Tapestry Toutings

Issue 16 | Spring 2009

Curtiss DeYoung, professor of reconciliation studies, was one of five authors included in The Christian Century article “What’s Changed? Obama and Race in America.” In one excerpt, DeYoung writes, “Obama’s election was a moment of reconciliation. After five centuries of racial injustice in America, millions of people reclaimed a greater sense of their humanity. The question before us is: Can the moment become a season of reconciliation? And can a season cause a permanent shift toward a less racist and more reconciled society?”

DeYoung also served as one of five editors for The People’s Bible, released in fall 2008. “The People’s Bible underscores the role of cultures in shaping the Bible and the way people read the Bible today while emphasizing its inclusive vision of the people of God in many cultural, economic, and political contexts,” Fortress Press said in a news release. Introductory essays highlight profound issues of culture, ethnicity, and identity. Feature boxes reveal insights from African American, Asian American, Latino, and Native American perspectives.

Juan Hernández Jr., assistant professor of biblical and theological studies, will be making a presentation at the Codex Sinaiticus Conference at the British Library in July. Codex Sinaiticus is one of the two most important and earliest surviving copies of the Greek Bible. Of its original 730 parchment leaves (1,460 pages), 400 leaves are known today, scattered among four institutions: the British Library, Leipzig University Library, St. Catherine’s Monastery, and the National Library of Russian in St. Petersburg. For the first time in centuries, all the surviving leaves of Codex Sinaiticus are being reunited in virtual form (digital photographs) on a website hosted jointly by the four institutions.

To celebrate this event, the British Library is hosting an academic conference on Codex Sinaiticus at which leading experts on various aspects of the manuscript will share their findings. Dr. Hernández’s presentation, “Codex Sinaiticus: The Earliest Greek Christian Commentary on the Apocalypse?”, will explore the question of whether the hundreds of changes made to the text of Revelation by users of this manuscript constitute one of our earliest commentaries on the book. More information can be found at www.codex-sinaiticus.net/en/.

Ning Zhang, assistant professor of anthropology and sociology, contributed “Communities: Harmonious Networks and Harmonious Tourism” to Vol 4., No. 4, of China Media Research. The article is available at www.chinamediaresearch.net. China Media Research is an official publication of the American Chinese Media Research Association and Communication Studies Institute of Zhejiang University. The journal seeks to provide a platform for Chinese media research, as well as to serve as a bridge between media research done in China and in other parts of the global community.

Ben Lim, associate professor at Bethel Seminary San Diego, and his wife Soh Leong wrote an article entitled “Use of family sculpting as an experiential assessment and intervention tool in counseling Asian families.” The paper was presented at the International Counseling and Social Work Symposium at University Sains Malaysia in January.