Faculty in the News

Chicago Public Radio (WBEZ-FM)
May 23, 2008
Blues and the Spirit: A Weekend Symposium on the Legacy of Blues and Gospel Music
On the program: From the Saturday Night Blues… To the Sunday Morning Good News James Abbington, a theologian and musicologist at Emory University. CPR»

USA Today
May 5, 2008
Wright's style confuses some observers
Teresa Fry Brown, associate professor of homiletics and director of the Black Church Studies program at the Candler School of Theology at Emory University, says, "Prophets don't make it up as they go along. They're really affirming what the people already know and don't want to do. It's not something you volunteer for. Prophets get ostracized, attacked, even killed."USA Today»

Gainesville (Fla.) Times
May 4, 2008
Area experts: Where Rev. Wright went wrong
“Rev. Wright is speaking out of an experience of exclusion, which really goes back to the origins of the black church in the 1700s. It is that negative use of history from which he is drawing. It is no wonder white people are appalled," said Noel Erskine, associate professor of theology and ethics at Emory University's Candler School of Theology. Gainesville Times»

Religion News Service (in The Baptist Standard)
April 25, 2008
Scholars cast critical eye on Graham's legacy
Thomas G. Long, a professor at Emory University’s Candler School of Theology, noted Graham’s enduring popularity—and power—in a changing world. Baptist Standard»

Atlanta Journal-Constitution
April 24, 2008
Bynum TV segment takes up issue
David W. Key, director of Baptist Studies at Emory University's Candler School of Theology, says since Juanita Bynum has no formal church of her own, that reaching out to souls through "Divorce Court" couldn't hurt her. Bynum developed her ministry based on her life experiences as a woman looking for love. "I think she will find a new audience on 'Divorce Court,' " he said. AJC»

National Public Radio
April 14, 2008
Some theologians surprised by the pontiff's papacy
"It's a soft intimidation," says Luke Timothy Johnson, a Catholic theologian at Emory University in Atlanta. "Unfortunately, this has led to what I call 'the big chill,' which is to create an atmosphere in which bishops, priests [and] theologians are rather more frightened than they should be." NPR»

ABC Radio (broadcast on KTRS-AM, St. Louis, MO)
April 4, 2008
Noel Erskine, associate professor of theology and ethics at Emory University’s Candler School of Theology, did an interview on the 40th anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination. (link unavailable)

Chicago Tribune
April 1, 2008
Chicagoan promoted gospel songs, started an ensemble and mentored teachers
"He has certainly been a pioneer and perpetuator of musical excellence in the area of diversity of styles and genres, anthems, spirituals, gospels and hymns and a cappella," said James Abbington, associate professor of church music and worship at Chandler [sic] School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta. Chicago Tribune»

Christian Science Monitor
March 28, 2008
Did Obama's pastor preach hate?
How people hear something depends on their own experience and worldview, says Teresa Fry Brown, who teaches the art of preaching at Emory University in Atlanta. "I listen to 60 sermons a week by black and white pastors, and you could find something in almost any one that is offensive to somebody." CS Monitor»

ABC News
March 21, 2008
Rhetoric or Revolution? Obama rev's fiery language
"The church was the one institution black people always owned, a refuge where we where empowered to speak our minds," said Noel L. Erskine, a professor of theology at Emory University. ABC News»

Delaware News Journal
March 16, 2008
Finding faith that feels right leads to change
The Rev. Thomas Frank, professor of religious leadership and administration at Emory University in Atlanta, also believes that "a longing to belong" is a factor in people's changing affiliation. Delaware News Journal»

WNCN-TV (Raleigh-Durham, N.C.)
February 1, 2008
Bishop Woodie White, Bishop-in-Residence at Emory University’s Candler School of Theology, was interviewed for a special series on Black History Month. (link unavailable)

WNCN-TV (Raleigh-Durham, N.C.)
February 1, 2008
Bishop Woodie White, Bishop-in-Residence at Emory University’s Candler School of Theology, was interviewed for a special series on Black History Month. (link unavailable)

Atlanta Daily World
UNTIL THERE IS A CURE. . .
November 18, 2007
The African American community has AIDS. This is not an overstatement given the reality of this incredible pandemic. (Op-ed by the Rev. Shonda Jones)
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WGCL-TV and WSB-TV
MEGACHURCH FINANCES QUESTIONED BY SENATE
November 7, 2007
Noel Erskine, associate professor of theology and ethics at Emory University, was interviewed for a story about the lifestyles of preachers of mega-churches in Atlanta.
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WTTW-TV (Chicago)
30 GOOD MINUTES
October 7, 2007
Dr. Thomas Long is the Bandy Professor of Preaching at Emory University's Candler School of Theology. Tom is a preacher's preacher, the kind that other preachers admire and often imitate. For the rest of us, he's someone we can rely on to plumb the depths of a good Bible story and explain what it means in our lives.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
SINGING THE PRAISES OF SINGING
September 6, 2007
Shaw's concerns were echoed by James Abbington, a professor of music and worship at Emory University in Atlanta. Addressing more than 1,000 people at a morning seminar at the Convention Center yesterday, Abbington said congregational hymn singing was almost a lost art in black churches.
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Scripps Howard News Service
LOOKING FOR THE 'REAL' JESUS
August 29, 2007
Luke Timothy Johnson, a Catholic scholar at Emory University, is the best-known defender of the traditional Gospel accounts against the revisionists. in his book, "The Real Jesus," Johnson notes that the Gospels, composed years after Jesus' death, were never intended to be historical or journalistic accounts.
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Daily Episcopalian
IN PRAISE OF THE DAILY OFFICE
August 16, 2007
Derek Olsen is completing a PhD in New Testament at Emory University. He is an adjunct professor at Emory’s Candler School of Theology where he teaches in homiletics, liturgics, and New Testament.

Associated Press
(reported in the Washington Post, Houston Chronicle and other national news outlets)
BAPTIST PASTOR UNDER SCRUTINY
August 14, 2007
But Sutton, who recently held the No. 2 spot in the SBC, remains an important figure within the 16.3 million-member denomination, said David Key, director of Baptist Studies at Emory University's Candler School of Theology in Atlanta.

Associated Press
(reported in the Washington Post, Sacramento Bee and other major national newspapers)
August 10, 2007
NEW SEMINARY SUBJECT: HOMEMAKING
David Key, director of Baptist studies at Emory University's Candler School of Theology, said part of the reason why the seminary may be introducing the new homemaking program is in reaction to the Klouda lawsuit.

The Times Picayune
June 21, 2007
PROPER BURIALS
At least two other groups, one in California and one in Missouri, are holding burials for infants abandoned by their parents. But Thomas Long, a professor of preaching at Candler School of Theology at Emory University, said he believes the practice is rare.

The New York Times
June 1, 2007
ACCOLADES, SOME TEARFUL, IN PASTOR'S TWILIGHT YEARS
"Billy Graham stayed extremely focused on what he saw as his calling in life: conversion of people to Christianity," said David Key, director of the Baptist Studies Program at Emory University. "Billy Graham didn't veer to the left or the right during his ministry—and both those on left and the right have criticized him for that."
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The Baltimore Sun
May 26, 2007
LEGAL RULING SOUGHT ON CHURCH POST; METHODISTS SEEK TO ADDRESS ISSUE OF TRANSGENDER CLERGY
Local United Methodist clergy are asking for a judicial opinion from the denomination's highest legal authority on Bishop John R. Schol's decision to reappoint a transgender pastor to a Charles Village congregation.... Under church law, Schol could not deny Phoenix a position, said Thomas E. Frank, director of Methodist Studies at Emory University's Candler School of Theology.
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Worcester Telegram
May 25, 2007

GHANA CHOIRS BRING MUSIC TO WESLEY Emmanuel Y. Larty, professor of pastoral theology, care and counseling at Candler School of Theology at Emory University and senior pastor of United ...
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution
May 24, 2007
EVEN FALSE RELIGION BEATS HITCHENS' VIEW
I immediately made arrangements to attend the May 16 debate between Hitchens and Timothy Jackson, associate professor of Christian ethics at Emory University. After hearing the debate and reading Hitchens' book (which I purchased at the debate), I had a much unexpected reaction. I found myself much more supportive of organized religion when I compared it to the atheism described by Hitchens.

Atlanta Journal-Constitution
May 20, 2007
IS THERE A GOD? TWO VIEWS
On May 16, Christopher Hitchens—author of “God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything”—engaged in two debates with Timothy P. Jackson, associate professor of Christian ethics at Emory University. The 4 p.m. and 7 p.m debates were held at the Margaret Mitchell House, with AJC editorial page editor Cynthia Tucker moderating. Here are excerpts from the second debate.

Atlanta Journal-Constitution
May 19, 2007
RELIGIONS SEE CARE OF EARTH AS A MISSION
The new Candler School of Theology building at Emory University is being built “green” and is expected to carry the Leadership in Energy and Environment Design “silver” designation for sustainability when completed next summer, said David Payne, a university spokesman.

Atlanta Journal-Constitution
May 16, 2007
REACTION TO FALWELL'S DEATH
“He never lost his cool in the midst of a debate," said David Key, director of Baptist Studies at Emory University's Candler School of Theology. "He often won debates simply because he maintained his calm."

Washington Post
May 12, 2007
NEW DEAN FOR HOWARD DIVINITY SCHOOL
Alton B. Pollard III, currently director of the black church studies program at Emory University's Candler School of Theology, will start at Howard on July 1 to fill a post that has been vacant for several years.
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution
May 12, 2007
PASTOR INSPIRATION: DIVINE OR ONLINE? SURFING FOR SERMONS: SOMETIMES DESPERATE MINISTERS LIFT TEXTS FROM WEB....
Parishioners who dwell on the meaning of their pastor's words now face the question: Is the sermon an act of man or an act of the Internet? Sermon borrowing --- called "pulpit plagiarism" by critics --- is spreading among the nation's clergy. "The kerosene on the fire is the Internet," the Rev. Thomas Long, a professor of preaching at Emory University's Candler School of Theology (and no relation to the New Birth pastor), wrote in a recent article in Christian Century magazine.

Atlanta Journal-Constitution
May 12, 2007 IS IT SINFUL OR RIGHTEOUS TO 'BORROW' GOD'S IDEAS?
But that argument doesn't convince the Rev. Thomas Long, an Emory University preaching professor who campaigns against the practice.

International Herald Tribune
Washington Post
Chicago Sun-Times
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Associated Press
May 6, 2007
MASSEY ENDS 12 YEARS AS PRESIDENT OF THE ONLY HISTORICALLY BLACK ALL-MALE COLLEGE IN U.S.
Robert Franklin — an Emory University professor, former president of the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta and a 1975 Morehouse graduate — has been named Morehouse's 10th president.
Read more from the International Herald Tribune »

Inside Higher Ed
April 25, 2007
EXPLAINING AN EXODUS
David W. Key, the director of Baptist studies at Emory University's Candler School of Theology, said that the changes at Louisiana College are similar to battles at other Baptist institutions across the country.
Read more from Inside Higher Ed »

Atlanta Journal-Constitution
April 21, 2007
PASTOR: 'I DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS': IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE VIRGINIA TECH SHOOTINGS, CLERGY STRUGGLE TO FIND DIVINE EXPLANATION FOR THE TRAGEDY.
"Sometimes pastors just have to say some things happen in life for which there is no explanation," says the Rev. Fred Craddock, a retired professor of preaching and New Testament at Emory University's Candler School of Theology.

Houston Chronicle
April 8, 2007
THE NARRATIVE OF EASTER: BIRTH, DEATH AND LIFE
"There is a little secret among clergy," said Thomas Long, of Emory University's Candler School of Theology in Atlanta. "Most people think that clergy just live for Easter because the crowds are big and it's so festive. But in another sense there is a big dread because the anticipation and expectation is terrifically high."

The State - Columbia, S.C.
April 7, 2007
DEAN OF EMORY’S THEOLOGY SCHOOL TO SPEAK
Jan Love, a United Methodist church leader and former USC professor, will come to Columbia April 21-22 in her new role as dean of Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta. Love assumed the deanship at the United Methodist institution in January. In a letter to faculty, staff and students, Love said, "I give thanks to God for the many opportunities I have had to serve the church across several decades, but leading Candler certainly ranks among the most exciting."

Atlanta Voice
April 5-11, 2007
EDITORIALS: RELENTLESS QUEST TO FIND JESUS
Although the documentary, The Lost Tomb of Jesus, appeared on the Discovery channel and was viewed by over 4 million, most biblical scholars challenge the validity of these coffins as Jesus' family. Carl R. Holladay, Charles Howard Candler Professor of New Testament at Emory's Candler School of Theology, in a phone interview, dismisses the dubious claims. . .

New York Times
March 28, 2007
MOREHOUSE SEARCHES FOR A LEADER AND A WAY TO KEEP MAKING GAINS
Other frequently mentioned candidates include Michael L. Lomax, president of the United Negro College Fund; Robert Franklin, Jr., a professor at Candler School of Theology at Emory; and John S. Wilson, a faculty member and former executive dean at George Washington University's Virginia campus. All are, like Dr. Massey, "Morehouse men," or graduates of the college.
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution
March 25, 2007
HISTORY SHOWS APOLOGY CAN EASE PAIN FROM MISDEEDS
But Robert Franklin, the Presidential Distinguished Professor of Social Ethics at Candler School of Theology at Emory University, disputes those arguments. People routinely accept their connections to their ancestors when it benefits them, he says. People gladly accept prosperity passed down from previous family members.

Atlanta Journal-Constitution
March 25, 2007
GWINNETT ANSWER BOOK; WHO WE ARE; SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE IN RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY
In the early 1990s, Nancy Eiesland of Emory's Candler School of Theology was studying changes in the county's religious congregations and institutions. Gwinnett had traditionally been mostly Baptist or Methodist.

Voice of America
March 12, 2007
FAITH IN AMERICA: SHIFTING DEMOGRAPHICS
Recent studies by the Pew Research Center in Washington show that Protestants make up about 52 percent of the U.S. population, down from about 58 percent in 1988. And Emory University historian Brooks Holifield expects that number to drop even further, even though the decline has mainly affected what he calls the 'Old Protestant Mainline,' such as Presbyterians and Methodists.

Catholic News Service
American Catholic
America Magazine
March 5, 2007
BLACK AMERICA GAINING GROUND IN SOME AREAS, LOSING TRACTION IN OTHERS
Some of the issues, taken broadly, are so substantial as to be overwhelming, said Rev. [Robert] Franklin, a Church of God in Christ minister who teaches social ethics at Emory University in Atlanta. Rev. Franklin, during a Feb. 20 forum on black America held at the National Press Club, called for black churches to use their "distinctly moral capital" to address the challenges facing black Americans.

Atlanta Journal-Constitution
March 2, 2007
TAKEN WITH FAITH
Fantastic archaeology is the practice of "discovering" Holy Land relics, like the fingernails of biblical figures or a fragment from Noah's Ark. The discoveries often draw attention but offer little credible proof. "It's a great way to make coin," said Joel M. LeMon, consultant to Emory University's Michael C. Carlos Museum and an assistant professor of Old Testament at the school's Candler School of Theology. "It doesn't have to be true — it just has to be profitable," LeMon said.

National Newspaper Publishers Association
Chicago Standard Newspapers
February 27, 2007
NEW BOOK: IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO RAISE A YOUNG PERSON
The book Crisis in the Village: Restoring Hope in African-American Communities, by Robert Franklin, distinguished professor of social ethics at Emory University, is reviewed.
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Women's eNews
February 25, 2007
FEMALE EPISCOPAL PRIESTS BALANCE ON SCHISM'S EDGE
While criticism of Schori is now focused on her support of an openly gay bishop and church blessings for same-sex couples, some think that Schori herself is part of the uproar... "This is a delayed response to the election of women," said Richard Valantasis, director of Anglican studies at Emory University in Atlanta, explaining that the decision to ordain women still rankles. "That is where the real global resistance is."
Read more at WomenseNews.org »

GoDeKalb.com
February 13, 2007
EMORY'S CANDLER SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY TO HOLD CONFERENCE ON PRISON MINISTRY FEB. 27
James E. Donald, commissioner of the Georgia Department of Corrections, will be the keynote speaker at "When I Was in Prison: A Conference on Prison Ministries," sponsored by Emory University's Candler School of Theology.
Read more at GoDekalb.com »

St. Petersburg Times
February 11, 2007
CHURCH'S PROVOCATIVE CAMPAIGN TACKLES SEX ISSUES
"I think this is quite a courageous and bold effort to evoke conversation that no one in the church appears anxious to have," said Robert Franklin, distinguished professor of social ethics at Candler School of Theology at Emory University.
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The Institute on Religion and Democracy
February 7, 2007
WESLEYAN SCHOLARS CONSIDER "U.S.-CENTRISM" OF THE UMC'S SOCIAL PRINCIPLES
Darryl Stephens of United Methodism's Candler School of Theology in Atlanta challenged the Wesleyan Studies Group of the American Academy of Religion (AAR) to make United Methodism's Social Principles more reflective of the church's growing global membership.
Read more from The Institute on Religion and Democracy »

New York Times
January 29, 2007
TRYING TO KEEP DIVINITY
At Candler School of Theology at Emory University, the Rev. Dr. Alice Rogers, the director of teaching parish programs, describes a goal to "cultivate that culture of the call of the ministry." "Instead of selling explicitly," Rogers said, "we try to put in place programs where they can hear if pulpit ministry is what is calling them."
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution
January 27, 2007
EMBRACING LATIN ATLANTA: NEW BIRTH LAUNCHES WEEKLY SPANISH SERVICE
New Birth appears to be the first of the area's black megachurches to court Latinos, said Nancy L. Eiesland, a professor at Emory University's Candler School of Theology. It's a match that has potential to work because both groups tend to be "very pro-family, very theologically conservative," she said.

Atlanta Journal-Constitution
January 27, 2007
MESSAGES: AUTHOR SEES FAMILY CRISIS AMONG BLACKS
Robert M. Franklin, professor of social ethics at Emory University's Candler School of Theology, wants to convert the negativity into positive action by challenging key institutions in black communities to turn Cosby's charge on its head. Franklin's new book, Crisis in the Village: Restoring Hope in African American Communities (Fortress Press, $15), offers positive ways to start making changes. The book will be released Thursday.

National Public Radio
January 24, 2007
AN OBLIGATION OF RELIGIOUS LEADERS TO UNITE, HEAL
"America's spiritual leaders could assist in healing our divided nation, but instead too many of them are part of the problem," began an opinion piece by Robert Franklin on All Things Considered. Robert Franklin teaches theology at Emory University.
Listen to the NPR story »

Los Angeles Times
January 23, 2007
FORMER EXEC IN IRVINE SAYS HE WAS FIRED OVER RELIGION
Discrimination suit alleges car wax manufacturer had expected him to be 'on fire for Jesus.'
Jon Gunnemann, a professor of social ethics at the School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta, said all companies have a "corporate culture," often with powerful implicit signals—such as what kind of jokes are acceptable—that define their boundaries.
Read the LA Times article »

Southern Voice
January 19, 2007
PRAYER BREAKFAST ATTRACTS DIGNITARIES
Keynote speaker Alton Pollard, director of the Black Church Studies program at Candler School of Theology at Emory University, said most black churches have lost the love ethic of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King.
Read the Southern Voice story »

Macon Telegraph
January 15, 2007
MERCER LEADER WOULD LIKE TO SEE NATIONAL BAPTIST LINKS
"I do think Mercer's highly unusual in that they're reformatting their Baptist contingency," said David W. Key, director of Baptist studies at Emory University's Candler School of Theology. "Mercer really is kind of plowing new ground."
Read the Macon Telegraph story »

Associated Press
January 14, 2007
YOUNG MINISTERS FOLLOW KING'S LEAD
"I think there's an enormous social justice gospel education agenda that faces this generation that succeeds some of the towering figures in the black pulpit," said Robert Franklin, professor of social ethics at Emory University.
Read the AP story in the Minneapolis Star Tribune »

Atlanta Journal-Constitution
January 14, 2007
FAITH AND WORK: BUSINESSES SEE BENEFITS OF CHAPLAINS IN THE OFFICE
Across the country, more businesses are including chaplaincy as an employee benefit, but it's still not a common practice… Chaplain Associates, a smaller, Atlanta-based operation, also is growing. Years ago, life was much more compartmentalized, with work concerns here and faith concerns there, said Faith Kirkham Hawkins, a professor at Emory's Chandler School of Theology. But things have changed.

Ottawa Citizen - Canada
January 14, 2007
JESUS PROJECT IGNORES FACTS IN FAVOUR OF PREDETERMINED FINDINGS
Some of the scholars realized that the whole [Jesus Seminar] project was more an exercise in public relations-spinning than genuine scholarship. As Luke Timothy Johnson, professor of New Testament Studies at Emory University, concludes: "This is not responsible, or even critical, scholarship. It is a self-indulgent charade."

Atlanta Journal-Constitution
January 13, 2007
CELEBRATING MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.: THE MAN BEHIND THE LEGEND: HOWARD THURMAN
When King went on to Boston University to write his dissertation, Thurman was the dean at the university --- the first black dean at any major white university in the nation, says Alton Pollard III, head of black church studies at Emory University's Candler School of Theology and a consulting editor for the Thurman Papers Project.

Atlanta Journal-Constitution
January 10, 2007
CARTER, CLINTON WOO BAPTISTS TO NEW COALITION
The Southern Baptist Convention withdrew from the Baptist World Alliance and in 2004 formally ended its relationship with Georgia's Mercer University. Convention leaders said both groups had become too liberal. David W. Key, director of the Baptist Studies program at Emory's Candler School of Theology, says the convention thought withdrawing from the Baptist World Alliance would cause the group to collapse because it was the alliance's primary funder, but something else happened.

Southern Voice
January 5, 2007
'JUSTICE IS INDIVISIBLE': ATLANTA'S GAY ORGANIZATIONS PLAN FOR HOLIDAY HONORING MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
Transgender organization LaGender, Inc. has teamed up with gay group L.O.V.E. Coalition to coordinate the first-ever Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Prayer Breakfast on Jan. 13. That event includes speaker Alton Pollard, director of the Black Church Studies program in Candler School of Theology at Emory University.
Read the Southern Voice story »

New York Times
Indianapolis Star
Seattle Times
December 31, 2006
WATCH NIGHT SERVICES LINK PAST AND FUTURE FOR BLACKS
Watch Night services have their origin far earlier, said Bishop Woodie W. White of the United Methodist Church, who is now bishop-in-residence at Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta.
Read the New York Times story »

Canada Free Press
December 28, 2006
THE MESSAGE OF CHRISTMAS RINGS LOUD AND CLEAR
In the article, a Bible scholar at Emory University, Luke T. Johnson, was quoted as saying that this rise in Gnosticism "threatens the shape of the Christian faith." And it does.
Read the Canada Free Press story »

Atlanta Hospital News
December 2006
COVER STORY: A MATTER OF FAITH
Pamela Butts, MDiv, Emory Winship Institute's chaplain, says that faith plays a significant role in helping cancer patents cope with diagnosis and the subsequent treatment period. (Pamela is pictured on the cover. Darla Ura of Emory's Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing and Karen Scheib of Emory's Candler School of Theology were also mentioned in article.)

U.S. News & World Report
December 10, 2006
THE GOSPEL TRUTH
Emory University biblical scholar Luke Timothy Johnson may be right in saying that a new Gnosticism once again "threatens the shape of Christian faith."
Read the U.S. News & World Report story »

Washington Post
November 30, 2006
RELIGION TODAY
"There's a real push for fundraising now and they need non-Baptists," said David Key, director of Baptist studies at Emory University's Candler School of Theology.

Hartford Courant
November 26, 2006
RECLAIM, REBUILD, REJOICE
"We're already seeing churches of all stripes building Habitat [for Humanity] houses," said Russell E. Richey, dean of Emory University's Candler School of Theology. "And conservative and evangelical denominations are coming into a sense of ownership. There are some social gospel dimensions to this kind of conservative maturing."
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution
November 4 2006
BALLOT BOX CROSSROADS
"The honeymoon is over," said Robert Franklin Jr., presidential scholar and professor of social ethics at Emory University's Candler School of Theology. "Republicans have had to look at their own leaders who aren't perfect."

San Francisco Chronicle
October 22, 2006
SPA SPIRIT: SEEKING THAT AHA MOMENT - A SPA MAY NOT BE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO RELAX ENOUGH TO CAPTURE THAT EPIPHANY, BUT IT CAN CERTAINLY HELP
Mark Jordan, professor of religion at Emory University in Atlanta, hit the wall while writing his latest book. His research was done, all the pieces were lined up ... but the book would not gel. He worked fruitlessly for many weeks, getting more and more frustrated with the stalled creative process. For a break, he headed to his favorite retreat, Ten Thousand Waves in Santa Fe, the once-funky Japanese retreat that is now an internationally acclaimed spa.
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ABC News (abcnews.com)
October 16, 2006
BOOK EXCERPT: DAVID KUO'S 'TEMPTING FAITH'
Far more powerful was my mother's own past political activism. In college, in California, she felt God calling her to serve the poor. She studied nursing at Emory University. She hated it. She told us about the discrimination against blacks by whites, the ghetto housing with no running water or electricity, and the regular denial of medical care to even critically ill black patients.
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Washington Post
October 14, 2006
ROCKING THEIR RELIGIOUS IDENTITIES - INTRIGUE, TURMOIL CAN COME WITH THE TRUTH
"It's hard for me to think of any instances in which [another group of] people hid their religious identities," said E. Brooks Holifield, a professor of American religious history at Emory University. "And in part, that's simply because of the force of anti-Semitism."
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New York Times
October 11, 2006
IN THE CONGRESSIONAL HOPPER: A LONG WISH LIST OF SPECIAL BENEFITS AND EXEMPTIONS
"What's happening with all these tax breaks and exemptions is a soft, subconstitutional establishment of religion returning to the country," said John Witte Jr., director of the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at the Emory University law school. That increasing level of indirect support and patronage, he said, "breeds a level of dependency that I think is dangerous for both religion and government."
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United Methodist News Service
October 10, 2006
WOMEN’S DIVISION SEES BRIGHTER FINANCIAL FUTURE
A brighter financial picture has emerged for the Women's Division, United Methodist Board of Global Ministries, as it continues to focus on reorganization. That was the word from Jan Love, the division's chief executive, and Andrea Hatcher, treasurer, during the Oct. 6-9 annual meeting of the division's directors. It was the last meeting for Love, who is leaving Dec. 31 to become dean of United Methodist-related Candler School of Theology in Atlanta.

Atlanta Journal-Constitution
October 7, 2006
ACTIVIST ADDS MODERATES' MESSAGE TO EMORY TALKS
Wallis will bring that message to Atlanta Sunday when he speaks at the Faith, Politics & Policy conference at Emory University. The three-day event has attracted like-minded moderates...

New York Times
October 6, 2006
EVANGELICALS FEAR THE LOSS OF THEIR TEENAGERS
Evangelical adults, like believers of every faith, fret about losing the next generation, said the Rev. David W. Key, director of Baptist Studies at Candler School of Theology of Emory University, in Atlanta "The uniqueness of the evangelical situation is the fact that during the 80's and 90's you had the Reagan revolution that was growing the evangelical churches," Mr. Key said.
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Forbes
Washington Post
October 5, 2006
RELIGION TODAY
"His skill is to keep the SBC from being totally marginalized from American society," said David Key, director of Baptist Studies at Emory University’s Candler School of Theology in Atlanta.