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Meditations on vulnerability, leadership, and a life fully lived
In this article excerpted from their recent book Leadership on the Line: Staying Alive Through the Dangers of Leading, the authors, both Jewish, obliquely explore two Christian images, the Crucifixion and the Catholic devotion of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, to plumb the spiritual depths of inspired leadership. Their meditation suggests ways for leaders to…
A primer on executive thinking at the grassroots level
Columbia Theological Seminary board member John Aldridge brings solution-oriented foresight learned in the world of business to the recruitment needs of seminaries and the pastoral shortage of his church.
For some seminaries, going it alone is not the best way
The seminary-university arrangements of Atlantic Theological Seminary, Talbot School of Theology of Biola University, Graduate Theological Union, and Perkins School of Theology of Southern Methodist University are explored.
A note of appreciation from Raymond Bost, a former board member of Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia, and more on African Christianity from Titus Presler, dean and president of the Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest in Austin, Texas.
Tracy Schier explores the ins and outs of drafting statements of expectations for board members.
Kevin W. Mannoia, dean of Haggard School of Theology of Azusa Pacific University in Azusa, California, argues that centers can bridge the gap between seminaries and churches.
Canadian Anglicans reach settlement concerning Native residential schools; women show slight gains in board member representation; and Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond receives payment on a $1 million pledge.
C. Samuel Calian, president of Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, and Glenn Miller, Waldo Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Bangor Theological Seminary, trade comment and response in this new In Trust department.
A review
Title: A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide Author: Samantha Power Publisher: Basic Books
A review of Becoming Evil: How Ordinary People Commit Genocide and Mass Killing
Title: Becoming Evil: How Ordinary People Commit Genocide and Mass Killing Author: James Waller Publisher: Oxford
A review of <i>Darwin’s God: Evolution and the Problem of Evil</i>
Title: Darwin’s God: Evolution and the Problem of Evil Author: Cornelius G. Hunter Publisher: Baker-Brazos Press
A review
Title: God Moments: Why Faith Really Matters to a New Generation Author: Jeremy Langford Publisher: Orbis Books
A review
Title: The Philosophers’ Secret Fire: A History of the Imagination Author: Patrick Harpur Publisher: Ivan R. Dee
A review of When Religion Becomes Evil
Title: When Religion Becomes Evil Author: Charles Kimball Publisher: Harper San Francisco
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