocki, professor emerita at the Claremont School of Theology, will present two lectures at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary on the theme “A Plain Account of a Plain Account (of Christian Perfection)” during the annual Albright-Deering Lectures in Methodist Studies April 24. All events are free and open to the public. Lectures include “Christian Perfection and Resistible Grace” and “The Perfection of Prayer and Persistent Grace.” For more information, contact the office of continuing education at (412) 441-3304, extension 2196.
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PRINCETON, NJ – “But Now I See: Photographic Reflections on the Conversion of Paul,” featuring photographs by students, student spouses and alumni who have served as photographers on the Princeton Theological Seminary Communications Office staff, will be on display in the Mackay Campus Center from April 24 through May 23. The exhibition aims to reveal how photography’s distinctive artistic strengths can significantly enrich human understanding. An opening reception with remarks by Gordon Graham, Henry Luce III Professor of Philosophy and the Arts, will take place on April 24. For more information, call (609) 497-7760 or visit www.ptsem.edu.
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RICHMOND, VA – Richard B. Hays, George Washington Ivey Professor of New Testament at Duke Divinity School, is the featured speaker for the Sprunt Lecture series at Union Theological Seminary & Presbyterian School of Christian Education May 5-7. Hays will speak on “Israel’s Scripture Through the Eyes of the Gospel Writers,” exploring how the New Testament evangelists interpreted the scriptures of ancient Israel. In four lectures, he will provide an overview of his topic and then concentrate specifically on the gospels of Matthew, Luke and John. The lectures begin May 5 at Ginter Park Presbyterian Church. Events are held at the church and on the seminary campus. A full schedule of activities for the Sprunt Lectures is online. The lectures are free and open to the public.
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SAN ANSELMO, CA – San Francisco Theological Seminary Professor of Spiritual Life Elizabeth Liebert and current Joseph Veale Chair in Ignatian Spirituality at Milltown Institute of Theology and Philosophy in Dublin, Ireland presented the Veale annual public lecture April 9 at the Institute. Liebert is currently serving as the Veale Chair of Spirituality at the Milltown Institute while on sabbatical at SFTS. The lecture, entitled “Discernment for our times: A practice with postmodern implications,” explored the crucial role that discernment can play in the postmodern context. Liebert is the author of several books on the topic, including The Spiritual Life Reclaimed, Exploring Christian Spirituality, Changing Life Patterns and A Retreat with the Psalms. |
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