http://www.pts.edu News concerning the Seminary Community en-us http://www.pts.edu/David%20Noel%20Freedman.pdf http://www.pts.edu/David%20Noel%20Freedman.pdf Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:27:00 GMT Dr. David Noel Freedman, respected biblical scholar and beloved former professor at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary died Tues., April 8. http://www.pts.edu/Spring%20Concert.pdf http://www.pts.edu/Spring%20Concert.pdf Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:27:00 GMT The 35-voice Pittsburgh Theological Seminary Choir, under the direction of the Rev. George E. Tutwiler, organist-choirmaster, will present their Spring Concert Wed., April 23 at 7:30 p.m. in the Hicks Chapel Sanctuary. http://www.pts.edu/Alumnaei%20Days%202008.pdf http://www.pts.edu/Alumnaei%20Days%202008.pdf Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:44:00 GMT Pittsburgh Theological Seminary will honor four distinguished alums and welcome nearly 200 returning grads to Alumnae/i Days, April 23-25. Highlights of the event include presentations by distinguished alums, reunions for the 50-year, 25-year, 10-year, and 5-year classes, tours of the city, a book signing with faculty, and three special lectures. http://www.pts.edu/Albright-Deering%20Lectures.pdf http://www.pts.edu/Albright-Deering%20Lectures.pdf Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:44:00 GMT Pittsburgh Theological Seminary will hold the annual Albright-Deering Lectures in Methodist Studies Thurs., April 24. Dr. Marjorie Hewitt Suchocki, professor emerita at the Claremont School of Theology, will present two lectures on the theme "A Plain Account of a Plain Account (of Christian Perfection)." All events are free and open to the public. http://www.pts.edu/Aracheology%20Reed%20Lecture.pdf http://www.pts.edu/Aracheology%20Reed%20Lecture.pdf Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:44:00 GMT Pittsburgh Theological Seminary will hold "Excavating the Galilean House: Jesus, Judaism, and Roman Rule" Thurs., April 24 at 7:30 p.m. Jonathan L. Reed, professor of religion at the University of La Verne, La Verne, Calif., will present the lecture. This event, held in the Hicks Chapel, is free and open to the public. The Bible Lands Museum will be open 5:00-7:15 p.m. and following the lecture. http://www.pts.edu/Henderson%20Lectures.pdf http://www.pts.edu/Henderson%20Lectures.pdf Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:44:00 GMT Pittsburgh Theological Seminary will hold the annual J. Hubert Henderson Conference on Church and Ministry Fri., April 25. J. Wentzel van Huyssteen, James I. McCord professor of theology and science at Princeton Theological Seminary, will present two lectures and a chapel talk on the theme ""Human Uniqueness in Science and Theology." All events are free and open to the public. http://www.pts.edu/Summer%20Leadership%20Conference.pdf http://www.pts.edu/Summer%20Leadership%20Conference.pdf Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:44:00 GMT Pittsburgh Theological Seminary will host keynote speakers Ronald W. Richardson and Marsha Foster Boyd during its annual Summer Leadership Conference, June 8-11. Participants will explore "Signs of a Healthier Church in Polarizing Times" while attending daily workshops and worship services. http://www.pts.edu/vandrielpr.pdf http://www.pts.edu/vandrielpr.pdf Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:14:00 GMT Pittsburgh Theological Seminary Board of Directors has named Dr. Edwin Chr. van Driel as an assistant professor of theology. van Driel currently serves as a post-doctoral fellow in the department of theology at Fordham University. He was awarded degrees in both theology and philosophy from Utrecht University in the Netherlands, and he received two master's degrees and a doctorate in religious studies (theology) from Yale University. van Driel's dissertation is entitled "Incarnation Anyway: Argument for Supralapsarian Christology," and it will be published by Oxford University Press this summer. Originally from the Netherlands, he currently lives in Bloomfield, Conn., where his wife, the Rev. Kimberly Miller van Driel, serves as a pastor.