In the News:
Emory Report
July 19, 2010
“Transcribing letters from the Vatican”: In an effort to digitize its expansive collection of manuscripts and personal notes from two leading Roman Catholics of the Victorian era, Pitts Theology Library is recruiting volunteer transcriptionists to decipher the documents.
The Birmingham News
July 17, 2010
James Abbington, associate professor of church music and worship at Candler, comments on the history of the hymn “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” which was adopted by the NAACP in 1920 as the “Negro National Anthem.”
New York Times
July 16, 2010
Alonzo J. McDonald, creator of Emory University’s Alonzo L. McDonald Family Chair in the Study of Jesus and Culture, is profiled as a benefactor determined to “leave a small footprint for Christ in places of learning.”
Jamestown News
July 14, 2010
UMC pastor and YTI alum Carolyn Carkin credits Candler’s YTI Summer Academy with helping her develop leadership skills and discover a gift for preaching—things that serve her well in her two-point charge in western North Carolina.
CNN
July 14, 2010
Bandy Professor of Preaching Thomas G. Long comments on the practice of “virtual preaching,” as a growing number of pastors and mega churches use high-definition video and holograms to replace in-person Sunday morning sermons.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
July 13, 2010
Thirty-nine rising high school juniors and seniors interested in learning more about theology are participating in a program at Emory University's Candler School of Theology.
Episcopal Life Online
June 28, 2010
Candler alumnus the Rev. Lang Lowrey 08T has been appointed interim president of the General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church, located in New York City.
Emory Magazine
Spring 2010
Emory alumnus Louis A. Ruprecht Jr. 90PhD reflects on the career of Candler social ethics professor Jon Gunnemann in “Moral Meaning and Social Change.” Gunneman retired in 2008.
News & Observer
May 20, 2010
David C. Steinmetz, the McDonald distinguished professor at Emory University, wrote an opinion piece on the nomination of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court and how “its action will mark a new stage in the evolution of American institutions” because “for the first time in its history, the court will have no Protestant justices.”
Emory
Report
May 17, 2010
E. Brooks Holifield,
the Charles Howard Candler Professor of American Church History at Candler,
received Emory University’s 2010 Scholar/Teacher Award. Holifield was selected as the recipient by Emory faculty on behalf of the United
Methodist General Board of Higher Education and Ministry.
Dallas
Morning News
May 17, 2010
Thomas Long, a professor at the Candler School of Theology at Emory
University in Atlanta , worries about churches and the cremation trend,
saying, "We're the first people in history for whom the deceased are
optional and even undesirable at their own funerals. I think it's a tremendous
loss."
The Georgia Bulletin
May 13, 2010
The Pitts Theology Library at Emory
University is currently hosting an exhibit on the papers of Henry Edward
Cardinal Manning (1808-1892), one of the most influential English Roman
Catholic figures of the Victorian era.
UM News Service
May 7, 2010
Candler alum Larry Goodpaster 73T 82T was installed as president of the
United Methodist Council of Bishops, the guiding body of the 11.5
million-member denomination.
Atlanta
Journal-Constitution
May 3, 2010
Gail R. O'Day, senior associate dean at Candler School of Theology at
Emory University, has been named dean of the Wake Forest University School of
Divinity.
Atlanta
Journal-Constitution
April 28, 2010
Candler School of Theology at Emory University has received a $1 million grant
from the Lilly Endowment to support its Youth Theological Initiative.
Emory
Report
April 26, 2010
Jonathan Strom, associate professor
of church history at Candler School of Theology, has been accepted into a U.S.
Holocaust Memorial Museum seminar set for June.
Episcopal
Life
April 22, 2010
Rev. Dr. Thomas Long, Bandy Professor of Preaching at Emory University's
Candler School of Theology in Atlanta, led a conference on an extended study of
Jesus' parables in the gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke, calling them
"the hotspot in Jesus' own teaching and message."
Progressive Radio Network
April 19, 2010
Candler professor Thomas E. Frank is
the featured guest on the radio show Godspeed. The program focuses on Methodism and
The United Methodist Church, including the beginnings of the church in England;
the development of the church through oppression; its growth in the US; and its
similarities with other Protestant faiths.
UM News Service
April 5, 2010
Collaboration is key to addressing the challenges facing The United
Methodist Church today–challenges that include a widespread mistrust throughout
the connection, says the Rev. Russell
Richey, a professor of church history at Candler School of Theology.
Blue
Ridge Times-News
April 1, 2010
Candler alumna and Brevard College Humanities Division Chairwoman Mary Louise "Mel" Bringle 84G was
recognized as a 2010 Unsung Heroine by
Emory University's Center for Women in Atlanta.
UMNS Daily
Digest
April 1, 2010
Jan Love, dean of Candler School of Theology in
Atlanta, will be a featured preacher on Day 1, the nationally syndicated radio
program formerly known as the Protestant Hour. On May 2, Love will speak on
"Encountering Other Religions." Her May 9 sermon, "The Grace of
the City of God," will explore Revelation 21. Link
unavailable.
Morehouse College News
March 24, 2010
Michael Joseph Brown, associate
professor of New Testament and Christian origins and director of Emory’s
Graduate Division of Religion, is one of three inductees into Morehouse
College’s Collegium of Scholars.
The Georgia Bulletin
March 18,
2010
When the church “speaks in a new and fresh way of the living God
who is love, then it will render a service to life, freedom, justice,
solidarity and love, then it can serve the dignity of humanity and the truth of
reality,” Cardinal Walter Kasper told
a sold-out crowd at Emory University.
Atlanta Journal Constitution March 29, 2010
David W. Key Sr., director of the Baptist studies program at Candler, offers background commentary on news that Druid Hills Baptist Church may be "dis-fellowshipped" by the Georgia Baptist Convention because it has a woman co-pastor.
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UMNS
March 25, 2010
Candler alumna Rev. Jessica Moffett-Seay 84T is featured in "Female pastor leads by listening," a United Methodist News Service commentary.
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Andalusia Star News
March 6, 2010
Dr. James Abbington, associate professor of church music and worship at Candler, taught a workshop on African hymns and assisted high school and adult choral groups at “Our Story, Our Song: Celebrating Our Heritage of Hymns,” a conference exploring the cultural and historical contexts of various traditions of congregational singing.
«Andalusia Star News
United Methodist Reporter
March 5, 2010
Christian funeral practices have drifted off course from their theological heritage, says Thomas G. Long, Bandy Professor of Preaching at Candler School of Theology.
«United Methodist Reporter
Charisma News Online
March 01, 2010
Teresa Fry Brown, director of Black Church Studies at Candler, spoke at the Great Gathering, a meeting of leading black Methodist denominations to address problems facing African-American males.
«Charisma News Online
Candler Welcomes 18th YTI Summer Academy
“Exploring Questions that Shape Us”
Thirty-nine rising high school juniors and seniors have gathered at Emory University’s Candler School of Theology for the 18th annual Youth Theological Initiative (YTI) Summer Academy, an intensive, residential program of theological education.
The young scholars—who hail from the United States, the Bahamas, Jerusalem, and Mexico—represent a variety of Christian denominations, including Methodist, Baptist, Roman Catholic, non-denominational, Presbyterian, Episcopalian, and Disciples of Christ. They will be on campus July 10-31 to take classes, engage in ecumenical worship, attend workshops with Candler faculty, work with agencies in the Atlanta community, get involved with public issues from theological perspectives, and build intentional community with one another.
Candler Students Work Globally for International Relief and Development
For the second consecutive year, Candler School of Theology received a grant from International Relief and Development, Inc. (IRD) to sponsor student summer internships at IRD service sites around the world. Six Candler students and two students from Emory’s Rollins School of Public Health were awarded internships and are now stationed in Mozambique, Sudan, Cambodia, Arlington, VA, and Gulfport, MS, where they are assessing a broad range of issues, including democracy and governance, HIV/AIDS, child poverty and mortality, and community development.
The students are regularly reporting in from the field by way of blogging. We’ll have a featured blog on Candler’s home page, and you can visit the full blog for postings by all the interns. Today, we hear from Candler 2nd year MDiv student Marissa Jefferson, who is serving at IRD headquarters in Arlington, Virginia
Cuba
Imagine having to depend on the American government for all of your basic needs, receiving only $20 a month as a salaried government worker. Yet the money you receive from the government cannot be used to buy many of the goods and services you need. First you must exchange those 20 meager dollars for a different currency, let’s call it the e-dollar, worth 25 times a regular dollar. The money you earn working for the government is not even accepted at the government-run stores that sell packaged food, electronics and other consumer goods. The gross economic injustice that you face is aggravated by your lack of basic civil rights and the constant threat of government surveillance, beatings, imprisonment, and even exile should you even contemplate demanding better conditions for yourself and your community.
Candler Receives Gift From Dunwoody UMC
The congregation of Dunwoody United Methodist Church is making a gift to Candler School of Theology to support the construction of Phase II of Candler’s building program by dedicating a study area in the future space.
B. Wiley Stephens 65T, senior pastor of Dunwoody UMC, says the gift reinforces a long relationship between the church and Candler.
“With only one exception since we have been our own church, all of our senior pastors and most of our staff have been Candler graduates. The vast majority of our students going into the ministry have gone to Candler, so we see Candler as the cradle of our ministry,” Stephens says. “We see Candler as a partner in ministry and we continue to benefit from the people it produces.”
Learn more about Dunwoody UMC’s gift »
Faculty Honors
Love Named to ATS Board
Jan Love, dean and professor of Christianity and world politics at Candler School of Theology, has been named to The Association of Theological Schools (ATS) Board of Directors. Read more »
Candler Wins University-Community Partnership Grants for Con Ed
Six of Candler’s faculty and staff collaborated to win two grants from Emory’s Office of University-Community Partnerships. The grants will sponsor specific projects in Candler’s Contextual Education Program. Read more »
Smith, Ellison to Serve on Journal Board
Candler professors Luther Smith and Gregory Ellison have been named to the editorial board of the Journal of Childhood and Religion, a new online journal that explores children and religion from an interdisciplinary perspective. Read more »
Corrie Accepted to Wabash Colloquy
Beth Corrie, director of the Youth Theological Initiative and assistant professor in the practice of youth education and peacebuilding, has been accepted as a colloquy member for the Wabash Center’s “Writing the Scholarship of Teaching in Theology and Religion” for the 2010-2011 school year. Read more »
Petersen heads OT Editorial Team for New Bible Translation
David Petersen, Candler’s Franklin Nutting Parker Professor of Old Testament, is the senior Old Testament editor of The Common English Bible. This new translation will be released over the next year, beginning in October 2010, with the complete edition available in Fall 2011. Read more »
LeMon Receives National Grant for Research on the Psalms
Joel LeMon, assistant professor of Old Testament at Candler, is one of six scholars nationally to receive a Lilly Theological Research Grant from the Association of Theological Schools (ATS). Read more »
Strom Selected for Holocaust Seminar
Jonathan Strom, associate professor of church history at Candler, has been invited to attend the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s 2010 Seminar for Seminary Faculty and Professors of Religious Studies, entitled "Rescuers and Bystanders during the Holocaust: The Historical Significance of Morality and Complicity." Read more »
Faculty Books Nominated for Awards
Books by three Candler professors were nominated this year for awards from the Association of Theological Booksellers and ForeWord Reviews. Read more »
Newsom Receives Two Fellowships
Carol Newsom, the Charles Howard Candler Professor of Old Testament, has received two research fellowships. The Association of Theological Schools has named her a 2010-11 Henry Luce III Fellow in Theology, and the Center for Humanistic Inquiry at Emory University has named her a 2010-11 Fellow. Read more »
Wright Awarded NEH Fellowship
Jacob Wright, assistant professor of Hebrew Bible at Candler, has been awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities Faculty Fellowship. Read more »
Candler Supports 'Yellow Ribbon' Financial Aid Program for Veterans
Emory University will offer more than $700,000 in financial support to qualified veterans under the Veterans Administration’s new Yellow Ribbon GI Education Enhancement Program beginning in the 2010-2011 academic year. Emory’s Candler School of Theology has agreed to participate in the program and will provide a maximum of four $8,550 scholarships to eligible master’s degree students. The Veterans Administration will match these awards, providing an additional $8,550 to each qualifying student. All scholarships will be awarded based on a first come, first served basis. Emory will begin accepting applications to the Yellow Ribbon program on June 1, 2010.
Read more about the Yellow Ribbon Financial Aid Program »
Candler Brings Spiritual Formation to the Forefront
New student director puts intentional emphasis on spiritual development
Candler School of Theology at Emory University has expanded its director of student life position in order to provide direct attention to students' spiritual development. The Rev. Ellen Echols Purdum joined the Candler staff in March as the seminary’s first director of student life and spiritual formation.
Read more about Rev. Purdum»
Congratulations, Graduates!
Candler Awards 171 Degrees
Candler School of Theology awarded degrees to 171 graduates at commencement exercises on Monday, May 10. Dean Jan Love recognized the class of 2010 as Candler’s largest graduating class in recent years. In all, there were four master of theological studies/Juris Doctor, 20 master of theological studies, 133 master of divinity, and 14 master of theology degree recipients
Read more about Candler's 2010 Graduates»
Candler Receives $1 Million Grant for Youth Theological Initiative
Emory University's Candler School of Theology has received a $1 million sustainability grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. for its Youth Theological Initiative (YTI). Read more about the YTI Grant »
O'Day named dean of Wake Forest Divinity
Candler School of Theology's senior associate dean of faculty and academic affairs and A.H. Shatford professor of preaching and New Testament, Gail R. O'Day, has been named dean of the Wake Forest University School of Divinity. She will become dean and professor of New Testament and preaching at the 10-year-old school on August 1, 2010, succeeding Bill J. Leonard, who is retiring as dean.
Read more about Dean O'Day »
Dean Love to preach on national radio program
Dr. Jan Love, dean and professor of Christianity and world politics at Candler, will be the featured preacher May 2 and 9 on “Day 1,” a nationally syndicated radio program also accessible by podcast at Day1.org. Each program includes a sermon by Love along with interviews conducted by guest host Louis Schueddig, president of “Day 1.”
Read more about the Sermons»
Sheets Gift Endows Candler's Methodist Studies Program
Candler School of Theology at Emory University has received a gift from the Rev. Dr. Herchel and Gladys Mallard Sheets to establish an endowment that will ensure the continued development of the Methodist Studies program at the school.Read more about the Sheets Gift »
Cardinal Kasper ends weeklong visit with chapel sermon
Cardinal Walter Kasper, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, concluded a five-day visit to campus by preaching in Candler's chapel service on March 4. A global leader in ecumenical and interfaith dialogue, Kasper delivered a sermon declaring that ecumenism is not a human invention or a liberal convention, but "a holy mandate of our Lord, Jesus Christ. It's the Holy Spirit's work...It's not a political or diplomatic affair; it's a spiritual affair." The chapel service capped off Kasper's week of campus meetings and presentations, which included a public lecture, student Q&A discussions, classroom visits, and meetings with Jewish and Christian religious leaders.
Bandy professors' books named "most influential"
Both Thomas G. Long, Candler's current Bandy Professor of Preaching, and Fred Craddock, Bandy Professor of Preaching, Emeritus, were recognized by Preaching magazine and preaching.com as having books in the list of "The 25 Most Influential Preaching Books of the Past 25 Years." Craddock's 1985 Preaching earned slot number 4 on the list, while Long's 1989 The Witness of Preaching came in at number 9. See the list.