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Union Now the Magazine of Union Theological Seminary | Summer 2013 un Union Now The Magazine of Union Theological Seminary | Summer 2013 Religion and Democracy: Bearing Witness Events at Union Explore the Intersection of Faith and Power Students Speak Union Students Share Life Stories and Hopes for the Future Alumni/ae Profiles Union Graduates Reflect on Motivation and Mission Also: Inspired Stories of Generosity, New Faculty, Commencement Photos, and News Union Now Summer 2013 | Issue 3 Published by Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York 3041 Broadway at 121st Street New York, NY 10027 [email protected] 212-280-1591 Director of Communications & Vice President for Marketing and Editor-in-Chief Institutional Advancement Wade Bennett Bob Bomersbach Managing Editor Graphic Design Jason Wyman Ron Hester Copy Editor Photographers Leah Rousmaniere John Allen Adam Barnes Class Notes/In Memoriam Samantha Gonzalez-Block Leah Rousmaniere Ron Hester Kyeongil Jung Writers Jim Kempster John Allen Paul Knitter Luke Daniel Bauman Roy Weinstein Susan Blain Tom Zuback Shadi Halabi Union Theological Seminary Photo Archive Nathaniel Mahlberg Troy Messenger Derrick McQueen Amy Meverden On the Cover: Thia Reggio Inside View of the Union Theological Dana Ribeiro Seminary Quadrangle. Barbara Rice Photograph by Roy Weinstein Erica Richmond Dan Rohrer Andrew Schwartz Matthew Vaughan Visit us online: Janet Walton utsnyc.edu Heather Wise Jason Wyman Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/uniontheologicalseminary Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/unionseminary Watch us on YouTube: youtube.com/unionseminary 2 union now | summer 2013 Contents Features Bearing Witness 20 Events at Union Explore the Intersection of Faith and Power Students Speak 27 Union Students Share Life Stories and Hopes for the Future Alumni/ae Profiles 36 Union Graduates Reflect on Motivation and Mission Departments President’s Message 2 Union News 3 Commencement Photos 34 Class Notes 40 In Memoriam 43 20 27 36 President’s Message modern world has not seen. If that What would it mean for our society to wasn’t disturbing enough, these power- bring back into the story of our democ- ful leaders had no idea what to do about racy, a story about our national vulner- this state of affairs. These high priests ability? Even more, what would it mean are at a loss. for the high priests of our economy to It’s hard not to agree with their as- include in their grand economic strate- sessment of this loss of public trust in gies, the reality of fragility, the limits of financial institutions and their leaders. knowledge, and weakness—the limits of It applies equally, I believe, to most of our economic system and the weakness- the institutions and organizations—both es of all human actors within it. It might public and private—that comprise our mean getting rid of the notion of “high democracy. priests” altogether, in favor of a more Union students echo this when they democratic model of economic life. talk about church-life, politics, public These days, it sounds cliché to say service, and authority. I hear it, too, that owning our weakness makes us when they wrestle with the challenges of stronger, but I believe it is true. For the becoming leaders in communities where generations of scholars, ministers, and Dear Union Friends and Colleagues, ministers are eyed with deep suspicion, activists who have passed through the and where congregants have an increas- doors of Union, it’s a fundamental truth elcome to the 2013 edition of ingly difficult time sustaining church they learned to embrace while they were Union Now, the Magazine of connections because of the breakdown of here. To be vulnerable is to be human W Union Theological Seminary. trust between clergy and congregant and and to accept the beauty of our fragile This issue takes up a topic that has long between congregants themselves. And creatureliness. been central to the mission of the semi- the list goes on. When you think about it, one of the nary, Religion and Democracy. Exploring An interesting question to ask is key reasons we have the political system these two words and their inter-relation what are the qualities that make for we call “democracy” is our recognition is a complicated and often vexing enter- large-scale institutional trust as well as of collective vulnerability. It’s a bedrock prise, but one which Union is committed the more intimate personal kind. Here concept—we are equal—meaning we to engaging in our classrooms, our public are a few; authenticity, integrity, reli- are all equally human and alas, equally events, our worship services, and in the ability, transparency, steadfastness, fair vulnerable. homes and offices of our many alumni/ae mindedness, basic care, an ability to Teaching the theological reality of and friends. In this issue, the writers make people feel seen, heard, and most “vulnerability” has long been one of present multi-textured, multilayered importantly, valued. Union’s greatest strengths, born of its views on the matter. There is another quality I’d add to deep Christian roots. For 176 years, we At the concluding session of our the list. It is one that Union Professor have been teaching students to see that Economics & Theology Lecture Series Cornel West and Rob Johnson brought the point of leadership is not to rule the this year, Rob Johnson, the President of into the INET discussion. That quality is world but rather to more honestly love it. the Institute for New Economic Thinking vulnerability. It’s the ability to acknowl- It’s hard to imagine a more theologi- (INET), spoke of a recent conversation edge human limitedness, or as our great cally rich portrait of ministry than this. with a group of major financiers and theologians would have put it, our fini- Grace and justice abide there together. economists in London, whom he refers to tude. To allow oneself to be vulnerable I hope you have as much fun reading as the new “high priests” of our world. is to stand honestly present in the world, Union Now as our editorial team has They talked to him about how trou- even when it means accepting uncer- had creating it. bled they were by the pervasive loss of tainty, admitting mistakes, and owning public and personal trust in our econom- weaknesses that cannot be fixed. It also Peace, ic system and their role in it. They knew includes the ability to be responsive to that most people in the world assume and changed by the world around you. that financial leaders like themselves It means recognizing that perfect seek only personal gain and never public control is not only impossible, it can be enrichment. They were fearful that this damaging. Life doesn’t work that way. We The Rev. Dr. Serene Jones profound loss of public trust could lead are marked as much by tragedy as we are President us into a deep state of economic and by glory, and this is as true of our institu- Johnston Family Professor for social collapse, the likes of which our tions as it is of our personal lives. Religion & Democracy 2 union now | summer 2013 UNIOn NEWs To Give to Union: The Rev. Dr. John H. Fish, M.Div. 1958, Endows the Sally and John Fish Scholarship BY JASON WYMAN Why is Union such an important place for Woodlawn speak for itself that really you and why have you chosen to support shaped my energies. I began to see the it in the ways that you have? world differently because I was located Union had a profound impact on me. differently. Right after my senior year at Princeton, In 1969 the Associated colleges of the where I wrote my thesis on Reinhold Midwest asked a group of us to start an Niebuhr and went up to visit him a urban studies program in Chicago. It was couple of times, I had the opportunity to an experiential program. Students became go to Union. It was outstanding, almost immersed in the city. They lived, studied, like a continuing Liberal Arts education. and worked there 24/7. We started with So, I think that Union was an especially the students’ experience and gradually formative experience. It was an interest- larger questions emerged about power, ing time for both my wife [Sally] and me. justice, and change. It was an exciting It was a good place and time to raise a way to teach because we weren’t giving family and be challenged by the issues of answers but were helping students to ask the day. is profound. So I want Union to continue questions. The city was the teacher. And I think, Sally, who died two years to be a leader in the broadest sense. The reason I like teaching, and urban ago, would have appreciated a lasting gift experiential teaching, is that the seminar in her name. The scholarship will be the This would be a great chance to hear travels around the city all the time. We Sally and John Fish Scholarship. about what you’ve done as a minister might work with a woman on welfare in and the activism you’ve engaged in her apartment or we might meet with What are your hopes for Union as an throughout your life. some formerly incarcerated people at a institution and how do you see your gift I was a pastor in Michigan for five years, halfway house. The city is full of experi- helping to promote those hopes? and it was great time to be in a small ences. I was able to draw on the resources I want Union to be, as it was then, at the town. By 1963 a lot of things were hap- of the city as part of my curriculum.
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