People Notes - May 2017

Linn Tonstad PhotoLinn Tonstad ‘03 M.A.R., Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology at YDS, earned laurels in the Christian Century for her book God and Difference: The Trinity, Sexuality, and the Transformation of Finitude. The magazine hailed her book as one of the best new titles in both theology and ethics.

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The Divinity School’s Reflections magazine, edited by Ray Waddle, won a top prize from Associated Church Press for its Fall 2016 issue on faith and politics.

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Neely Towe ‘87 M.Div.  was honored by the Greenwich Leadership Forum for her important work on faith and business.

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Chloë Starr PhotoChloë Starr, Associate Professor of Asian Christianity and Theology, was interviewed by the “Marginalia” (LA Review of Books) podcast about her new book Chinese Theology: Text and Context.

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YDS Dean Greg Sterling was honored at Yale’s annual Sustainability Awards Breakfast for the Divinity School’s creation of a new M.A.R. concentration in religion and ecology.

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Stephanie Johnson ‘10 M.Div., ‘12 S.T.M. is co-author of the new book A Life of Grace for the Whole World: A Study Course on the House of Bishops’ Pastoral Teaching on the Environment.

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Anne Stanback ‘85 M.A.R. has received the Connecticut Bar Association’s Citizen of the Law Award.

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Philippe Andal ‘16 M.Div. has earned a FASPE Fellowship for ethics study this summer.

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Margaret Farley, Gilbert L. Stark Professor Emeritus of Christian Ethics, will be honored with the Ann O’Hara Graff Award at the annual conference of the Catholic Theological Society of America.

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In Memoriam: Frederick H. Borsch: 1935-2017

May 11, 2017