The scholarship of John Collins, Holmes Professor of Old Testament Criticism and Interpretation, is the focus of the new volume Sibyls, Scriptures, and Scrolls: John Collins at Seventy (Brill). Joel Baden, Professor of Hebrew Bible, is an editor of the 75-essay book.
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Bob Meditz ’86 M.Div. is the author of a new book, Dialectic of the Holy: Paul Tillich’s Idea of Judaism Within the History of Religion (de Gruyter). Meditz, an independent scholar, explores Tillich’s dialectical and theological history of religion to show how he maintains continuity between Judaism and Christianity.
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The history of Chinese theologies through dynastic change, anti-imperialism, and the heights of Maoist propaganda is the subject of Chinese Theology, the new book by Chloë Starr, Associate Professor of Asian Christianity and Theology.
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Eric Wefald ’86 M.Div. is the new pastor of Payson Park Congregational Church in Belmont, Mass.
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John Rollefson ‘71 M.Div. has published a new book, Postils for Preaching: Commentaries on the Revised Common Lectionary, Year A (Wipf and Stock).