New York Theological Seminary

Odyssey Networks short film on our NYTS Sing Sing program

administrator — Wed, 16 May 2012 23:35:05 +0000

Odyssey Networks has done a short film on our NYTS Sing Sing program. The piece is up on their website, and is also on the main page of the Huffington Post religion section today!

Here is the link to the Odessey homepage, where the piece is today: http://www.odysseynetworks.org/

Here is the permanent link to the piece, where you can find it beyond today: http://odysseynetworks.org/video/20-to-life-prisoners-find-a-purpose

And here is the link to the Huffington Post Religion Page (if you click on “Psalm 1: Putting Evil in its Place”): http://www.huffingtonpost.com/religion/

May 15, 2012 – NYC Book Launch of Prophetic Evangelicals

administrator — Mon, 14 May 2012 16:45:27 +0000

You are invited to the New York City Book Launch of Prophetic Evangelicals on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at

Park Avenue Christian Church
The Living Room, 3rd Floor
1010 Park Ave & 85th street, New York, NY 10028

Interacting with a wide variety of influential thinkers, this inaugural volume of the Prophetic Christianity series articulates several key approaches towards creating a socially responsible, gospel-centric, and ecumenical Christian identity. Come out for a vibrant discussion of Christianity, politics and culture today.

Prophetic Evangelicals offers a forward-looking vision for a biblically centered, culturally engaged, and historically infused prophetic Christianity.

Click on image to download pdf of flyer

Dr. Edison O. Jackson appointed Interim President of Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach, Florida

administrator — Fri, 11 May 2012 22:46:36 +0000

Dr. Edison O. Jackson, a member of the NYTS Board of Trustees and graduate of the NYTS Master of Divinity degree program, has been appointed Interim President of Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach, Florida. Bethune-Cookman University was founded in 1904 by Mary McLeod Bethune and is related to the United Methodist Church. Dr. Jackson, who is an ordained elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, recently retired as President of Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn, New York. You can read more about his appointment at http://www.cookman.edu/newsInfo/newsroom/newsReleases/2011/PR050812.html

May 21, 2012 – Meeting for Editors of Academic Papers in the Doctor of Ministry Program

administrator — Tue, 01 May 2012 19:36:37 +0000

Wanted: Editors for Academic Papers

The Doctor of Ministry program at New York Theological Seminary is looking for experienced editors and proofreaders who have a high level knowledge of Microsoft Word or Mac Pages to help with the editing of academic papers. English, Korean and Spanish language editors needed.

Please join us for an information session on May 21, 2012 from 10 am – 12 Noon

Location: The Interchurch Center, 475 Riverside Drive, Suite 500 (Corner of Claremont Avenue and 120th Street)

Please RSVP at wlundy@nyts.edu

Alumni/ae Shohama Wiener (D.Min.) to be honored for her 10th year as Rabbi

administrator — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:25:15 +0000

The shabbaton weekend celebrating our beloved Shohama Wiener for her upcoming 70th birthday, and her 10th year as rabbi of Temple Beth-El of City Island, is fast approaching (May 4-6 in New York). If you’re attending but haven’t registered, please register ASAP so we can get accurate food counts. The online registration page is listed below:

http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=llzl9gjab&oeidk=a07e5pkcffw03053431

www.tinyurl.com/shohama2012

If you’re attending only part of the weekend, please note it in the online “comment” box. For questions about registration, contact Paul Klein (paul.klein@att.net, 917.841.9317).

If you’re not attending but wish to support Shohama’s continuing expansion of resources in spiritual direction and Jewish education, or send a congratulatory message for inclusion in the program, please use the registration page: ad copy is due Tuesday, April 24. For questions about fundraising, contact Evan Krame (evan@kramelaw.com, 202.468.7470).

NYTS Position Opening for Director of Information and Telecommunication Services (DITS)

administrator — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 19:11:04 +0000

New York Theological Seminary (NYTS) is looking for a Director of Information and Telecommunication Services (DITS). The Director is responsible for managing the Seminary’s information system, which includes its LAN systems, business database, time management system, cloud email hosting, remote student records database system, user desktop support, and Cisco VOIP security system.

Expectations:

The successful candidate will be required to oversee and ensure the general health and maintenance of NYTS IT infrastructure. This includes servers, desktop computers and notebooks, operating systems, network storage devices, tapes, network hubs, routers, switches and other related components of communications equipment. The candidate will be expected to have hands-on involvement in daily monitoring of the system, systems-maintenance and upgrade tasks, disaster recovery, and troubleshooting and resolution of problems and issues involving office IT infrastructure. The DITS also oversees and ensures the general health of all software applications and data infrastructure. This includes software and firmware updates and patching, monitoring to ensure that the storage volumes have adequate space to accommodate data growth, and troubleshooting and resolution of problems and issues involving system applications. The Seminary’s software systems include Blackbaud Financial Edge and Raisers Edge for Non Profits, and Campus Anywhere for student records. The Director coordinates with the office of telephone communication services in The Interchurch Center (where the Seminary’s administrative offices are located), which manages the Seminary’s telephone system. The DITS is responsible for IT budget, purchasing system equipment, and reviewing, approving, and overseeing vendor service agreement contracts.

Requirements:

BA/BS in Computer Science experience or related certifications
Strong Experience in Active Directory, Security, Anti-Virus and Anti Spyware Applications
Experience configuring PCs and Notebooks to work in a LAN environment.
At least 1 years’ experience in VMware 4.1 and Citrix Xenapp Server version 5/6.5
Operating experience with domain security, DHCP, DNS
Must have advanced knowledge of and experience with the following: Windows 2003/2008, Windows 7 Enterprise Edition, VMware, IIS, TCP/IP application protocols, SMS, Cisco, HP and Netgear Firewalls infrastructure, SQL Server 2005/ 2008, Windows Server 2003/2008 Enterprise Server

New York Theological Seminary provides theological education for leaders of churches and other religious communities throughout the New York region and increasingly in other regions of the world. NYTS does not discriminate on the basis of an individual’s race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. For more information see the Seminary’s web page at http://www.nyts.edu. Apply with a resume and cover letter to Gemma Barrow at gbarrow@nyts.edu or by regular mail to NYTS, 475 Riverside Drive, Suite 500, New York, NY 10115. Interviews will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

Updated Courses and Registration Forms for the Certificate Program are now Online

administrator — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 19:21:11 +0000

April 10, 2012 – Dr. Obery Hendricks at the Schomburg Center for Word Rapport

administrator — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 20:17:04 +0000

Dr. Obery Hendricks, professor of New Testament Studies at New York Theological Seminary, will discuss his latest book, “The Universe Bends Toward Justice: Radical Reflections on the Bible, the Church, and the Body Politic” with Marc Lamont Hill at the Schomburg Center at 7 p.m., Tuesday, April 10. The event is free, click here for registration.

Word Rapport is a series at the Schomburg Center where the goal is to build the audience’s relationship with books and their authors.

Obery Hendricks is one of the nation’s most provocative and innovative commentators on the intersection of religion, politics and social policy in America. A widely sought lecturer and media spokesperson, Dr. Hendricks has been featured on C-SPAN, PBS, National Public Radio, al-Jazeera Television, NHK Japan Television, Air-America, Radio One, Fox News, the Discovery Channel and the Bloomberg Network. He has been a member of the Faith Advisory Council of the Democratic National Committee and the National Religious Leaders Advisory Committee of the Barack Obama presidential campaign. He is an Affiliated Scholar at the Center for American Progress and serves on the board of the Public Religion Research Institute. Dr. Hendricks is a featured writer for Godspolitics.com, an editorial advisor to the award-winning Tikkun magazine, a contributing editor to The Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion, and a principal commentator in The Oxford Annotated Bible. The Dictionary of Biblical Interpretation calls his work “the boldest post-colonial writing ever seen in Western biblical studies.”

“Essential reading for Americans” is what The Washington Post called Dr. Hendricks’ book, The Politics of Jesus: Rediscovering the True Revolutionary Nature of Jesus’ Teachings and How They Have Been Corrupted. Social critic Michael Eric Dyson describes it as “an instant classic” that “immediately thrusts Hendricks into the front ranks of American religious thinkers.” The Politics of Jesus was the featured subject of the C-SPAN program “Class, Politics and Christianity.”

A former Wall Street investment executive and past president of Payne Theological Seminary, the oldest African American theological seminary in the United States, Dr. Hendricks is currently Professor of Biblical Interpretation at New York Theological Seminary and Visiting Scholar in both the Department of Religion and the Institute for Research in African American Studies at Columbia University. He holds the Master of Divinity with academic honors from Princeton Theological Seminary, and both the M.A. and Ph.D. in Religions of Late Antiquity from Princeton University.

June 2012 – Writing for Theology Course

administrator — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 19:00:53 +0000

Description and Purpose of the Course

Writing for Theology is an intensive writing course designed to give training in the fundamentals of expository and argumentative writing. The main emphasis is on giving students practice in organizing ideas into coherently structured and effective essays, using as a focal point their own unique experiences. Students are encouraged to look deeply into these experiences and to see them from shifting points of view.

In the course, writing is viewed as a means of communication as well as a means of inquiry, a way of thinking. To this end, the course focuses on analyzing the organizational patterns of various modes of writing and of paragraphs in relation to their development of entire essays. Problem-solving strategies for writing and concepts of critical thinking are explored. In addition to an examination of the four basic forms of writing, the research procedure and exegetical approaches are introduced. A study of grammar is incorporated into the study of writing, based on the needs of the students enrolled.

Course: Writing Skills for Theological Education

A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Thesis and Dissertations, 6th Ed.
By Kate L. Turabian, Chicago:Univesity of Chicago Press. ISBN#0-226-81627-3
The Least You Should Know About English, Writing Skills Form B, Tenth Ed. Lyn Uhl Publishers. ISBN-10: 1-4282-3079-3. ISBN-13: 978-1-4282-3079-8
The American Heritage Dictionary, 3rd Ed. (paperback) Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Inc. ISBN#0-440-21861-6

Forms to Register

Summer 2012 Courses Are Online

administrator — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 04:22:02 +0000

For all incoming and current students, the summer 2012 Courses and Registration Form are online. Click here to go to the forms.