James Franklin Kay
| James Franklin Kay |
| Born |
May 18, 1948 (1948-05-18) (age 63)
Kansas City, Missouri, USA |
| Occupation |
Professor of Homiletics and Liturgics
Dean of Academic Affairs |
| Language |
English |
| Nationality |
American |
| Citizenship |
American |
James Franklin Kay (born May 18, 1948) is the Joe R. Engle Professor of Homiletics and Liturgics, and Dean of Academic Affairs at Princeton Theological Seminary.[1]
Biography
Born in Kansas City, Missouri, James Kay earned a B.A. at Pasadena College (presently named Point Loma Nazarene University), San Diego, California, in 1969; an M.Div. at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1972; a M.Phil. and a Ph.D. at Union Theological Seminary, New York City, New York in 1984 and 1991 respectively.
Interrupting his studies at Harvard, Kay spent the academic year 1970-1971 at St. Mary's College of the University of St. Andrews, in St. Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom. Later, during the summers of 1976 and 1977 he took graduate studies in Liturgiology at St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota.
On May 1, 1975 Kay was ordained as a Presbyterian Minister by the Presbytery of Red River United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (UPCUSA). Between 1974 and 1978 he was the pastor of the Northern Lakes Parish (UPCUSA) in Beltrami County, Minnesota and between 1977 and 1979 he acted as the United Ministries in Higher Education (UMHE) Campus Pastor at Bemidji State University at Bemidji, Minnesota. Since 1980 he is a member of the Presbytery of New York City, New York of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). During the year 1993, Kay was an Exchange Minister at Toorak Uniting Church, in Melbourne, Australia.
Kay has edited the journals Princeton Seminary Bulletin (1991-1994) and Theology Today (2005-2010). Furthermore, between 1995 and 1998 he was a member of the board of directors of the Presbyterian/UCC Chaplaincy at Columbia University, New York City.
On November 17, 2000 James Kay was awarded the Alumnus of Point Loma (APL) Award, granted by Point Loma Nazarene University.[2]
Career at Princeton Theological Seminary
James Kay has held the following positions at Princeton Theological Seminary:
- Instructor in Homiletics (1988–1991)
- Assistant Professor of Homiletics (1991–1995)
- Associate Professor of Homiletics and Liturgics (1995–1997)
- Joe R. Engle Associate Professor of Homiletics and Liturgics (1997–2001)
- Chair of the Practical Theology Department (2001–2005)
- Joe R. Engle Professor of Homiletics and Liturgics (2001–present)
- Director of the Joe R. Engle Institute of Preaching (2002–present)
- Dean of Academic Affairs (2010–present)
He lectures mainly about Introduction to Christian Worship, Christian Worship and the Presbyterian Tradition, Worship in the Reformed Tradition, Introduction to Preaching, Theology and Proclamation, Theories of Preaching, Modern Homiletical Theory, and Homiletical Theory.
Selected bibliography
Books
- Christus Præsens: A Reconsideration of Rudolf Bultmann's Christology. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmanns Publishing Company. 1994. ISBN 0802801315.
- Preaching and Theology. St. Louis: Chalice Press. 2007. ISBN 9780827229914.
- Seasons of Grace: Reflections from the Christian Year. Grand Rapids, Eugene: William B. Eerdmanns Publishing Company, Wipf and Stock. 1994, 2005. ISBN 0802807836.
Edited book and journal issues
Selected book chapters and journal articles
- Douglass, Jane Dempsey; Kay, James, eds (1997). "Becoming Visible: Baptism, Women, and the Church". Women, Gender, and Christian Community. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox. pp. 92–103. ISBN 0664257283.
- Cole, Jr., Allan Hugh, ed (2008). "Blackduck". From Midterms to Ministry: Practical Theologians on Pastoral Beginnings. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmanns Publishing Company. pp. 51–64. ISBN 9780802840028.
- van Harn, Roger E., ed (2004). "He Descended into Hell". Exploring and Proclaiming the Apostles' Creed. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmanns Publishing Company. pp. 117–129. ISBN 0802821200.
- Seow, Choon-Leong, ed (1996). "Homosexuality: What Then Shall We Preachers Say?". Homosexuality and Christian Community. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox. pp. 99–109. ISBN 0664256643.
- "In Whose Name? Feminism and the Trinitarian Baptismal Formula". Theology Today (Ephrata: Science Press) 49 (4): 524–533. 1993. ISSN 00405736. http://theologytoday.ptsem.edu/search/index-browse.htm. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
- Cunningham, David S.; del Colle, Ralph; Lamadrid, Lucas, eds (1999). "The Lex Orandi in Recent Protestant Theology". Ecumenical Theology in Worship, Doctrine and Life: Essays Presented to Geoffrey Wainwright on His Sixtieth Birthday. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 11–23. ISBN 0195131363.
- "Myth or Narrative? Bultmann's New Testament and Narrative Turns Fifty". Theology Today (Ephrata: Science Press) 48 (3): 326–332. 1991. ISSN 00405736. http://theologytoday.ptsem.edu/search/index-browse.htm. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
- Spinks, Bryan D.; Torrance, Iain, eds (1999). "The New Rites of Baptism: A Dogmatic Assessment". To Glorify God: Essays on Modern Reformed Liturgy. Edinburgh, Grand Rapids: T & T Clark, William B. Eerdmanns Publishing Company. pp. 201–212. ISBN 0567086062.
- Read, Robert Stephen, ed (2010). "Preacher as Messenger of Hope". Slow of Speech and Unclean Lips: Contemporary Images of Preaching Identity. Eugene: Cascade Books. pp. 13–34. ISBN 9781606085219.
- "Preaching at the Turn of the Ages". St. Mary's College Bulletin (St. Andrews: St. Andrews University) 40 (Spring): 64–78. 1998. Warrack Lecture.
- "Pulpit Eloquence and Its Pauline Strictures: The Triumph of Rhetoric in Modern Homiletical Theory". Papers of the Annual Meeting (The Academy of Homiletics): 173–184. 2000.
- "The Renovation of Miller Chapel". The Princeton Seminary Bulletin (Princeton: Princeton Theological Seminary) 22 (new) (1): 16–32. 2001. ISSN 00328413. http://digital.library.ptsem.edu/default.xqy?id=dmd006&action=view-src&uri=/METS/PSB2001221.xml. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
- "Reorientation: Homiletics as Theologically Authorized Rhetoric". The Princeton Seminary Bulletin (Princeton: Princeton Theological Seminary) 24 (new) (1): 16–35. 2003. ISSN 00328413. http://scdc.library.ptsem.edu/mets/mets.aspx?src=PSB2003241&div=5. Retrieved 28 September 2011. Inaugural address at Princeton Theological Seminary.
- Hastings, Adrian; Mason, Alistair, eds (2003). "Rudolf Bultmann (1884-1976)". Key Thinkers in Christianity. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 140–146. ISBN 0192802798.
- "The Word of the Cross at the Turn of the Ages". Interpretation (Richmond: Union Theological Seminary) 53 (1): 44–56. 1999. ISSN 00209643.
- van Harn, Roger E., ed (2001). "2 Cor 4:3-6; 2 Cor 4:5-12; 2 Cor 4:13-5:1; 2 Cor 5:6-17; 2 Cor 5:16-21; 2 Cor 6:1-13". The Lectionary Commentary: Theological Exegesis for Sunday's Texts vol.2, The Second Readings: Acts and the Epistles. Grand Rapids, London: William B. Eerdmanns Publishing Company, Continuum. pp. 243–264. ISBN 0802847528.
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Kay, James Franklin |
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| Short description |
Professor, author and editor of Homiletics |
| Date of birth |
18 May 1948 |
| Place of birth |
Kansas City, Missouri, USA |
| Date of death |
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