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16-April-1997 
97164 
 
                 News of Theological Institutions 
 
                          by Alexa Smith 
 
PRINCETON, N.J.--Choon-Leong Seow, the Henry Snyder Gehman professor of Old 
Testament language and literature at Princeton Theological Seminary, has 
been named a Henry Luce II Fellow in Theology by the Association of 
Theological Schools in the United States and Canada.  One of eight fellows 
selected for the 1997-98 academic year, Seow will receive a grant that 
enables him to devote one year to research and publication in biblical 
theology.  His project is "Rehabilitating  the Preacher': Understanding 
Ecclesiastes in Its Sociohistorical Context." 
 
PITTSBURGH-- Pittsburgh Theological Seminary will host its first "Summer 
Youth Institute," July 12-18, on the seminary campus for 40 high school 
seniors interested in preparation for ministry.  Scott Sunquist, the 
McClure associate professor of world mission and evangelism, is directing 
the institute, and Robert Kelley, Shoemaker professor of Bible and 
archaeology, will lead Bible studies.  Classes will be taught by seminary 
faculty and staff and the week will include visits to local mission sites 
and testimonies from alumni/ae. 
 
ATLANTA--The Interdenominational Theological Center (ITC) awarded its 1997 
Outstanding Community Service Award to General Assembly Council member Ann 
Cousins and her husband, Tom, philanthropists and leaders in Atlanta.  The 
award was bestowed April 3 during the retirement banquet for ITC's 
president, Dr. James H. Costen. 
 
LOUISVILLE, Ky.--Dr. George D. Carter, director of field education and 
clinical pastoral education at Louisville Presbyterian Theological 
Seminary, has been awarded a $5,000 grant from the Office of Health 
Ministries of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).  Carter will be developing 
coursework for seminary students and pastors on ways to deal with stress 
and to avoid professional burn-out.  The project's aim is to synthesize 
clinical strategies and theological interpretations to relate health, 
meditation, spirituality and personal care. 
 
DECATUR, Ga.--Nancy T. Ammerman, professor of sociology of religion at 
Hartford Seminary, and Howard Rice, professor of ministry and chaplain at 
San Francisco Theological Seminary, are the keynoters for Columbia 
Theological Seminary's Colloquium  97, April 21- 23, at Columbia 
Presbyterian Church, 711 Kirk Rd., Decatur.  Ammerman's lectures will be 
held at 9:15 a.m. April 22 and 23 on the subjects "Congregations in the 
Wilderness of Change" and "Congregations Looking Toward the Future," 
respectively.  Rice will speak at 10:45 a.m. April 22 and 23, on the 
subjects "Ministry in the Midst of Change" and "Ministry as Spiritual 
Guidance," respectively. Calvin O. Butts III, pastor of Abyssian Baptist 
Church in New York City, is the colloquium's guest preacher.  Services are 
at 8 p.m. April 21-22. 
 
DUBUQUE, Iowa--A Native American Christian History Consultation was held 
April 17-20 at the Sinsinawa Mound Center, sponsored by the University of 
Dubuque Theological Seminary and the Presbyterian Historical Society.  The 
consultation brought together Native American leaders and scholars of 
Native American history from across the nation to explore the history and 
issues surrounding the development of Christian faith among peoples 
indigenous to North America.  It was co-directed by Bradley J. Longfield, 
associate professor of church history, and Bonnie Sue Lewis, assistant 
professor of mission and Native American Christianity. 
 
PRINCETON, N.J.-- A volume of essays by 13 members of the Princeton 
Theological Seminary faculty on gender issues in the Christian tradition 
and the present-day church has just been released by the Westminster/John 
Knox Press.  Titled "Women, Gender and Christian Community," the book was 
edited by Jane Dempsey Douglass, the seminary's Hazel Thompson McCord 
professor of historical theology, and James F. Kay, associate professor of 
homiletics and litrugy. 

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