Title: Bucher named dean of faculty at Elizabethtown College Subject: Church of the Brethren Newsline Date: April 27, 2006 From: Church of the Brethren News Services Contact: Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford V: 847/742-5100 F: 847/742-6103 E-mail: cobnews@brethren.org
CHRISTINA BUCHER NAMED DEAN OF FACULTY AT ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE
April 27, 2006 (Elgin, IL) -- Christina Bucher has been named dean of the faculty at Elizabethtown (Pa.) College. The school is a Church of the Brethren-related college.
Bucher is a 1975 graduate of Elizabethtown who has served as a member of the religious studies department faculty for nearly 20 years. She is a scholar of the Hebrew Bible and teaches in the field of biblical studies.
The Carl W. Zeigler Professor of Religion and Philosophy, Bucher served as chair of the Department of Religious Studies from 1995-2005. She also has edited the Church of the Brethren quarterly journal "Brethren Life and Thought" from 1991-1997, and is on the editorial board. Bucher has been active in the Society of Biblical Literature and is former chair of the society's "Study of Peace in Scripture" research group.
The Church of the Brethren is a Christian denomination committed to continuing the work of Jesus peacefully and simply, and to living out its faith in community. The denomination is based in the Anabaptist and Pietist faith traditions and is one of the three Historic Peace Churches. It celebrates its 300th anniversary in 2008. It counts about 130,000 members across the United States and Puerto Rico, and has missions and sister churches in Brazil, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Nigeria.
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Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford Director of News Services Church of the Brethren General Board 1451 Dundee Ave. Elgin, IL 60120 800-323-8039 ext. 260 cobnews@brethren.org
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