Speer Family Visits PTS Library
The family of Robert E. Speer gathered in the
Robert E. Speer
Library this spring to mark the publication of John F. Piper Jr.’s Robert E. Speer: Prophet of the American Church (Geneva Press). Speer
relatives included a granddaughter, great grandchildren, great-great
grandchildren, grand nephews, and a grand niece. PTS faculty, staff, and
trustees, as well as friends of the Seminary, were also on hand. Piper, who
spoke at the gathering, is professor of history and academic dean at
Lycoming College in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
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Making PTS More Accessible
Seven new disability signs have been added to the
PTS campus, with
hopes of more accessibility for the physically disabled who attend or visit
the Seminary.
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Moderatorial Visit
When 2001 Presbyterian Church USA moderator Jack Rogers visited Princeton
Seminary in April as his moderatorial year approached its end, he preached
in Miller Chapel about the Council of Jerusalem described in Acts 15:1–25,
calling it the “first General Assembly.”
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“Inheriting the Promise”: Finding Women’s Voices
For three days in March, PTS held its 10th biennial Women in Church and
Ministry (WICAM) conference offering exploration of many dimensions of
women’s leadership in the church—past, present, and future.
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Murder in the Cathedral
Under the direction of visiting lecturer Robert Lanchester, a cast and crew
of 25 brought T.S. Eliot’s play Murder in the Cathedral to the stage for the
Seminary community this past April.
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Thanks for the Feedback!
We’re always interested to hear from our readers about how we’re doing and
how we can do better. So thanks to the more than 100 of you who filled out a
survey that was included in the summer/fall 2001 issue of inSpire.
Your feedback was encouraging.
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Alum Ronald C. White Jr. Visits PTS’s Theological Book Agency on
National Book Tour
Sparked by an exhibit on Abraham Lincoln titled “The Last Best Hope of
Earth: Abraham Lincoln and the Promise of America” at the
Huntington Library
in San Marino, California, Ronald C. White Jr.—then a professor of American
intellectual and religious history at the University of California, Los
Angeles—created and taught an undergraduate course, “Abraham Lincoln and the
American Experience,” which included a visit to the exhibit at the
Huntington Library.
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For 31 members of the Class of 1952, their 50th class reunion was an
occasion to remember, both for themselves and for PTS!
At the reunion banquet on May 24, John MacInnes, representing his
classmates, presented a check for $84,840.20 to President Gillespie, saying
“This is a down payment on our intention to give $100,000 for the Class of
1952 Scholarship Endowment Fund to assist future generations of Princeton
students.”
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Religion and Media: Covering a Mystery
Front pages around the country were ablaze with sexual abuse allegations
against the Catholic Church, which gave an urgent tone to the April
conference “Behind the Stained Glass: Religion and Media in the 21st
Century.”
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Flowers Grace a Corner of Campus
The new garden located between Scheide Hall and Miller Chapel was dedicated
in May in honor of former trustee Jane G. Irwin, who died July 11, 2001, and
whose gift helped make the garden grow!
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“The New Heart-Saver CPR” Course Comes to PTS
On Tuesday, March 12, instructors who were volunteers from the Pennington
First Aid squad (affiliated with the
Robert Wood Johnson University
Hospital at Hamilton) came to the Seminary campus to teach “The New
Heart-Saver CPR” course to 30 students, staff, and administrators of the
Seminary.
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New Trustees
The Reverend Dr. Allen Brindisi, Class of 1971, pastor of Davidson
College Presbyterian Church in Davidson, North Carolina, is an alumni/ae
trustee.
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Faculty Changes
Frederick (Chip) W. Dobbs-Allsopp, formerly assistant professor of
Old Testament, was promoted to the rank of associate professor with tenure,
effective July 1 of this year.
George Lewis Parsenios has recently been appointed to the PTS
faculty as assistant professor of New Testament, pending completion of his
Ph.D. requirements from Yale University.
Faculty Accolades
Brian Blount was one of the conference preachers at the
“Reclaiming the Text” conference in Montreat, North Carolina, in May.
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Faculty Publications
Diogenes Allen wrote Steps along the Way: A Spiritual Autobiography
(Church Publishing, 2002). Brian Blount cowrote, with Walter Brueggemann
and William Placher, Struggling with Scripture (Westminster/John Knox,
2002).
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Ground Has Broken! PTS Builds New Multilevel Parking Garage
Construction for a new three-level parking garage has begun on the Seminary
campus. Located off College Road, the parking garage will replace the
parking lot behind Templeton Hall
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BGLASS Week 2002
“There is one among us,” declared the publicity for BGLASS Week 2002, a week
in April of education and affirmation for the Seminary community regarding
issues of sexual identity. Representatives of BGLASS (an organization
serving the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, questioning, and
supportive communities at PTS) explained that the slogan not only alluded to
the statistic that one in ten people identifies as homosexual, but also to
the common motivation for loving our neighbors—the idea that Jesus is always
among us.
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Upcoming Continuing Education Events
Monday, September 23
“The Christian Pilgrimage according to George Herbert”
Diogenes Allen, PTS’s professor of philosophy emeritus, leader
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