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Andrew Shenton, The Cambridge Companion to Arvo Pärt
Arvo Pärt is one of the most influential and widely performed contemporary composers. Around 1976 he developed an innovative new compositional technique called ‘tintinnabuli’ (Latin for ‘sounding bells’), which has had an extraordinary degree of success. It is frequently performed around the world, has been used in award-winning films, and pieces such as Für Alina […]
Phillis Isabella Sheppard, Self, Culture and Others in Womanist Practical Theology
Self, Culture, and Others in Womanist Practical Theology argues for a critical engagement between womanist theology and psychoanalytic Self Psychology. Sheppard’s position is that a psychoanalytically informed womanist practical theology will more fully account for the complexities of black women’s experiences of self and black embodiment as well as the role of religion and cultural objects […]
Kirk Wegter McNelly
In The Entangled God, Kirk Wegter-McNelly addresses the age-old theological question of how God is present to the world by constructing a novel, scientifically informed account of the God–world relation. Drawing on recent scientific and philosophical work in “quantum entanglement,” Wegter-McNelly develops the metaphor of “divine entanglement” to ground the relationality and freedom of physical process […]
Wesley Wildman, Religious and Spritual Experiences
What is the value of religious and spiritual experiences within human life? Are we evolutionarily programmed to have such experiences? How will emerging technologies change such experiences in the future? Wesley Wildman addresses these key intellectual questions and more, offering a spiritually evocative naturalist interpretation of the diverse variety of religious and spiritual experiences. He […]
Karent Westerfield Tucker, Die Taufe
Für die ökumenische und liturgische Bewegung des 20. Jahrhunderts ist die Taufe eines der wichtigsten Themen und Anliegen gewesen. In jüngster Zeit wurden die zunehmende Bedeutung der sog. Limaerklärung zu Taufe, Eucharistie und Amt und ihre Konsequenzen in den Kirchen diskutiert. Zur gleichen Zeit vollzog sich in verschiedenen christlichen Gemeinschaften eine Wiederentdeckung der Taufe, die […]
Student Entry in recent UM Video Contest
The National Association of Schools and Colleges of the UMC (“NASCUMC”) asked students currently enrolled in a UMC-related high school, college or university to tell them, in a video 3 minutes or less, why their school’s connection to The United Methodist Church mattered. One student from STH created a video for the contest. Samuel Needham (pictured […]
Dr. Edward Powell Wimberly (STH 1968, 1971, & GRS 1976, Ph.D.)
Dr. Edward Powell Wimberly (STH 1968, 1971, & GRS 1976, Ph.D.) is the Jarena Lee Professor of Pastoral Care at the Interdenominational Theological Center (ITC) in Atlanta, GA. He has lectured and led workshops across the globe, while authoring numerous books. As an elder in the United Methodist Church, Dr. Wimberly pastored various churches in […]
New book featuring BUSTH Associate Dean for Community Life and Lifelong Learning
A new book chronicles the lives of several military family members and veterans of the conflict in Iraq, including Dean Pamela Lightsey and her son Dweylon. The book is Soul Repair: Recovering from Moral Injury after War by Rita Nakashima Brock and Gabriella Lettini. Pamela applauds them for doing “a fine job exploring the impact […]
Mary Doane (STH '99)
Ada Focer (STH ’05, GRS ’13) alerted the alumni office to her discovery of an outstanding dog rescue and adoption service at http://www.marysdogs.com/. Mary’s Dogs rescues dogs from a high kill shelter in South Carolina and finds great homes for them as well as providing on-going support for adopters and resources for the community. Ada […]
The School of Theology Distinguished Alumni Panel 9/20/12
The School of Theology is pleased to announce Distinguished Alumni/ae Award Winners for 2012! Winners participated in a panel on Thursday, September 20, 2012 from 2pm-4pm in the Hillel House. Dr. Bob Crosby, a 2012 Distinguished Alumnus, wrote reflections on his life that you can read here. To view the panel discussion with the 2012 School of Theology Distinguished […]