2014 Honorees

2014 Distinction in Congregational Ministry

Stephen Bauman, 1979 M.Div.

In 1987 The Reverend Dr. Stephen Bauman became Senior Minister of Christ Church, United Methodist, New York City, an iconic urban church near internal collapse.  In the spirit of the founding motto of the Institute of Sacred Music from which he jointly received his MDiv – phoenix resurgens – Dr. Bauman gathered a young, vital, urban-diverse congregation with flourishing worship, learning and outreach ministries  that have extended into the city, nation, Ghana and Colombia.  His book, Simple Truths: on Values, Civility and Our Common Good was a featured selection of Abingdon Press.  Dr. Bauman was a popular commentator on WCBS News Radio for over a decade and hosted television programming featuring inter-religious conversation.  Active within the wider New York City environs, he is a founding member and current co-chair of A Partnership of Faith, a consortium of senior leaders from Jewish, Muslim and Christian traditions.  Over his years of service at Christ Church he received a PhD in Leadership and Change from Antioch University and accumulated decades of service on the boards of Outward Bound, The Town School, the Foundation for Community Encouragement (an international educational foundation), the Yale Divinity School Board of Advisors and Mohonk Mountain House.  

2014 Distinction in Theological Education

Harvey G. Cox, Jr., 1955 B.D.

The Rev. Harvey G. Cox, Jr. ‘55 B.D. is Hollis Research Professor of Divinity at Harvard, where he began teaching in 1965, both at HDS and in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. An American Baptist minister, he was the Protestant chaplain at Temple University and the director of religious activities at Oberlin College; an ecumenical fraternal worker in Berlin; and a professor at Andover Newton Theological School. His research and teaching interests focus on the interaction of religion, culture, and politics. Among the issues he explores are urbanization, theological developments in world Christianity, Jewish-Christian relations, and current spiritual movements in the global setting (particularly Pentecostalism). He has been a visiting professor at Brandeis University, Seminario Bautista de Mexico, the Naropa Institute, and the University of Michigan. He is a prolific author. His most recent book is The Future of Faith(HarperCollins, 2009). His Secular City, published in 1965, became an international bestseller and was selected by the University of Marburg as one of the most influential books of Protestant theology in the twentieth century. His other books include When Jesus Came to Harvard: Making Moral Decisions Today, The Feast of Fools; The Seduction of the Spirit; Religion in the Secular City; The Silencing of Leonardo Boff: Liberation Theology and the Future of World Christianity; Many Mansions: A Christian’s Encounters With Other Faiths; Fire From Heaven: The Rise of Pentecostal Spirituality; The Reshaping of Religion in the Twenty-First Century; and Common Prayers: Faith, Family, and a Christian’s Journey Through the Jewish Year.

2014 William Sloane Coffin ‘56 Award for Peace and Justice

Ronald J. Sider, 1963 M.A., 1967 B.D., 1969 Ph.D.

Ronald J. Sider (Ph.D., Yale) is Senior Distinguished Professor of Theology, Holistic Ministry and Public Policy at Palmer Theological Seminary and President Emeritus of Evangelicals for Social Action. A widely known evangelical speaker and writer, Sider has spoken on six continents, published more than thirty books and scores of articles. In 1982, The Christian Centurynamed him one of the twelve “most influential persons in the field of religion in the U.S.” His Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger was recognized by Christianity Today as one of the one hundred most influential religious books of the twentieth century and named the seventh most influential book in the evangelical world in the last fifty years. His more recent books include I Am not a Social Activist, Fixing the Moral Deficit: A Balanced Way to Balance the Budget, Just Politics: A Guide for Christian Engagement, and The Early Church on Killing: A Comprehensive Sourcebook on War, Abortion, and Capital Punishment. Among his other publications are: Good News and Good Works: A Theology for the Whole Gospel, The Scandal of the Evangelical Conscience: Why Are Christians Living Just Like the Rest of the World, Just Generosity: A New Vision for Overcoming Poverty in America and Churches That Make a Difference: Reaching Your Community with Good News and Good Works (with Phil Olson and Heidi Unruh). Sider was the publisher of PRISM magazine and a contributing editor of Christianity Today for twenty years. He is a contributing editor of Sojourners. He has lectured at scores of colleges and universities around the world, including Yale, Harvard, Princeton, and Oxford.

2014 Lux et Veritas

Dwight Andrews, 1977 M.Div., 1993 M.Phil., 1993 Ph.D.

Dwight Andrews, a noted preacher and musician, is Associate Professor of Music Theory and African American Music at Emory University and Senior Minister of First Congregational United Church of Christ in Atlanta, a church founded in 1867 by ex-slaves with help from missionaries from New Haven. Andrews was the pastor of the Black Church at Yale for 10 years and served on the faculties of the Yale Music Department and the Yale Afro-American Studies program. Among his many music credits, Andrews provided the music direction for the Tony-nominated Broadway revival of Raisin in the Sun. His work has been presented at professional theatres throughout the United States and Great Britain.

2014 Dean’s Outstanding Service

Kenneth Kuntz ‘59 B.D.