Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
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Above: Painting by Alex Levin: “Smoke Pillar arising from Jerusalem Temple”; https://artlevin.com/ On Nov. 6, 2025, Dr. Tucker S. Ferda was installed into the Errett M. Grable Chair of New Testament Exegesis and Early Christianity at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. Below are concluding remarks from his inaugural lecture, “The Solidarity of the Messiah: Recovering Matthew’s Theology…
“As soon as I set foot on campus, I knew: ‘This is where I’m supposed to be.’ I fell in love with PTS, and I’ve invested in the work here ever since.” – The Rev. Dr. Carolyn Cranston ’99/’25 An Unexpected Opportunity Carolyn Cranston has served as the Seminary’s director of alumnae/i and church relations…
Even before the Rev. Ebony Grisom ‘25 joined Georgetown University as its director for Protestant life, there had been ongoing conversation there about how the University ought to reckon with its history as a Christian institution which owes its survival to practices of enslavement. In 1838, the Jesuit order charged with the University’s oversight sold…