People Notes - June 2019

Laura Nasrallah, a Harvard Divinity School New Testament scholar newly appointed to the YDS and Religious Studies faculties, has been named Buckingham Professor of New Testament Criticism and Interpretation at Yale.

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Jake Schrum ’73 M.Div. is retiring as president of Emory & Henry College, culminating 27 years as a college president at Emory & Henry and two other institutions.

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Katey Zeh ’08 M.Div. has published a new book, Women Rise Up: Sacred Stories of Resistance for Today’s Revolution.

Read the review in Book Reporter.

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Matthew Croasmun ’06 M.A.R., ’14 Ph.D., Associate Research Scholar at the Yale Center for Faith & Culture at YDS, was interviewed by Faith & Leadership magazine on why theology must return to answering the big questions of flourishing and the meaning of a good life

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Rapper J.P. Reynolds ’13 M.Div. has released a new EP, “Rap Gumbo.”

Read the press release and listen to the songs.

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Mary Evelyn Tucker, YDS Senior Lecturer and Research Scholar and Co-Director of the Forum for Religion and Ecology, was given an honorary degree by Hebrew College.

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The U.S. Catholic Bishops have appointed John N. Sheveland ‘99 M.A.R. to the National Review Board for the Chapter for Protection of Children and Young People.

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In memoriam:

Rev. Francis L. Geddes ’52 B.D.  

Rev. Robert E. Ziegler ’52 B.D.

Dr. James Harrison ’59 B.D.

June 12, 2019