By Union student and AAPI Caucus Co-chair Kathy Lin 4 min read On May 3rd, 2023, the AAPI Caucus at Union held their second annual AAPI Arts Showcase, titled ‘AAPI Legacies and Futurisms’. The Showcase proceedings, which spanned from noon through 5 PM, began with a chapel in honor of AAPI Heritage Month. The service
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President from 1999 to 2008 The Reverend Dr. Joseph C. Hough Jr., or Joe as he was known to everyone, died on May 15, 2023, a few months shy of his 90th birthday, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s. Chris Herlinger ’93 interviewed Joe for a celebratory issue of the Union News in 2008 at
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Jim Hayes, an indispensable Union Theological Seminary (UTS) mainstay for nearly 40 years, died in a North Carolina nursing home on April 14, 2023 at the age of 80. As per his wishes, there are no funeral or memorial services. Jim first came to work in the Registrar’s Office in 1968, and later he was
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Written by union students eric busby and brendan nee 4 min read Marriage equality was heralded by many as the final word on LGBTQ+ rights and inclusion, especially in the Church; but cisgender Christians, both gay and straight, miss the full hope of the resurrection when they believe the exchange of wedding vows is enough.
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Union President Rev. Dr. Serene Jones writes in Salon about the absurdity of using the Bible to justify the Republican Party’s devotion to guns. Read the op-ed below or online here. The Bible is a lynchpin of the pro-gun movement. In every corner of our country, purportedly Christian leaders lean into the narrative that bearing
Read More“Words cannot sum up how crucial his commitment and work for Union has been,” said the Rev. Dr. Serene Jones, President of the Seminary, and Johnston Family Professor for Religion and Democracy. “Mac Gatch was and had continued to be a lively and essential leadership presence at Union across many decides in his roles as
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10 min read Union Alum the Rev. Dr. Derrick McQueen ’09, ’15, is the pastor of St. James Presbyterian Church, Board Chair of the Auburn Theological Seminary, and the Associate Director for the Center on African-American Religion, Sexual Politics, and Social Justice at Columbia University. In this interview, the Union and Auburn teams joined together
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6 min read James Baldwin and Audre Lorde: two revolutionary thinkers whose legacies remain an important touchstone for those interested in the work of liberation. In the Union course The Dharma of Baldwin and Lorde, Dr. Rima Vesely-Flad and her students explore these two as icons who illuminate Buddhist teachings and provide a context for
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5 min read On November 17, 2022, Union Professor Emerita Dr. Delores S. Williams ’91 passed away at the age of 85. Dr. Williams earned her PhD from Union and later became the first Black woman to hold a named chair here as the Paul Tillich Professor of Theology and Culture. Her groundbreaking book, Sisters
Read MoreIn Memoriam, November 8, 2022 – January 30, 2023 Alums John R. Weiler `49 Maureen M. Carkeek `50 Mary E. Stoughton `51 Janet C. Spielmann `53 Mary D. Simmons `53 Frederick L. Swann `54 Edward L. Eastman `54 Nancy B. Wolcott `56 David T. Nakagawa `57 Elinor L. Yeo `58 William R. Shealy `58 Robert
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