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WACO, Texas (March 9, 2021) – Baylor University today announced a $1.5 million gift from the Prichard Family Foundation and Ella Wall Prichard, B.A. 63, of Corpus Christi, to establish an endowed faculty position that will further the research and work of the nationally renowned Black Gospel Music Restoration Project, as well as scholarship in the areas of Black worship, preaching and studies.
The Lev H. Prichard III Chair in the Study of Black Worship, which will receive matching funds through the
Baylor Academic Challenge, will provide faculty endowment for research that will advance the Human Flourishing, Leadership and Ethics Initiative within
Dr. Cornel West, 67, has followed through on his threat to leave Harvard University after the school failed to consider him for tenure. The renowned scholar and activist will return to Union Theological Seminary, where he was first hired at age 23, and has taught at various times over the years.
“I’ve got to make my move to the great Union Theological Seminary. My perennial home,” West said. “I’m making the move back to New York, and it’s not a move out of default. Not at all. I’m going with a smile. I’m going fired up.” He added on Twitter, “Our struggle for truth & justice continues with style & smiles!“
Philosopher and activist Cornel West announced on Monday that he is leaving Harvard University’s Divinity School.
West announced on Twitter that he will be moving to Union Theological Seminary in New York City.
“I am blessed to announce with my dear brother Mordecai Lyon of The Boycott Times that I am moving from Harvard to Union Theological Seminary in New York City! Our struggle for truth & justice continues with style & smiles!” West tweeted.
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I am blessed to announce with my dear brother Mordecai Lyon of The Boycott Times that I am moving from Harvard to Union Theological Seminary in New York City! Our struggle for truth & justice continues with style & smiles! @TheBoycottTimes@mordecailyonhttps://t.co/9I9BSn66fD Cornel West (@CornelWest) March 8, 2021
Mar 7, 2021 catholic news service
Men at Sacred Heart Church in Warsaw, Ind., participate in an Exodus 90 session Feb. 19, 2020. Exodus 90 is a set of spiritual exercises meant to help men overcome habits, distractions and addictions in order to refocus on the Lord and their families. Prayer, fraternity and self-discipline are pillars of the experience. (Credit: Jennifer Barton/Today s Catholic via CNS.)
Three months of cold showers and no alcohol, soda, dessert or televised sports: It sounds less like Lent and more like a military boot camp. Who would volunteer for such an experiment in austerity? Tens of thousands of men, it turns out.
Joshua Chamberlain s Life And Accomplishments
Joshua Chamberlain s Life And Accomplishments
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Joshua Chamberlain was born in 1828 in Brewer, Maine.
His mother was very religious and so he took than from her, while his father passed on a deep interest in the military. As a child, Joshua Chamberlain was shy, and he stammered a lot. At a young age he worked in a brickyard and in the timber industry before taking a teaching job in 1846. A studious young man, however, he set his sights on college, and to prepare, he studied Greek, rhetoric, and Latin. Chamberlain was accepted to Bowdoin College in 1848 and graduated in 1852. He then spent three years at the Bangor Theological Seminary. However after he completed his training there, he took a teaching job at Bowdoin rather than work as a minister. On December 7, 1855, he married Frances