fall 2014 Emory University connection Candler School of Theology 1531 Dickey Drive Atlanta, GA 30322 THE CENTENNIAL | 1914–2014 For 100 years, Candler School of Theology has prepared leaders who make a positive difference in the world. Take Angelo Luis 16T, who works with refugee children as part of his Contextual Education. For children who are learning to adapt to a new land, simple moments are a real treat—and Angelo is happy to sprinkle a little sugar along the way, offering them a sweet taste of their new home and the delicious possi- bilities of the life ahead. Candler Empowers Real Change. The Centennial Commemorative Edition Candler Connection Fall 2014 The Centennial Commemorative Edition Laurel Hanna, Editor Contributing Editors April L. Bogle Molly Edmonds Claire Asbury Lennox Candler Connection is published by the Office of Communications of Candler School of Theol- in this issue 12 ogy at Emory University and is distributed free as a service to all alumni and friends of the school. Send correspondence regarding the magazine to: Laurel Hanna, Co-Director of Communications, Candler School of Theology, 1531 Dickey Drive, Atlanta, GA 30322 or email [email protected] Community: Faculty: 02 The Collect 34 Required Reading What’s essential to the Faculty recommend top books image of Candler of the last century 04 News 14 36 39 Influential Books The latest from Candler By Candler Faculty High points in faculty scholar- 44 Giving ship during the last 100 years Continuing a legacy of Features: generosity Alumni: 12 Candler’s Genesis: The Creation Story 48 Benediction A brief overview of our earliest days 46 Class Notes Coffee and theology Luke Timothy Johnson on News from our alumni in equal parts. learning from our story 14 Centennial Medalists: This magazine may be viewed online at Sue Haupert- Extraordinary Gifts of Service www.candler.emory.edu/news/connection Johnson 95T Points of light from Candler’s first century Design by Wages Design, 36 Then & Now www.wagesdesign.com Steve Kraftchick on cultivating a great faculty Copyright 2014, Candler School of Theology, 42 Less Is More: Miniature Memoirs Emory University. All rights reserved. Alumni capture their Candler experience in six words www.candler.emory.edu 42 2 Candler Connection | Fall 2014 The Collect 3 DearIn our first 100 years,Friends, Candler School of Theology has inspired thousands of stories, transformative stories of courage, brilliance, moral fortitude— and yes, angst, regret and sorrow—stories that all blend into one glorious image of who we are. And like the mosaic at left, the larger Candler story is made up of the unique stories of our faculty, staff, friends, and 10,000+ alumni who have been the lifeblood of the school during the past century. The details of each individual photograph—or story—can be difficult to see, but when joined together, the pieces form a stunning picture that is instantly recognizable as Candler. FLIP CHALFANT As we celebrate our Centennial, we have compiled a good many individual stories that exemplify Candler. A selection of these can be The Collect found in this commemorative edition of Connection, where we share glimpses into the lives of the 56 men and women we are honoring with a Centennial Medal for their extraordinary service to the school, the church, and society. It wasn’t easy to decide which stories to tell, but the dilemma was made easier when I reflected on wisdom shared not by one of our own, but by one who is responsible for shepherding Emory University’s financial well-being. Mike Mandl, executive vice president for business and administration, spoke earlier this year to Candler’s Board of Advisors, and it was his explanation of how Emory frames the question of funding priorities that served as a guide: How do you decide what to retain from your history and what to let go of as you move forward? You retain what is essential to who you are. Candler has done that in its first 100 years. We did away with barriers to entry based on gender and race because it was essential to who we are as a Christian institution. We retained academic freedom and scholarly integrity because it was essential to who we are as an in- stitution of higher learning. We refined our emphasis on the practical applications of our work because it is essential to who we are as followers of Christ dedicated to the positive transformation of the world. And though thoroughly ecumenical today, we’ve maintained our close connection to The United Methodist Church because our identity is rooted in the Wesleyan tradition of evangelical piety, ecumenical openness, and social concern. So while there are thousands of individual stories embedded in the larger Candler story, in this Centennial year we pause to reflect on those stories that highlight what is essential to who we are today and who we hope to be tomorrow. And as we reflect on Candler’s story, I invite you to reflect on your own unique, personal Candler story. How has Candler shaped you? What of your experience here will you leave behind? What will you keep? Whatever the details, know that your abiding presence is essential to who we are—the image of Candler would be incomplete without you. Grace and peace, Jan Love Dean and Professor of Christianity and World Politics Candler News 5 Candler News An ‘Ocean of Celebration’ 1914-2014 Commemorating 100 Years Candler’s Centennial Celebration of love, grace, justice, and mercy at work in the “Candler represents that hard middle place in the Fall Convocation marked the beginning of should be. But knowing which things of the present This intentional design of the combined opened with a bang at Fall Convocation and will world,” says Dean Jan Love. “The gospel of Jesus world today in which a commitment to the faith and Candler School of Theology’s 100th academic year signal the way things should be in the future requires architecture fosters a rhythm of life where continue throughout the 2014-15 academic year, Christ demands this of us.” to the highest intellectual standards go together,” with gratitude for the past and anticipation for the prophetic discernment that must be cultivated, administration, teaching, learning, and wor- with the premiere of a new book on the school’s Johnson says. “In most places, the academy is the future. “We are swimming in an ocean of celebra- Holladay asserted. “There are many ways to cultivate ship flow together naturally. “One moves from history and a series of commemorative events, Love attributes Candler’s success in part to the place where you can study but you can’t have faith. tion,” said convocation speaker Carl Holladay, not- such gifts of discernment, but three formative classroom to library to chapel and back again culminating with a Centennial academic school’s location within Emory, a top-tier research And the church is the place where you can have faith, ing the day’s highlights: the installation of Robert elements can be singled out: a sense of inquiry, in a natural, mutually reinforcing pattern of conference in the spring. university that welcomes scholarly and practical en- but you better not be inquiring. Part of our challenge M. Franklin, Jr. as the inaugural holder of the James dialogue and worship.” formation,” he said. gagement with religion, rather than pushing it to the is to try to pull those two dimensions together and to T. and Berta R. Laney Chair in Moral Leadership, Named The Candler Centennial in Story and Prophecy, sidelines. “I’m convinced we’ve been more effective show that they are not opposites, but can be held in a a litany of dedication for Phase II of Candler’s new Those three elements, Holladay said, are evident Establishing this rhythm where theological the celebration is designed to showcase the school’s because our school of theology is part of a university healthy tension.” building, and the official start of Candler’s Centen- in the new configuration of Candler’s space, with discourse, inquiry, and adoration form an contributions to theological education and to the where religion and reason have joined together to nial Celebration. the Rita Anne Rollins Building leading to Pitts interactive experience “will give our imagined church during the past 100 years and to employ our face the challenges of the past 100 years,” she says. More than 10,000 students have graduated from Theology Library leading to Cannon Chapel. futures…a measure of realistic hope,” Holladay prophetic witness by engaging students and schol- Candler since its first degrees were conferred in Holladay, Charles Howard Candler Professor of “From Dickey Drive, one enters spaces devoted concluded. “And so equipped, we can work to ars in conversation about the future of theology in Luke Timothy Johnson, R.W. Woodruff Professor the spring of 1915. Approximately 70 percent of New Testament Studies, spoke on “Imagining the to lectures, discussion, and administration, change the way things are to the way they the church, the world, and theological education. of New Testament and Christian Origins, and chair the 7,800+ living alumni serve as ministers in Future.” As he considered various ways to choose gradually ascending to space dedicated to learning, should be.” n of Candler’s Centennial Celebration, says part of churches, and others have pursued vocations in among imagined futures, Holladay explored the inquiry, and investigation, then moving even “Since Candler’s founding, our faculty and student Candler’s role going forward should be to continue non-profits, education, law, business, social justice, idea that the subtle power of the status quo convinc- higher to a place of prayer, praise, and body have borne witness to the transforming power to hold religion and reason in “healthy tension.” and the arts.