John W. de Gruchy, emeritus professor of Christian studies at the University of Cape Town, and Extraordinary Professor of Theology at Stellenbosch University, has a new book out, published by Wipf and Stock (October 2022). ABOUT THE BOOK: Wipf & Stock, October 2022 The COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine have starkly reminded us [...]
Book Announcement: Appointments with Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Personal Faith & Public Responsibility in a Fragmenting World (by Keith Clements)
A New Book by Rev. Dr. Keith Clements, former General Secretary of the Conference of European Churches, August 2022 Published by T&T Clark, 2022 Keith Clements sets out how and why Dietrich Bonhoeffer, more than 75 years after his execution by the Nazis, still speaks cogently to both the churches and society. Beginning with the [...]
Ph.D. Announcement: Congratulations to Rev. Dr. Claire Hein Blanton
Dissertation: Rev. Dr. Claire Hein Blanton “Between Resistance and Submission: Bonhoeffer, Luther, and Christian Witness as Political Theology” Congratulations to Rev. Dr. Claire Hein Blanton who received her Ph.D. from the University of Aberdeen this second week of July 2022. Her thesis was written under the supervision of Dr. Philip Ziegler and Dr. Michael Mawson. [...]
World Council of Churches Webinar (September 2021)
The right word at the right time? Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the ecumenical witness for justice and peace This year sees the 90th anniversary of the entry of Dietrich Bonhoeffer into the ecumenical movement and its witness for peace. Dietrich Bonhoeffer Bonhoeffer was a youth delegate at the International Conference of the World Alliance for International Friendship [...]
In Memoriam: Clarke Chapman
G. Clarke Chapman (1934-2021) December 1, 1934 – February 11, 2021 G. Clarke Chapman was born in California and trained at Boston University. He served on the faculty of the Department of Religion at Moravian College for his entire career, from 1963 until his retirement in 2006. Clarke and his family had several stays abroad [...]