A Lived Theology SPRING 2004 INSIDE GRADUATE’S WORK FOCUSES on FAITH and IDENTITY

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A Lived Theology SPRING 2004 INSIDE GRADUATE’S WORK FOCUSES ON FAITH AND IDENTITY

For Uria h Kim, May 2004 marked a new tra nsition: gra dua ting from the GTU with a Ph. D .in Biblical Studies, and preparing to move east for his new position as assista nt professo r of Hebrew Bible at Cani sius College in Buff a lo,NY .Kim’s story refl ects a series of such changes and life- tra nsforma tions, as he exp lores what it means to be a perso n of fa ith, a scholar,a teacher,and an Asian - A m erican. Born to a Buddh i st fami ly in Korea, he came to the Uni ted Sta tes at the age of 10 and converted to Chr istian i ty at 18.Kim was struggling at the time with exi stentia l questions about mora lity and death that he could not reso lve thr ough Buddh i sm. He was also FROM THE PRESIDENT 2 trying to understa nd what it is to be “‘ a hyphenated being.’Am I a Korean living in the Uni ted Sta tes, ”he exp lains, “or an Am erican wh o happens to be Korean, or somethi ng else ? ” In Chr istian i ty Kim MATSUOKA ON PLURALISM 3 foun d a reso lution to his centra l concerns, both about salvation and about his own identity. Kim had many more changes ahead of him . He went to engineering ASIAN THEOLOGIES AT THE GTU 3 sc hool first, then switched to phi loso phy.After gra dua ting from New York Uni versity,he enr olled in Princeton Theological Semi nary,intending to work in a parish. He earned his M.Div.from Princeton, and a Th . M .( m agna cum laude) from Emory Uni versity. COMMENCEMENT 2004 4-5 When the 1992 Los Angeles riots took place, Kim foun d that his faith jour ney was shi fting again. As he saw it, the Korean immi gr a nt chur ches weren’t able to respond eff ectively to the crisis, reacting in a more insular way.“As second- g enera tion Koreans, I felt we needed to formulate a ETHICS AND theology that could respond coherently to situa tions lik e the riots , ”he says. Kim went into doctora l PUBLIC LIFE LECTURE 7 work so that he could contribute to such a theology.

Dra wn to the GTU by its interdisc i plinary approach and the depth and diversity of the faculty,he IRAQ PROPOSAL WINS AWARD 7 was also ,he admit s , impresse d by its location overlooking the San Fra ncis c o Bay.Kim’s doctora l work culmi nated in a disse rta tion exp loring the need to newly interpret the Hebrew Bible to Photos : readers in their local contexts toda y,particularly in Asian - A m erican context s . “How can we read Mistie Shaw (M.A. ’0 4 ) , Timothy Baba lis the Bible, ”he asks , “by bringing in our exp erience and our history,ra ther than leaving them at the (Ph . D . ’04) and Rachel Ann Metheny (Ph. D .’0 4 ) door? ” PS R's Jeff rey Ku an ,w ho was Kim's adviso r dur ing his doctora l work, comments that he is “one of the finest students we have had in the last 10 years. ”Kim's academi c achie v ement was recogni z ed by the Fun d for Theological Education ,w h ich gra nted him thr ee years of fi nanci a l support. He also received a Newh all Award and a Presidentia l Scholarshi p from the GTU. His time at the GTU has been rich both inside the classroom and in the commun i ty; he has been active in local chur ches and organi z a tions such as PSR’s PAN A Institute, and has taught ext ensively Founded in 1962,the Gradua te Theological at SFT S and PSR. His wife Crysta l and he are raising two chi ldren, Hope and Ad am ,w ho are eig ht Union educates women and men in and four . theological scholarship and church Kim’s futur e colleagues and students are sur e to encoun ter a professo r whose love of the subject leadership. The GTU seeks to tea ch mat t er will off er them new perspectives that conn ect scholarshi p to their life context s . Teachi ng,he has learned, is his true calling.“When you see students gra sping a complex idea, it’s really fun , ”he patterns of faith that nurture justice and sa ys. “The respect and aff ection that dev elop betw een students and teacher is very meani ngful. ” peace,and to equip leaders for a world of Uriah Kim’s remarks at the 2004 commencement,“Knowledge and Jeong on Holy Hill,” can be read diverse religions and cultures. at www.gtu.edu/lect_other.php GTUCurren ts Currents presents the news, people, and progress of the Graduate Theological Union. Published three times a year, Currents is distributed to alumni, Dear GTU Community, faculty,students, staff, and friends of the GTU. “What are the skills that will be essential for the theological and religious leaders of tomor- row?”This is one of the main questions I have posed to the GTU community as we develop a President: James A. Donahue strategic focus for our future. I believe that these skills must include: Dean and Vice President for Academic Affairs: • The skill of dialogue: the capacity to speak and to listen well,to empathize, to under Arthur G. Holder stand, to relate, and to cross over. Vice President for Advancement: Jane E. Whitfield • The ability to bridge differences: to identify common goals and goods in order to Vice President for Finance and Administration: Steven G. Argyris create bonds between people with opposing views, and to encourage understanding across Christian denominations and other religious traditions. Library Director: Bonnie Hardwick Currents Editor: Damaris Moore • Community building skills: to bring people together in search of new forms of support and mutual understanding. Editorial Assistant: Jenny Veninga Photos: Dana Davis • Knowledge of history and traditions: to understand the past, because the future will depend on creative and critical appropriations of history and traditions. 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The vitality of the GTU community testifies Church Divinity School of the Pacific to our success in achieving this goal, and in continually finding the forward edge that will Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology deepen our dialogue and collaboration. Franciscan School of Theology The GTU is the only theological consortium in the nation with affiliated academic centers of Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley Jewish and Buddhist studies.We are working to increase our diversity and to expand our understanding of pluralism, through projects such as the new Asian Theologies initiative, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary described later in this issue. Pacific School of Religion The erosion of community in our country has been documented by many scholars, notably San Francisco Theological Seminary our own Robert Bellah. The rampant individualism of our culture and the “turn to the self”in Starr King School for the Ministry religious discourse and practice has imperiled genuine community.If we are to craft a world in which our common humanity can flourish, the ability of leaders to build community is of ACADEMIC PROGRAM UNITS the essence. Center for the Study of Religion and Culture This is why the GTU is committed to being a place where our commonalities are as profound Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish Studies as our differences;where we learn from the particularity and uniqueness of each individual Center for Women and Religion and tradition,rather than allowing our differences to divide us; and where our life together as a learning community empowers our students and faculty to help build new structures of AFFILIATES association and bonds of harmony,justice, and peace. 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James A. Donahue Currents is printed on recycled and recyclable paper using soy inks. The Promise and Pain of Pluralism Asian Theologies Fum it a ka Mats uoka, “Voices and Visions” cours e , for exa mple, at the GTU wh ose life history, students exp lore a variety of perspectives, sc holarshi p, and from the writings of so uthern Baptist teachi ng center aroun d preacher Will Campbell and Confuci a n As the leading progra m for theological issues of plur a lism, is sc holar Tu Wei Min, to writers such as bell sc holarshi p that crosse s over tra ditional the second reci pient of hooks , Max i ne Hong Kingston, and Elia s divides of fa ith ,r ace, and culture , the the annu a l Sarlo Chacour ,a Palestini a n Chr istian . GTU is dev eloping a new ini tia tive that Excellence in Teachi ng will integra te Asia n theologies and Award.Thi s award,given by the Sarlo cultur es into our cur riculum and Fou nd ation, honors a core doctora l faculty “The strength of the GTU is conso rtia l life, benefi ting students and member whose teachi ng incorpora tes the to work together, with all the fa culty thr oughout the GTU.Asia n values of interrelig ious dia logue and an theology in Am erica toda y is challenging interdisc i plinary approach to teachi ng. differences, but not defeated the missionary and neo- c oloni a l Mats uoka is professo r of theology at Pacif i c by them.” assum ptions that underlie much Sc hool of Relig ion and the GTU. He is also tra ditional theological scholarshi p. executive director of PS R’s Institute for Refl ecting a worldwide movement of Mats uoka has published thr ee books hi story toward freedom and democr a cy, Leadershi p Dev elopment and Study of Pacif i c exp loring cross- c ultur a l and cross- e thn i c and Asia n North Am erican Relig ion (PAN A thi s new theology is base d on the dimensions of fa ithful Chr istian i ty.He is authentic exp eriences of Asia n peoples. Institute) . cur rently working on a book dev oted to “Plur a lism embra ces issues that are loaded exp loring the contempora ry Asian - A m erican Asia n Theologies and Perspe ctives in with people’s pain— a lienation ,m isun der- contribution to the dev elopment of the North American Theological Education, sta nding, and estra ngement, ”he says. It is Chr istia n faith. “The norma tiveness of wh i ch is fun ded in part by the Henr y not a “roma ntic notion of all these diff erent Chr istian i ty is no longer assum ed,”he says. Luce Found a tion, will be carried out in peoples comi ng together and holding hands. “Now,wh en Confuci a n or Buddh i st partnershi p with the Uni ted Board for But, if we are honest about those exp eriences tra ditions, for insta nce, collide with the Chr istia n Hig her Education in Asia , as of pain, we can begin to understa nd,out of Chr istia n tra dition, there is no longer a power well as other Asia n organi z a tions. A our own faith perspective, the possibilities diff erential . They collide on the same lev el, challenge gra nt from an anonymous and promi se of the relationshi ps betw een and somethi ng stra nge happens that we don’t donor has also been received, requiring people.” yet have the langua ge to desc r ibe.”Mats uoka thr ee million dollars to be raise d in the desc r ibes that collision as the place of the next four years for progra ms in Asian - Mats uoka locates his own faith life in the Pacif i c theology. question of wh at it means to live with “holy ambig uity.” incongruity.He belongs to Chur ch of the The GTU its e lf has undergone what he calls From our foun ding in 1962, the GTU's Brethr en, a soci a lly consc i ous, commun i ty- “a tremendous change, a sea change”over the commi tment has been to plur a lism and oriented denomi nation that orig inated as a past decades, as it has come to understa nd diversity in relig ious exp ression. Thi s combination of the left- w ing 16th-c entur y more deeply the importa nce of relig ious, commi tment is deepened thr ough the Anabaptist tra dition together with rac i al , and cultur a l diversity.For him, the Asia n Theologies project, in ways that 18 th-c entur y Pietism. Yet, he was raise d in a challenge of our futur e rests in becomi ng capita liz e on the GTU faculty's exp ertise ; se culariz ed version of the Buddh i st, Shi nto, attu n ed to the voices that have not been location on the Pacif i c Rim; student and Confuci a n tra ditions in Japan. represe nted in the past, and disc erni ng how population; and exi sting centers and “In one sense it’s lik e putt ing oil and water these perspectives can become part of the institutes. The project director is the well- together,”he says. “I do claim myse lf as a conversa tion and structur e of the GTU.“The known scholar Choan- S eng Song,a PSR Chr istian , but I can’t ignore my upbringing, strength of the GTU is to work together,”he fa culty member.The project will wh i ch is so tota lly diff erent from Abra hami c sa ys, “with all the diff erences, but not ev entua lly serve as a model for tra ditions. ” defeated by them. We can trust that integra ting Asia n theologies into the so methi ng vita l will come out of this . ”C landsc ape of theological education. Look Incorpora ting interrelig ious and for more informa tion in upcomi ng issues interdisc i plinary perspectives is centra l to Lectu res and sermons by Dr.Mats uoka are of Currents .C Mats uoka’s approach to teachi ng both available at www.p sr.e du, under the Faculty advanced and introductory classes . In his se ction. The GTU extends its warmest Mary Therese DesCamp Rachel Ann Metheny Steven Joseph Schloeder congratulations to the Biblical Studies • Faith and Ethics and Social Theory Art and Religion • The Church of graduating students of October Politics, Metaphor and Meaning: “Give Me Thy Hand”:A New the Year 2000:A Dialogue on 2003 and May 2004. Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum Understanding of Eroticism for Catholic Architecture for the Third and Literary Methods through a the United Methodist Church Millennium DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Cognitive Lens Vijayalaks hmi Nakk a - C amma uf Richard Stevens Timothy J. Babalis Serguei B. 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For more upda tes and to send in your news, visit www.gt u . e du KAREN LEBACQZ, Robert Gordon Sproul KARI ANN OWEN (Ph.D,’78; formerly Professor of Theological Ethics at Pacific School Karen Iris Bogen) was granted a festival waiver MARVIN BROWN (Ph.D.’78),a lecturer at of Religion, retired from her teaching duties package from the Very Special Arts organization the University of San Francisco, will publish this spring after serving on the faculty for 31 to hear the presentation of her literary/dramatic Creating Corporate Integrity: A Civic Perspe ctive years.Dr. Lebacqz was honored through an work at the VSA Festival in Washington D.C.in on Business Ethics and Leadership this fall. ethics symposium this spring, as well as the June 2004. Her play,“Crisis,” concerns the establishment of a new student scholarship relationship of John and Jacqueline Kennedy on TOM FERGUSON (Ph.D.’02) is associate at PSR. the eve of the Cuban Missile Crisis. director for the office of ecumenical and interfaith relations of the Episcopal Church, Nominate the 2004 JAY ROCK (Ph.D. ’86) is the coordinator of U.S.A., in New York City. the Presbyterian Church USA’s Inter-Faith Alum of the Year Relations Office.He is writing a guide for MICHELLE A. GONZALEZ (Ph.D.’01) Please let us know your Presbyterians to use in connection with a recently published Sor Jua na: Beauty and Justice candidates! Send nominations, project of the Union for Reformed Judaism, in the Americas. She is assistant professor of including special achievements Ope n Doors, Ope n Minds: Synagogues and theological studies at Loyola Marymount or accomplishments, to Churches Stu dying Together. [email protected] University in Los Angeles. (or phone 510/649-2420), by July 31. NAOMI SEIDMAN,director of the Richard S.Dinner Center for Jewish Studies, has been BR. LAWRENCE HALEY, FSC (M.A.’81) The Alum of the Year will be honored at is director of technology and religion teacher at the annual GTU alumni luncheon at awarded a 2004-2005 Lilly Theological Scholars Cathedral High School in Los Angeles. the AAR/SBL conference in November, Grant from the Association of Theological in San Antonio, TX. 2003’s Alum of the Schools. The grant will allow her to finish her JUAN L. HINOJOSA (Ph.D. ’84) is the Year was Joanna Dewey, Academic book, Faithful Renderings: Jewish- C hristia n Dean at Episcopal Divinity School—you director of the Chicago Catholic Enterprise Diff erence and the Politics of Translation. can read about her and other notable Mission,a business program that assists alums at www.gtu.edu low-income entrepreneurs.He also serves as LAUVE STEENHUISEN (Ph.D.’84) teaches director of the Chicago Catholic Medical in theology and women's studies at Georgetown Mission. University. She is writing a book on “feminist LAUREN MACKINNON, a first year lived religion and the interstices of autonomy doctoral student in ethics and social theory, and community.” CHERYL KIRK-DUGGAN, former director has been named a 2004 Civitas scholar by the of the GTU’s Center for Women and Religion, Center for Public Justice. She will participate in has edited a new book, Pregnant Passion: Gender, MARTHA ELLEN STORTZ, professor of a summer seminar for doctoral students on Sex, and Violence in the Bible.The essays in the historical theology and ethics at Pacific faith and public affairs,which is co-sponsored book include contributions from GTU faculty Lutheran Theological Seminary, has a new book by the Center for Public Justice, the American members Barbara Green, Gina Hens-Piazza, and out, A World According to God: Practices for Enterprise Institute and the Brookings Mary Donovan Turner. Putt ing Faith at the Center of Your Life. Institution. DANA KRAMER-ROLLS (M.A.’94; Ph.D. SHIBLEY TELHAMI (M.A.’78) is the Anwar JOHN MCLAIN (M.A.’94) is associate ’00) will publish The Way of the Cat,on the Sadat Professor for Peace and Development at director for education services at the spirituality of learning from our non-human the University of Maryland-College Park. Washington Higher Education Coordinating companions. Telhami has served as adviser to the United Board in Olympia.He directs Washington state's States Mission to the United Nations, and has GEAR UP program,which helps low-income published extensively on foreign policy and SOO-YOUNG KWON (Ph.D. ’03) has been students and students of color prepare for appointed assistant professor of pastoral Middle Eastern affairs.C college.His wife, Carrie Stringer (M.Div.SKSM theology at the United Graduate School of ’93), teaches art at an elementary school. Theology at Yonsei University in Korea. McCoy Lecture on Ethics Scholarship Awarded for and Public Life Student’s Iraq Proposal This April,the GTU and Pacific School of Religion presented the inaugural lecture in religion, ethics and public life, honoring the life and work of Dr. Charles S. McCoy (1923-2002).A well-known scholar, theologian and activist, McCoy was the founder of First-year doctoral student Robert Daren Erisman the Center for Ethics and Social Policy,and professor of theological ethics at PSR and was thrilled to learn that he had won a $10,000 the GTU for 33 years. award earlier this year for an original essay on Phi lip A. Marineau, president and CEO of Lev i Stra uss & Co., “The Saladin Solution,”which presents a model for spoke on “Leadershi p and Ethi cs in an Age of Globaliz a tion. ”Lev i U.S.-Iraq relations. Stra uss, long known for its commi tment to soci a l responsibility, Erisman draws his suggestions from the life of had been the focus of rese arch done by McC oy and his assoc i a tes. Saladin,a twelfth-century Muslim ruler who was Leading the panel disc ussion were Mark Juergensmeyer from both a great military strategist and a generous and Uni versity of Californi a , Santa Barbara ; Phi llip Mullins from humane leader.Most remarkable to Erisman is the Missou r i Western Sta te College; Edwin Epstein, professo r emeritus way Saladin employed the Arabic concept of hilm, at the Haas School of Business, Uni versity of Californi a , Berkeley; which describes the virtue of one who has the and JSTB professo r Lisa Fullam. GTU President James A. Donahue power to destroy, but instead shows tolerance and modera ted the disc ussion. generosity.Applied to the context of U.S.-Iraq rela- Contributions to support the future of the lectureship may be sent to the Graduate tions, Erisman suggests that a spirit of hilm would Theological Union,2400 Ridge Road, Berkeley CA 94709, designated to the McCoy catalyze the humane rebuilding of Iraq and foster Lectures Fund. For more information, please call 510/649-2420 or e-mail hope for the Iraqi people. [email protected].

New Advancement Executive “I hope to be a bridge between the The GTU is pleased to announce that Jane Whitfield has joined the consortium as the traditions. We care about the same God.” vice president for advancement.Whitfield has previous development and director experience for the California Culinary Academy Educational Foundation and Bay Area As both a Lutheran pastor and a scholar of Islam, Legal Aid. GTU President Donahue commented that Whitfield“brings an enormous Erisman seeks to foster dialogue between the two range of expertise in the advancement field as well as a deep understanding of the religions that inspire him.“I hope to be a bridge work of the GTU. The combination of her skills and her commitment to the mission of between the traditions,” he says.“We care about the the GTU will be a great asset to us as the work of the advancement office continues to same God.”At the GTU, Erisman is combining his grow.” interests in Islam and Christianity with current explorations in science and theology. New Presidents at FST and DSPT The scholarship, given by the GTU’s online Ending their terms as presidents are William Cieslak from Franciscan School of applications provider College.Net, will enable him Theology, and Gregory Rocca from Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology.We to focus on his studies, including coursework in welcome new DSPT president Michael Sweeney and new FST president Mario DiCicco Germa n and Ara bic. to the GTU consortium. At the heart of hi s pra ctical goal of teachi ng in relig ious studies and theology lies a sincere appreci a tion for the wonder of relig ious faith in all GTU Board of Trustees Departures its forms. For him, quite simply,“it is mira culous. ” C Thomas J.Clarke, Louise A. LaMothe, Fumitaka Matsuoka, Peggy Hansen Olsen, and —Jenny Veninga,GTU doctoral student David D.O’Neill are ending their terms as GTU trustees this spring.We thank them for their faithful service to the GTU, and wish them well in all their future endeavors.C For a link to Erisman’s essay, visit www.gtu.edu/news_announcements.php NON–PROFIT ORG. U.S. POSTAGE PAID BERKELEY, CA PERMIT NO. 930

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“The GTU is a place where you can be who you are, in the best possible sense, while respecting and understanding the other. Students at the GTU emerge with a greater appreciation for and open- ness to others,which they take with them to their future Blessing of the Crush communities. This goes for trustees as well—we all learn 6:30 pm on Wednesday, October 6,2004 so much from each other.” Westin St. Francis, San Francisco —Rita Semel,a longtime trustee Please join us for our third annual black-tie gala, Blessing of the Crush.An elegant and exciting evening of and contributor to the GTU. of wine-tasting and dinner, this event is a chance for Semel is also chair of the Global friends and members of the GTU community to gather Council of the United Religions together and celebrate the accomplishments of the Initiative, and the executive vice past year, while raising money to support student scholarships. GTU trustee Susan Cook Hoganson and chair of the San Francisco Peggy Hansen Olsen are the event co-chairs. Call Interfaith Council. 510/649-2420 or e-mail [email protected] for information and reservations.