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	ND Professor Johansen appointed president of Bethany Theological Seminary


    
      
        
          ND Professor Johansen appointed president of Bethany Theological Seminary

          
            
              
                
                Published: June 26, 2007
              

              
                Author: Michael O. Garvey
              

              







          

          
          
          

          
        
        
        
          

Ruthann Johansen, visiting associate professor in the Program of Liberal Studies and fellow of the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame, has been selected president of Bethany Theological Seminary by its board of trustees.

Johansen, whose appointment becomes effective July 1, has taught at Notre Dame since 1990.A fellow of the Kroc Institute since 1993, she is the author ofThe Narrative Secret of Flannery O’Connor: The Trickster as InterpreterandListening in the Silence: Reconstructing Life after Brain Injury.In addition to past service on the adjunct faculty of Bethany Seminary, she has been a visiting scholar atHarvardDivinitySchooland Princeton Theological Seminary.In accepting her new appointment, Johansen will become a professor emerita at Notre Dame.

Johansen, a member of the Crest Manor Church of the Brethren in South Bend, described Bethany Seminary asnot simply an instiutution charged with educating professional clergy, but also an inspirational resource for study and empowerment for all believers within and beyond the denomination who seek to embody the love, justice, mercy and peace of Jesus Christ in an often fearful and violent world.

Bethany Theological Seminary, established in 1905 as the graduate school and academy for theological education for the Church of the Brethren, is located on theEarlhamCollegecampus inRichmond,Ind., and operates in partnership with the Earlham School of Religion, a graduate school of the Society of Friends.

* Contact: *  _Professor Johansen at 574-631-7190 or Johansen.9@nd.edu 

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