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McCormick lends expertise to new Bible translation

From faculty to students, alumni/ae and trustees, the McCormick community is bringing its cross-cultural and ecumenical values to bear on a major new project called the Common English Bible

The Common English Bible (CEB) is a translation of the Bible designed to maximize accessibility to ancient scriptural texts and enhance church worship and personal study for a broad spectrum of contemporary Christians. The project is scheduled for completion in the fall of 2011, and a free PDF download of the Gospel of Matthew is available now at www.commonenglishbible.com.

According to Dr. Lib Caldwell, an ordained Presbyterian (PCUSA), Walker Professor of Pastoral Theology at McCormick and Readability Editor on the CEB’s Editorial Board, one of the most inspiring

LEAD 2010 draws 300 for “Educating the Diverse Church”

Offering a day of programming worthy of its theme, L.E.A.D. 2010: Educating the Diverse Church brought together Presbyterians from the Chicago area to explore topics ranging from social media to culturally-conscious worship, from dreams and the spiritual life to financial management. More than...

Former New Testament professor Clinton Morrison dies at 85

McCormick Theological Seminary has received word of the death of Dr. Clinton D. Morrison Jr. on March 2, 2010, at Corvallis Manor Nursing Center in Corvallis, Oregon. He was 85

Alum Jaime Guillermo Yela profiled by Presbyterian News Service

STATESVILLE, N.C. — All good ideas have their time to come alive. For more than a decade, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America had been in conversation about starting a ministry for immigrants in New Mexico, but things just never came together. But the...

Tanzer explores roots of Jewish-Christian difference in Goldstein Lectures

If Christians and Jews share many of the same foundational biblical texts, why does misunderstanding about their respective traditions persist? Dr. Sarah Tanzer, Professor of New Testament and Early Judaism at McCormick Theological Seminary, addresses this and related questions in the two-part...