Austin Seminary - Recent News

Austin Seminary - Recent Newshttp://www.austinseminary.eduRecent news from Austin Seminary!<br />enFri, 09 May 2008 22:41:42 -0500FeedCreator 1.7.21473364http://www.feedburner.comAustin Seminarys Allan Cole writes book on mourninghttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AustinPresbyterianTheologicalSeminary/~3/285665225/index.phpwebmaster@austinseminary.edu (Administrator)Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0500AUSTIN— Good Mourning: Getting through Your Grief, written by Nancy Taylor Williamson Associate Professor of Pastoral Care Allan H. Cole Jr., has just been published by Westminster John Knox Press. An excerpt from the release by Westminster/John Knox says: Losing someone or something we love can be devastating. Once the shock subsides, it is time to grieve. The goal: mourning. Professor of pastoral care Allan Cole describes grief as “a precursor to mourning” in his new book, Good Mourning: Getting through Read more... (http://www.austinseminary.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=363&Itemid=99999999)http://www.austinseminary.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=363&Itemid=99999999Tibetan Monks to visit Austin Seminaryhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AustinPresbyterianTheologicalSeminary/~3/277869177/index.phpwebmaster@austinseminary.edu (Administrator)Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0500AUSTIN—A group of Tibetan Monks from Gaden Shartse Monastery will give a presentation on the “Unity of Religions” on the Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary campus May 6. The event will be at 7:30 p.m. in McMillan Hall, Rm. 210. It is open to the public. The Gaden Shartse monastery and school belongs to the Gelug tradition, the lineage of the Dalai Lama. The monastery was founded in south India in 1969 by monks exiled from Tibet, desiring to maintain their religious tradition. The monks Read more... (http://www.austinseminary.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=360&Itemid=99999999)http://www.austinseminary.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=360&Itemid=99999999Zambian Devison T. Banda to address Austin Seminary graduateshttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AustinPresbyterianTheologicalSeminary/~3/277869180/index.phpwebmaster@austinseminary.edu (Administrator)Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0500AUSTIN—The Reverend Dr. Devison T. Banda, principal of Justo Mwale Theological College in Lusaka, Zambia, will address graduates at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary’s commencement on Sunday, May 25, 2008, at 2:30 p.m. Justo Mwale Theological College is a sister school of Austin Seminary. Fifty-seven students are expected to receive degrees: forty-four, the Master of Divinity; seven, the Master of Arts in Theological Studies; and six, the Doctor of Ministry. Banda has a PhD, a master’s degree in New Testament, and an honors degree from the University Read more... (http://www.austinseminary.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=361&Itemid=99999999)http://www.austinseminary.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=361&Itemid=99999999$2 million grant largest ever received by Austin Seminaryhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AustinPresbyterianTheologicalSeminary/~3/271607129/index.phpwebmaster@austinseminary.edu (Administrator)Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0500AUSTIN—Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary is pleased to announce that as part of its $25 million centennial fundraising campaign, including the planned residence hall and parking structure, the John F. and Nancy Anderson House, it has secured a $2 million challenge grant from the J. E. and L. E. Mabee Foundation, Inc., of Tulsa, Oklahoma. This is the largest grant by a foundation or living donor in Austin Seminary’s history. The largest grant from a foundation prior to this was a five-year, $1,563,641 grant from Lilly Endowment, Inc., for Austin Seminary’s Read more... (http://www.austinseminary.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=357&Itemid=99999999)http://www.austinseminary.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=357&Itemid=99999999