The 2008 Blandy Lectures &

Alumni/ae Convocation

Phyllis Tickle

Christianity in the 21st Century

How We Got Here

Where We Are

What We Are Doing about it

September 23 & 24

Seminary of the Southwest

Reunion Years

2008 – 2003 – 1998 –

1993 – 1988 – 1983 –

1978 – 1973 – 1968 –

1963 – 1958

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Blandy Lecturer

Phyllis Tickle, founding editor of the Religion Department of Publishers Weekly, is an authority on religion in America .

She is the author of more than two dozen books in religion and spirituality, most notably the Divine Hours series of manuals for observing fixed-hour prayer throughout the year – both seasonal and liturgically. Tickle, who was with Publishers Weekly until her retirement in 2004, began her career as a college teacher and, for almost ten years, served as academic dean to the Memphis College of Art before entering full time into writing and publishing.

She received the Mays Award in 1996 – one of the book industry’s most prestigious awards for lifetime achievement in writing and publishing, and specifically in recognition of her work in gaining mainstream media coverage of religion publishing. Tickle also was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Christy Awards “In gratitude for a lifetime as an advocate for fiction written in the glory of God.”

A lay Eucharistic minister and lector in the Episcopal Church, Tickle is a Senior Fellow of Cathedral College of the Washington National Cathedral.

Alumni/ae Convocation Schedule

Tuesday, September 23

Chapel at 11:15am followed by 12:15pm lunch

 Registration 1 to 5pm in Weeks Center

Alumni/ae Steering Committee Meeting – 1pm in Classroom 211/212

 Continuing Education Sessions (75 minutes each)

2 to 4:45 – Knapp Auditorium

Session 1 – “Leadership in a Post-Heroic Time: Reflections on a Changing Art” with the Rev. Charlie Cook ’74, Professor of Pastoral Theology who will be retiring at year’s end. How church leadership has developed over the past 25 years, what are the forces that influenced this and how it is changing as we engage the future.

Session 2 – “Deeper Roots Make Sweeter Fruits: Current Movements in Christian Theology” with Dr. Tony Baker, Assistant Professor of Theology. A survey of the topics, methods, authors and books that have left the heaviest mark on theology in the last quarter century.

Reception with light refreshments in the Bailey Center Alumni/ae Lobby from 5 to 6:15pm

First Blandy Lecture – “Christianity in the 21st Century – “Where We Are and How We Got Here” – preceded by presentation of Hal Brook Perry Award – 6:30 in Knapp Auditorium

Dessert Reception and Book Signing with Phyllis Tickle – 7:45 to 8:45

Wednesday, September 24

Morning Prayer in Chapel – 7:30am

Continental breakfast & conversation with Dean and Faculty – 8:00 in Dining Hall

 Alumni/ae Association Meeting featuring a Report on State of the Seminary from Dean Travis – 9:00 in Knapp Auditorium

Alumni/ae Convocation Eucharist with Phyllis Tickle preaching – 11:15 in Chapel

Lunch at 12:15pm

 Second Blandy Lecture – “Christianity in the 21st Century – What We Are Doing about Where We Are Now and Where We Are Going” – preceded by presentation of Durstan R McDonald Teaching Award – 2:00 in Knapp Auditorium

Housing

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Alumni/ae Association

Steering Committee Members

(by state)

COLORADO

The Rev. Torey Lightcap '04

MISSISSIPPI

The Rev. William Livingston '99

NORTH CAROLINA

The Rev. Rosemary Jackson '01

 OKLAHOMA

The Rev. Susanne Methven '07

TENNESSEE

The Rev. Bonnie Malone '03

TEXAS

The Rev. James Abbott '03 (LSPS)

The Rev. Faith Bledsoe '02

The Rev. Cathy Boyd '06

The Rev. Lex Breckinridge '96

The Rev. Dr. Sean Cox '96

The Rev. Mary Glover '01

The Rev. Daryl Hay '03

Ms. Heather Kohout '00

The Rev. Patrick Miller '00

Ms. Anne Province '01

VIRGINIA

The Rev. Charles Robinson '04

The Rev. Barkley Thompson '03

WASHINGTON

The Rev. Hunt Priest '05