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Gordon-Conwell's new president speaks

E-mail|Link|Comments (0) Posted by Michael Paulson July 28, 2008 02:21 PM

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Dennis P. Hollinger, the new president of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in South Hamilton, addresses his goals and challenges in an interview with Christianity Today:

"We face a lot of ethical issues, and that is my area of expertise. There are significant bioethics issues and continual issues in sexuality, such as homosexuality. We continually need to face the racial issues. I think the Obama campaign has certainly demonstrated that we have a lot of unfinished business in that area. Part of the task in theological education is to help people navigate their way amidst the complexities and do so in a way that isn't politicized. That's one of the dangers we have when we jump into these issues. We're known more for our political stance than we are for our principled orientation and our theological undergirding."

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