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Steed Vernyl Davidson

Steed Vernyl Davidson named VP of academic affairs and dean at McCormick Theological Seminary

The faculty voted unanimously to make him dean.
by Christian Century staff
August 24, 2018

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Aretha Franklin inaugural performance

Aretha Franklin influenced sacred and secular music

Franklin, who died at 76, embodied “the connection between the African-American spiritual, the blues, R & B, rock and roll.”
by Religion News Service staff and Christian Century staff
August 23, 2018

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Anya Krugovoy Silver

Anya Krugovoy Silver, poet, dies at age 49

“Making meaning out of suffering and loss,” Silver wrote, is “one of poetry’s most fundamental aims.”
by Christian Century staff
August 23, 2018

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Bishop Anba Epiphanius

Coptic world mourns death of Anba Epiphanius, Egyptian bishop and scholar

Pope Tawadros II of the Coptic Orthodox Church said Epiphanius was "a true monk whose life was steeped in meekness and humbleness."
by Christian Century staff
August 20, 2018

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David H. Crawford

David H. Crawford becomes president of McCormick Theological Seminary

Crawford came to the seminary from a career in law and business.
by Christian Century staff
August 17, 2018

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Katie Geneva Cannon

Katie Geneva Cannon, groundbreaking womanist ethicist and theologian, dies at age 68

Teaching was her ministry.
by Celeste Kennel-Shank
August 9, 2018

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Elaine Heath and Greg Jones

Elaine Heath steps down as Duke Divinity dean; Greg Jones steps in

During Heath’s tenure the school faced conflict with some students and faculty related to racial diversity and sexuality.
by Christian Century staff
August 8, 2018

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Nadia Bolz-Weber

Nadia Bolz-Weber embarks upon being a full-time public theologian

Her last Sunday with the church she founded was earlier this summer.
August 7, 2018

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Raymond Hunthausen, Catholic archbishop who advocated for progressive causes, dies at age 96

The Vatican investigated his pastoral and administrative practices in the 1980s.
by Christian Century staff
August 6, 2018

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