Iliff School of TheologyHonors Convocation

May 29, 2013

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Order of CelebrationMay 29, 2013

Prelude “Tocatta in Seven” by John Rutter Frank Perko III, organist Minister of Music

First Plymouth Congregational ChurchUnited Church of Christ

*Processional Hymn “Bring Many Names” The Faith We Sing Page 2047

Invocation Heike Peckruhn PhD Student

Welcome and Introduction of the Speaker Dr. Albert Hernández Interim President ChiefExecutiveOfficer Associate Professor of the History of Christianity

Faculty Recognition Dr. Debbie Creamer Interim Dean and Vice President for Academic Affairs Director of Library and Information Services Associate Professor of Theological Bibliography

Reading 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 Laura Ralston MASC Student

Address “The Authority of Being Wrong” Nadia Bolz-Weber (MDIV ‘08) Pastor, House for All Sinners and Saints

Presentation of Awards Dr. Albert Hernández Dr. Debbie Creamer

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Staff Years of Service Awards Dr. Albert Hernández35 Years of Service - Katie Fisher30 Years of Service - Alice Runis30 Years of Service - Sandy Smith 15 Years of Service - Debbie Creamer 15 Years of Service - Kelly McCormick10 Years of Service - Laura Harris 5 Years of Service - Mary Sue Alexander5 Years of Service - Barbara Gish5 Years of Service - Michael Hemenway5 Years of Service - Mary Olson

Staff Recognition Dr. Albert HernándezThe Rollin Everett Smith Award for Outstanding Service to Iliff by a Staff Member

Academic Degree Program Awards Dr. Debbie Creamer

Student of the Year Presentation Dr. Debbie Creamer

Benediction Charles Stephens MDIV Student

*Recessional “In the Midst of New Dimensions” The Faith We Sing Page 2238

Postlude “Amazing Grace” by Christoper Pardini Frank Perko III

* Please stand if you are willing and able.

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Debbie Creamer

Articles“Disability Theology.” Religion Compass, 6 no. 7 (July 2012): 339-346.

“TheologyandChronicPain:SomeInitialReflections.”Journal of Religion, Disability, and Health, 17 no. 2 (May 2013): 212-219.

Chapters“Calvin and Disability.” In Disability in the Christian Tradition, edited by Bruce Birch and John Swinton, 216-250. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans Press, 2012.

“Disability Liberative Ethics.” In Ethics: A Liberative Approach, edited by Miguel De La Torre, 223-238. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2013.

Miguel De La Torre

Edited BookEthics: A Liberative Approach. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2013.

Chapters“A Bembe for our Asian Hermano/as.” In New Overtures: Asian North American Theology in the 21st Century, edited by Eleazar S. Fernandez, 327-339. Sopher Press, 2013.

“Global Exploitation.” In Courage to Think Differently, edited by George S. Johnson, 240-246. Cambridge: Adventure Publications, 2013.

Carrie Doehring

Articles“New Directions for Clergy Experiencing Stress: Connecting Spirit and Body.” Pastoral Psychology (January 2013): 1-16.

“Teaching an Intercultural Approach to Spiritual Care.” Journal of Pastoral Theology 22, no. 2 (2012): 1-23.

2013 Honors Convocation Faculty Bibliography

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Chapters“An Applied Integrative Approach to Exploring How Religion and Spirituality Contribute to or Counteract Prejudice and Discrimination.” In APA Handbook of Psychology, Reli-gion, and Spirituality: Vol. 2, edited by Kenneth I. Pargament, 389-403. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association, 2013.

“The Practice of Relational-Ethical Pastoral Care.” In After You: The Ethics of the Pastoral Counselling Process, edited by Marina Riemslagh, Roger Burggraeve, Jozef Corveleyn, and A. Liégeois, 159-181. Leuven: Peeters, 2013.

Pam Eisenbaum

Chapters“Paul vis-à-vis Levinas.” In Making a Difference: Essays on the Bible and Judaism in Honor of Tamara Eskenaz, edited by David Clines, Kent Harold Richards, and Jacob Wright, 105-120.Sheffield:SheffieldPhoenix,2012.

Reference Entry“Sirach.” In The Women’s Bible Commentary, Third Edition, edited by Carol Newsom, Sharon Ringe, and Jacqueline E. Lapsley, 410-417. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2012.

Amy Erickson

Articles“After the Chaos Ends.” Huffington Post Scripture Commentary: ON Scripture. (November 28, 2012).

“Amos.” In Women’s Bible Commentary: Revised, Twentieth Anniversary Edition, edited by Jacqueline Lapsley, Carol Newsom, and Sharon Ringe, 312-319. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2012.

Review of The Book of Job in Form: A Literary Translation with Commentary, by Jan P. Fokkelmann. Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 13 (2013).

Reference Entries“Cup,” “Cupbearer,” “Censer,” “Cucumber.” In Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception, Vol. 5, edited by Hans-Josef Klauck, Bernard McGinn, Choon-Leong Seow, HermannSpieckermann,BarryDovWalfish,andEricJ.Ziolkowski.Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2012.

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Mark George

ArticlesReview of Keeping Heaven on Earth, by Michael B. Hundley. Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 12 (2012).

“Socio-Spatial Logic and the Structure of the Book of Numbers.” In Constructions of Space IV: Further Developments in Examining Ancient Israel’s Social Space. Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies 569, 23-43. New York: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2013.

Edited BookConstructions of Space IV: Further Developments in Examining Ancient Israel’s Social Space. Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies 569. New York: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2013.

Eunjoo Kim

Chapters“A Response to David Kelsey.” In Preaching As Picturing God in a Fragmented World, edited by Lucy Hogan and Theo Pleizier, 35-41. Delft: Buron Academic Publishers, 2012.

“Weeds and the Wheat (Matthew 13:24-30).” In Global Perspective on the Bible, edited by Mark Roncace. Upper Saddle River: Peason, 2013.

Jeffrey Mahan

ArticleReview of Godwired: Religion, Ritual and Virtual Reality, by Rachel Wagner. Religious Studies Review 32, no. 2 (June 2012).

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Iliff School of Theology - Scholarships and RecognitionsMay 29, 2013

The Maryann Downs Scholarship Awarded to a woman entering parish ministry in the Rocky

Mountain Conference of the United Methodist Church.

The Fellowship Seminarian Award Awarded to a graduating seminary student who displays

outstanding leadership in music and/or worship arts including, but not limited to, dance, drama, fabric art, and liturgical writing. The recipient does not have to be a United Methodist.

The Ronald E. Sleeth Preaching Award Award recognizes a graduating student who has achieved

excellence in preaching. The recipient demonstrates responsible Biblical interpretation, contemporary application, and effective communication.

The Elizabeth Iliff Warren Fellowship Awarded to students who are graduates of an Iliff master degree

program who show exceptional promise to pursue further study.

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Recognition Only

Academic Program Awards Awarded for outstanding achievement in these areas: Master of Arts Master of Arts in Pastoral and Spiritual Care Master of Arts in Social Change Master of Theological Studies Master of Divinity

Masters Student(s) of the Year Award Sponsored by the Alumni/ae Association, this award honors a

graduating student or students for scholarship, leadership and service within the life of the school, and promise for future service to society.

The Rollin Everett Smith Award for Outstanding Service to Iliff by a Staff Member

Established by Snoopy and Reverend Alta Smith in memory of Snoopy’s brother, this award recognizes a member of the staff ofTheIliffSchoolofTheologywhobestexemplifiestheIliffSpiritthrough outstanding dedication and service to the Iliff community.

Special Thanks - To Dean of the Chapel Catherine Kelsey andCoordinator of Honors Convocation Leslie Inman

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Master of Arts - Graduating Students and Thesis TitlesJune 2013

Midori Marion Higa “FortheSakeofDecency:SexTraffickingandAmericanEvangelism” Sarah Jane Parker “Glass Half Full: Unprecedented Opportunity for Economic and Social Transfor-mation within the Worlds Water Crises”

Joint Ph.D Program in Religious and Theological StudiesIliff School of Theology and the University of Denver

Summer 2012 GraduatesJohnson PettaReligious and Psychological Studies“In Search of a Contextual Pastoral Theology for Dalits in India”

Jill Elizabeth DierbergReligion and Social Change “Searching for Truth(iness): Mapping the Religio-Political Landscape and Identity of Christian Emerging Adults through a Reception Study of The Colbert Report”

Stephanie YuhasReligion and Social Change; Theology, Philosophy, and Cultural Theory “The Effect of Power and Colonialism on Religion and Secularization: Expanding Taylor’s A Secular Age”

Winter 2013 Graduates

David Leonard CarlsonTheology, Philosophy, and Cultural Theory “Thinking with Heidegger, the Religion-Science-Theology Relation”

Janice Lynn DuceTheology, Philosophy, and Cultural Theory“A Theological Inquiry Regarding The Practice of the Eucharist in Cyberspace”

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Spring 2013 Graduates

Jason Wesley AlvisTheology, Philosophy, and Cultural Theory“After Deconstruction and Phenomenology: Gift, Desire, and the Encounter between Jacques Derrida and Jean-Luc Marion”

John FaddenBiblical Interpretation“‘Our Father Isaac’: Reading the Sahidic Testament of Isaac in an Egyptian Monastic Context”

Dennis HaughBiblical Interpretation “Addressing Roman Jews: Paul’s View on the Law in the Letter to the Romans”

Ibrahim KazerooniReligion and Social Change“Islam and International Relations: Towards an Alternative Conception of Universality”

Eu Kit LimReligion and Social Change“The Hybrid Spirit Animating Chinese Pentecostals in Malaysia”

Heike Peckruhn Religion and Social Change “Sense-Making Bodies: Feminist Materiality and Phenomenology in Constructive Body Theologies”

Deborah SaxonTheology, Philosophy, and Cultural Theory“Representations of the Care of the Soul in Early Christian Texts”

Eric Smith Biblical Interpretation“Mimicry, Mirroring, Subversion, and Critique: Reading Heterotopia in the Cubicula of the Sacraments”

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Doctor of Ministry Summer 2012 Graduates

Ruth E. Hetland “The Power of Place in Preaching: Examining the ‘Where’ of Faith”

Nancy Tomlinson “Teaching Laypersons to Preach: A Renewed Approach”

Spring 2013 Graduate

Gretchen Wilson Bretz“Preach with Me: A Web-based Model of Conversational Preaching for a Global Age”

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