Faculty News
Over and above the Seabury faculty’s teaching ministries, they write books, articles, and reviews; they participate actively in the life of the larger academy and the wider church. Click the link below to see what Seabury's faculty have been doing beyond our walls.
Winter 2005
This lists some recent faculty publications and presentations; it is not comprehensive.
A.K.M. Adam, Professor of New Testament
Publications
“Rhetoric, Postmodernism, and Theological Education: What Has Vincennes To Do With Jerusalem?” in To Teach, to Delight, and to Move: Theological Education in a Post-Christian World, David S. Cunningham, ed. (Eugene, OR: Cascade Books), 61-82.
Review of The Learning Bible: Contemporary English Version, Anglican Theological Review 86 (2004) 698ff.
Presentations
Response to Stanley Hauerwas, “A Meditation on Matthew 27:46,” Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, Nov 21, 2004
Service to the Church
“Reading the Bible,” Adult Education Presentations at St. Giles, Northbrook
“Non-Canonical Gospels,” Adult Education Presentations at St. Augustine’s, Wilmette
Preacher at the Ordination of Todd Young (Seabury ’04) to the Priesthood, Helena, Montana, December 18, 2004
John L. Dreibelbis, Professor of Christian Ministries (retired)
Publications
“Beyond Wish-Lists for Pastoral Leadership: Assessing Clergy Behavior and Congregation Outcomes to Guide Seminary Curriculum” (written with former faculty member David Gortner) will be published in the journal Theological Education.
Lectures
“New Research on ‘Quality Ministry.’ ” chosen by the Fund for Theological Education, at the 2005 Forum of Lilly Endowment Programs. Indianapolis, Indiana, January 28, 2005.
Presentations:
“Changing Church - Changing Clergy” was presented at a Seabury Evening in October 2004, reviewing the implications of "Toward a Higher Quality" research for recruitment, selection and education of clergy.
“Discerning the Heart of Pastoral Leadership” (prepared with David Gortner) was presented at a Lilly Endowment forum of the faculties of five selected seminaries at Wartburg Seminary,Dubuque, Iowa, in June 2004.
Service to the Church:
Evaluator for the Diocese of Chicago program for curates, “Making Excellent Disciples,” evaluation is to assist mentors and new curates in learning the skills of ministry.
Presenter at the Ordination of Kate Guistolise to the Priesthood, at St. Mark's Church, Evanston, January 6, 2005.
O.C. Edwards, 6th Dean and President and Professor Emeritus
Publications
A History of Preaching. Nashville: Abingdon. 2004
Rosemary D. Gooden, Lecturer in Modern Church and Mission
Service to the Church
“Living Out Our Baptismal Covenant.” The Church of the Transfiguration. Palos Park, Illinois. November, 2004
“Can You Take Your Faith to Work?” Diocese of Chicago Convention. November, 2004.
Ruth A. Meyers, Academic Dean and Professor of Liturgics
Service to the Church
“Something Old, Something New,” liturgy workshop at annual Diocesan Convention, Diocese of Chicago, November 2004.
“Learning for Mission” and “Missional Liturgy,” presentations at the annual conference of the Society for the Advancement of Continuing Education for Mission, Toronto, Canada, January 28-29, 2005.
Other
“Liturgy in the Anglican Tradition,” class session as part of “Liturgical Traditions, East and West” course at Mundelein Seminary, Mundelein, Illinois, January 24, 2005.
Newland F. Smith, 3rd, Librarian and Associate Professor of Bibliography
Presentations
“Christian Zionism: a heresy?” Diocese of Chicago Convention, November 2004
Service to the Academy
Chaired the accreditation team for the joint comprehensive visit (ATS/HLC) to Luther Seminary, November 14-17, 2004
Ellen K. Wondra, Professor of Theology and Ethics
Presentations
Inaugural lecture, “The Greatest Degree of Communion Possible” October 28, 2004
Service to the Church
Adult forum on ethical decision-making, St. Paul’s Milwaukee, Nov. 7, 2004
Sermon and adult forum on the Windsor Report, St. Matthew’s Evanston, Nov. 14, 2004
Presentation on the Windsor Report, Brent House, University of Chicago, Nov. 17, 2004
Presider, St. Patrick’s, Kenwood, California, Dec. 24, 2005
Presider and Preacher, Chapel of the Resurrection, Spring Lake Village, Santa Rosa, California, Dec. 25, 2005
Preacher (Celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr.) and adult forum (The Nicene Creed), St. Paul and the Redeemer, Chicago, Jan. 16, 2005
Reader, Fellowship applications for the Episcopal Church Foundation Graduate Fellows Program
Theological Consultant, Anti-Racism Committee, Diocese of Chicago
Theological Consultant, Task Force on the Windsor Report, Diocese of Chicago
Frank M. Yamada, Assistant Professor of Old Testament
Publications
“Shibboleth and the Ma(r)king of Culture: Judges 12 and the Monolingualism of the Other,” in Derrida’s Bible, ed. Yvonne Sherwood (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004), 119–34.
“Dealing with Rape (in) Narrative (Genesis 34): Ethics of the Other and a Text in Conflict,” in The Meanings We Choose, Charles Cosgrove, ed. JSOT Supplement Series 411/The Bible In the 21st Century 5 (London & New York: T & T Clark, 2004), 149–65.
Lectures
“Prospects for Asians/Asian North Americans in Theological Education,” Consultation for Asian American Faculty at ATS Schools, Redondo Beach, CA
Service to the Academy
Consultation for Asian American Faculty at ATS Schools
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