May 2015
In This Issue
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Each month, we share news of CDSP's students, faculty, alumni and campus life. We welcome your news, ideas and suggestions via email to Patrick DelahuntThank you, as always, for your support of CDSP.
Juli�n Gonz�lez Named Professor of Old Testament
Joint appointment with Pacific Lutheran Seminary

 

For some, biblical Hebrew is an impediment to studying the Old Testament. For Juli�n Andr�s Gonz�lez Holgu�n, it was the main attraction.
 

"Back in my country, a pastor very dear to me said, 'Juli�n, would you like to learn Hebrew?'" said Gonz�lez, a native of Colombia. " He was and is a member of the society that is translating the Hebrew Bible into Spanish. I have always liked languages and learning languages. From there began the idea of doing something with the Hebrew Bible."
 

Something life-changing, as it turns out.
 

 Gonz�lez, who recently completed his Ph.D. with honors at the Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University, will join CDSP's faculty this summer as an assistant professor of Old Testament, a joint appointment with Pacific Lutheran Seminary.
 

"Juli�n offers a fresh new voice in the world of scholarship and teaching in the context of theological education," said the Very Rev. W. Mark Richardson, CDSP's dean and president, in announcing the appointment. "He is very integrative in his approach to studies in sacred texts, looking for contemporary analogies to the experience of God in the ancient Middle East."

 

Read more.

Cynthia Moe-Lobeda Is New Ethics Professor
Expert in globalization, environmental crisis joins faculty

Cynthia Moe-Lobeda, a well-known Lutheran ethicist, has accepted a joint appointment as professor of Christian ethics at Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary and CDSP.

 

Moe-Lobeda has taught at Seattle University since 2004 and is co-author of the forthcoming book, "The Bible and Ethics in the Christian Life: A New Conversation." Her other books include "Resisting Structural Evil: Love as Ecological-Economic Vocation" and "Public Church:  For the Life of the World."

 

"Cynthia Moe-Lobeda is a widely recognized expert on the ethical dimensions of globalization, the environmental crisis and the impact of race, class and gender on moral decision-making," said the Very Rev. W. Mark Richardson, dean and president of CDSP. "She will make an important contribution not only to the formation of our students at CDSP, but also to seminarians from Hong Kong and elsewhere in Asia and the Pacific who study with us here in Berkeley." 

 

Read more.

Excellence in Ministry Scholar Named
Tamra Tucker, soon-to-be Massachusetts postulant, is community organizer

Tamra Tucker is an explorer.

When she was an undergraduate at the University of Oklahoma she'd occasionally just drop into her car and go for a ride, ending up in Florida or Minnesota, or Boston, which she had always admired from a far.

In August, Tucker will begin to explore Berkeley when she takes up residence at CDSP. She has been awarded one of the seminary's two coveted Excellence in Ministry scholarships, which include full tuition and a $1,000 stipend.

Thanks to alumni and donors who have contributed to funds through estate plans and endowed gifts, CDSP has expanded its range of scholarships and financial aid for the 2015-2016 academic year.

"I think right now CDSP is the most stable and life-giving community that there is," says Tucker, who will soon be a postulant for Holy Orders from the Diocese of Massachusetts, and serves as the operations manager at Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Boston's Back Bay.

 

Read more.

Commencement 2015
Author James Carroll to give address. Watch online at cdsp.edu.
Hayashi, Hodges-Copple To Receive Honorary Degrees
Commencement on May 22
Online Learning with CALL
Summer courses begin June 15

Join Us in Salt Lake City
General Convention seminary night event will honor Bishop Katharine

Traveling to the General Convention of The Episcopal Church in June? Join us in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, June 30----Seminary Night----for a reception, a wide selection of appetizers, cold drinks, and a chance to honor the Rt. Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori '94 as she concludes her term as presiding bishop.

 

The reception at The Alta Club, 100 E. South Temple, begins at 7 pm (for those not in legislative session) and continues until 9 pm. The Alta Club is a National Register of Historic Places landmark in downtown Salt Lake City and is a short walk from the Salt Palace Convention Center.

 

RSVP via email to the Rev. Laurel Johnston.

 

While you're at General Convention, be sure to visit CDSP at booth #425 in the exhibit hall.

San Jose Regional Gathering Includes Alums and Donors
The Heavens Declare the Glory of God: 
a Conversation on Cosmology and Meaning
Saturday, May 9 at 5:30 pm
Community News

 

The Rev. Reagan Humber '12 is the new pastor of the House for All Sinners and Saints in Denver, working alongside Pastor Nadia Bolz-Webber.

 

The Rev. Shannon Kelly '99 has been named The Episcopal Church's acting missioner for campus and young adult ministries. Read more.

 

The Rev. Matthew Seddon '12 has been called as rector of St. John's Episcopal Church in Austin, Texas.

 

Faculty News

Professor George Emblom's article "Musical Formation at Church Divinity School of the Pacific" was published in the April issue of The Journal of the Anglican Association of Musicians.

 

In April, Academic Dean Ruth Meyers led a clergy conference for the Diocese of Oregon on "The Beauty of Holiness: Weaving a New Tapestry of Liturgy and Mission."

 

Professor Susanna Singer recently gave the theme address to a Gathering of Leaders in San Mateo.

 

The faculties of CDSP and Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary (PLTS) met recently to discuss how the faculty members understand and practice evangelism and how the seminaries incorporate evangelism into the curriculum.

 

In Memoriam

The Rev. Dirk Rinehart Pidcock '66 died in September 2014. Read his obituary.

 

May light perpetual shine upon him.

 

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