Category: News
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Fuller Seminary Won’t Leave Pasadena After All
Citing restrictions on selling its current Pasadena property and unexpectedly high construction costs, Fuller Theological Seminary officials announced it won’t be moving to Pomona, California, in 2021 as planned. Fuller president Mark Labberton said Southern California’s high construction costs—higher than the school’s conservative estimates—and “differences with the City of Pasadena” over the sale of the…
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Dallas Theological Seminary Names Dr. Mark M. Yarbrough as Next President
Oct 25, 2019 Dallas—The Board of Incorporate Members of Dallas Theological Seminary has named current vice president for academic affairs, Dr. Mark M. Yarbrough, as the sixth president in the institution’s 95-year history. Dr. Yarbrough, who will assume the presidency on July 1, 2020, will succeed Dr. Mark L. Bailey who announced his retirement last…
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Renowned Professor, John Mbiti, Dies at 87 Years Old
Kenyan Scholar John Mbiti [theologian, philosopher, poet, expert in African Religions] has passed away. Kenya is mourning the death of celebrated scholar Prof John Mbiti who breathed his last today, Sunday 06 October 2019. The acclaimed scholar is known for his outstanding work and contribution in philosophy and religion. Responding to news about his death,…
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Gordon College Receives Record $75.5 Million Donation
From Christianity Today: A record-setting $75.5 million donation stands to change the trajectory of Gordon College by boosting scholarship funds to make the school more affordable and expanding opportunities for non-traditional students. The anonymous gift—the largest in the school’s history and among the largest ever given to a Christian college—is an answered prayer. And it…
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Regent College Appoints Jens Zimmermann to J.I. Packer Chair
The wait is over for those eagerly anticipating the announcement regarding Regent College’s J.I. Packer Chair of Theology. We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Jens Zimmermann will be taking up this key position in the Fall Term 2020. Born and raised in Germany, Zimmermann joins Regent from Trinity Western University, where he served for twenty years,…
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We are now @theologynews on Twitter!
Good news. Our Twitter handle is now @theologynews. Be sure to direct all responses there. At the start of this project Theology News was working with the Twitter handle @theology_news. The more natural @theologynews handle had belonged to a certain Adam Kendry way back in 2011 or 2012. After an email to Adam about our…
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Yale Divinity School – $3 million McDonald Agape gift supports creation of endowed professorship
With support from the McDonald Agape Foundation, Yale Divinity School has established a new endowed professorship: the McDonald Agape Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity. Its inaugural holder will be Teresa Morgan, who is joining YDS from the University of Oxford in 2022. See the full announcement here: https://divinity.yale.edu/news/3-million-mcdonald-agape-gift-supports-creation-endowed-professorship
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Nancy Pineda-Madrid to Loyola Marymount’s Chair in Catholic Theology
BCLA Announces the next T. Marie Chilton Chair of Catholic Theology at Loyola Marymount University: Prof. Nancy Pineda-Madrid From the news service at Loyola Marymount Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts: Since its founding in 1999, the T. Marie Chilton Chair was held by Thomas Rausch, S.J., who retired from the full-time Loyola Marymount University faculty…
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John Behr appointed as a Professor in Divinity, Eric Saak takes up a Chair in Ecclesiastical History at University of Aberdeen
The School of Divinity, History and Philosophy has announced the appointment of two world-leading professors. Professor John Behr has been appointed as a Professor in Divinity, and will be offering specialisation in Patristics and Orthodox Theology. Professor Behr is Fr Georges Florovsky Distinguished Professor of Patristics and a former dean of St Vladimir’s Seminary, New…
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New Principal at the London School of Theology – Reverend Professor Mark J. Cartledge
London School of Theology is delighted to announce the appointment of Reverend Professor Mark J. Cartledge as its new Principal. Mark is currently Professor of Practical Theology at Regent University School of Divinity in Virginia Beach, USA. He will take up the position on 1st January, 2020. Mark is an ordained minister in the Church…
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Anthony Reddie becomes Director of the Oxford Centre for Religion and Culture
From Regent’s Park College, University of Oxford: We are delighted to announce that the new Director of the College’s ‘Oxford Centre for Religion and Culture’ will be Professor Anthony Reddie, currently Extraordinary Professor of Theological Ethics at the University of South Africa. Professor Reddie is a leading scholar in the field of Black Theology; editor…
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St Mellitus College (London) Appoints a New Director
From: https://www.stmellitus.ac.uk/about-us/news/director-st-mellitus-college-london-monday St Mellitus College is delighted to announce that Revd Dr Hannah Steele has been appointed as the Director of St Mellitus College, London (Monday). St Mellitus College was founded in 2007 by the Bishops of London and Chelmsford in partnership with HTB. From September 2019, the College will have five centres across the UK…
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David S. Dockery to join Southwestern Seminary faculty
Renowned theologian and Christian higher education leader David S. Dockery has been appointed to the faculty of the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary as professor of theology, President Adam W. Greenway announced Aug. 27 during the seminary’s fall convocation. Dockery, who most recently served as president and chancellor of Trinity International University/Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, will…
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Update: The Sale of Fuller Seminary’s Pasadena Campus
An update on Fuller Theological Seminary’s status regarding the sale of its Pasadena property… Dear Fuller Community, Earlier today the board met in an urgent session to discuss the surprising turn of events last week when the buyer for the Pasadena property withdrew. As promised, we are updating you with new developments, knowing that not…
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Wycliffe Hall announces the appointment of NT Wright as their Senior Research Fellow
Wycliffe Hall today announces that the Wycliffe Hall Council intends to appoint NT Wright (The Rt Revd Prof Nicholas Thomas Wright) as Senior Research Fellow, as of 1 October 2019. NT Wright is currently Research Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at St Mary’s College, St Andrews in Scotland. Revd Dr Michael Lloyd, Principal…
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Dwight Radcliff Named Assistant Professor of Mission, Theology, and Culture and Director of the William Pannell Center for African American Church Studies
Fuller Theological Seminary is excited to announce the appointment of Dwight Radcliff Jr. as director of the William E. Pannell Center for African American Church Studies and assistant professor of mission, theology, and culture, effective July 1, 2019. Dr. Radcliff will work alongside Assistant Provost Clifton Clarke in Southern California and in collaboration with Vince…
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New MACT With Classical Theology Focus Starts This Fall at Talbot.
This blog was reposted in its entirity from https://www.biola.edu/blogs/talbot-magazine/2019/master-s-program-with-classical-theology-focus-starts-this-fall This fall, Talbot will launch a new program: the Master of Arts with a focus in Classical Theology (MACT). The MACT is a 36-credit, residential, great-books program integrated around the interpretation of Holy Scripture. Applications are coming in, and we’ve begun interviewing candidates for the inaugural class.…
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St Andrews University given £2.3m grant for science-engaged theology
Tue 13 Aug 2019By Marcus Jones “The School of Divinity at the University of St Andrews has been given a major grant to invest in the research and teaching of science-engaged theology. The John Templeton Foundation has awarded the Scottish university £2.3m.The money will also go into an open online resource and two scholarships for…
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Oliver Crisp Soon to Begin New Position at St. Andrews
Originally posted January 14, 2019 on Fuller Theological Seminary’s website: “Oliver Crisp, professor of systematic theology, has accepted the position of professor of analytic theology as a member of the Institute for Analytic and Exegetical Theology in the School of Divinity, University of St. Andrews effective September 1, 2019. We receive the news of Dr.…