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Union Seminary awarded $400,000 grant to support womanist leadership

…American woman ordained in the United Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Established in 1936, the Henry Luce Foundation seeks to enrich public discourse by promoting innovative scholarship, cultivating new leaders, and fostering international understanding. The Foundation advances its mission through grantmaking and leadership programs in the fields of Asia, higher education, religion and theology, art, and public policy. For more information, please …

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Dr. Richard Voelz awarded grant to strengthen preaching preparation

…the program is generously supported by Indianapolis-based Lilly Endowment Inc. Founded in 1937, the endowment’s major areas of programming are religion, education, and community development. For more information on the grants program, including a complete list of this year’s grants recipients, please see https://worship.calvin.edu/grants/. ###   Richard Voelz photo MEDIA CONTACT Mike Frontiero Director of Communications Union Presbyterian Seminary mfrontiero@upsem.edu …

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Dr. Rachel Baard’s new book argues for feminist critique and retrieval of sin-talk

RICHMOND, VA (December 2, 2019) — Early feminist theologians criticized the Christian doctrine of sin for its focus on female sexual purity and its enabling of the marginalization and oppression of women. Others have questioned whether the entire theological category of sin should be abandoned in favor of other ways of talking about the human predicament. In her new book …

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UPSem announces new Master of Arts in Theological Studies program

…religious identity in new ways; and to think critically about faith, culture, and ethics in relation to vocation, texts, and contemporary issues. M.A.T.S. degree students will be equipped for lay leadership in the church, or non-profit leadership and other non-traditional ministries. It often enhances work that graduates are already doing, and prepares them for new vocations as public theologians. The …

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Deje Vu! Say It Again! by Rev. Sandra Caldwell-Williams (Dual M.Div./M.A.C.E.’06)

…mind, and spirit of the redeemed. “I am now rejoicing in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh, I am completing what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of the body, that is the church.” (Col. 1:24 NRSV). One of my sistah-friends reminded me to read it and I want to share how my spirit digested …

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2023 African American Preaching Series

…said Rev. Hawkins. “Advocacy is a spiritual endeavor.” At the conclusion of this invigorating reminder that we are endowed with the Word of God that authorizes us as agents of justice, I walked away with the understanding that it is not about religion, radicalism, or even righteousness, but it is indeed about relationship(s). This understanding serves as the basis for …

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Redeployed! by Rev. Dr. Audrey Todd (Dual M.Div./M.A.C.E’10)

…my name will be honored forever. But if your descendants abandon the decrees and commands I have given you, and if you serve and worship other gods, then I will uproot the people from this land that I have given them. I will reject this Temple that I have made holy to honor my name. I will make it an …

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