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SEMINARY IN THE CITY
Dr. Judy Yates Siker, assistant professor of New Testament, taught
a weeklong class in July at the Catholic Retreat Center in Petaluma,
Calif., on “Everything You Always Wanted to Know About the
Bible But Were Afraid to Ask.” In September Siker led a spiritual
retreat for Westwood Presbyterian Church at the Mary & Joseph
Retreat Center in Palos Verdes, Calif.
Dr. George C.L. Cummings, academic dean and professor of theology,
lectured at the National PICO-sponsored Black Pastor’s Conference
in Atlanta, Ga., in August. His topic was “Faith-Based Organizations
in Partnership,” a case study of the relationship between
Imani Community Church, where Cummings is senior pastor, and the
Oakland Coalition of Organizations.
In July Westminster John Knox Press released a revised and updated
version of Cut Loose Your Stammering Tongue: Black Theology in the
Slave Narratives, edited by Cummings and Dwight N. Hopkins.
Cummings was the keynote speaker in May at the Fifth District
Conference of the African-Methodist Episcopal Church in Emeryville,
Calif., on the theme “Stewardship: Past, Present and Future.”
While on sabbatical last spring, Cummings taught two classes at
the Baptist Convention College in Soweto, South Africa, on introductory
theology and Christology.
In July Cummings and Dr. LeAnn Flesher, associate professor of
Old Testament, took a group of 50 people, including four ABSW students,
to Limon, Costa Rica, to study cross-cultural hermeneutics. The
class met six days for three hours each day. Coursework included
readings on hermeneutics and visits to various indigenous worship
services.
In September Flesher moderated a dialogue about principles common
to different faith traditions at the annual meeting of the North
American Maritime Ministry Association in Emeryville. Dr. James
Chuck, professor of theology and church ministry, addressed the
same gathering on the theme of Chinese culture and religion. Founded
by Christian activists, NAMMA promotes the welfare of merchant mariners
in international trade regardless of their faith, nationality or
cultural background.
In August Chuck led a retreat for the Presbyterian Church in Chinatown,
San Francisco, on the theme “Christian Faith and the Seasons
of Life.”
President Keith Russell and Dr. Tim Tseng, associate professor
of American religious history, led Bible studies at the American
Baptist Churches Biennial in June in Richmond, Va.
In September Dr. J. Alfred Smith Sr., professor of preaching,
was the speaker for the 140th anniversary of Shiloh Baptist Church
in Washington, D.C.
Smith was a workshop speaker at the 3rd Annual Walter Kimbrough
Leadership Institute in June at Cascade United Methodist Church
in Atlanta.
The senior pastor of Allen Temple Baptist Church in Oakland, Smith
received the Pastor’s Award from Maine Avenue Ministries in
Washington, D.C., last April.
Dr. Marian Ronan, assistant professor of contemporary theology
and religion, published several articles recently, including “The
Divine Office of Consumerism” in the April-June edition of
The Living Pulpit and “War is Bad but Sex is Unspeakable”
in the June-August edition of EqualwRites. “Lectionary Riches,”
Ronan’s review of Gail Ramshaw’s Treasures Old and New:
Images in the Lectionary (Fortress: 2002) was published in the July-September
edition of The Living Pulpit
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