April 2010

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The Washington Post, April 17, 2010
April 18, 2010
I have vivid memories of being in civil rights marches with my father, a Presbyterian seminary professor in Louisville, Kentucky, in the 1960s. My parents and I were moving along in a crowd of mostly Black faces. Pressed within that sea of sweaty adult bodies, I felt small and different, a stranger, and self-consciously white, but I also sensed that I was part of something large, something significant. Because our marching was punctuated by praying and singing hymns, faith became intimately connected to justice, to movement, doing something with others to make a difference.

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In Trust Magazine: Spring 2010
April 16, 2010
New research from the Auburn Center for the Study of Theological Education confirms the sobering news. "Seminary trustees as a group believe that their fundraising ability and personal giving capacity were among the least important factors in their selection," according to the Auburn Center's new research study, "Great Expectations: Fund-Raising Prospects for Theological Schools," which was published in August 2009.

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April 14, 2010
Watch Auburn on Brian Lehrer live: INTELLECTUAL HEAVYWEIGHTS IN A SOUND BITE WORLD April 15, 2010, 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. EST.

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The Washington Times: 4/5/10
April 13, 2010
This is the first in a series of reports that will look at new efforts — driven largely by American faith leaders — to bridge old divisions among the nation's and the world's believers.

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April 13, 2010
This is a time of inauguration at Auburn—for me personally and professionally, as we celebrate the presidential inauguration on April 15th—and for Auburn institutionally, as we launch our new Web site and a new look. I welcome you to Auburn’s new Web site—our “virtual campus.”

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April 13, 2010
Busy New Yorkers took on the Lenten discipline of watching and discussing an extraordinary documentary film series about the global anti-apartheid movement, and found themselves inspired and challenged in their own lives of faith as a result.

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April 13, 2010

By Justus Baird
The Forward: 4/7/10
April 02, 2010
Jewish education in America is at a crossroads. No generation of Jews has ever seen such a flourishing of learning opportunities: day schools, charter schools, supplementary schools, camps, travel encounters and, more recently, tech-based tools. We have put our best minds and no small amount of money into Jewish education, yet still not enough Jews are leading Jewish lives. What’s going wrong?

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The Presbyterian News Service: 11/18/09
April 02, 2010
Presbyterian elder led Auburn Seminary for thirty years.

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The Jewish Week: 5/27/09
April 02, 2010
In an expansive room at Auburn Theological Seminary on 121st Street in Upper Manhattan, a diverse group of Jewish and Protestant seminarians are munching on kosher food and discussing Just War Theory, a doctrine that outlines the moral justifications and prerequisites for waging war. They are seated in two small circles of eight students each, a mixture of both faiths, and their attention is focused on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.