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Frederick Houk Borsch (born September 13, 1935) was the Episcopal Bishop of Los Angeles from 1988 to 2002, then served as interim dean of the Berkeley Divinity School at Yale University and Chair of Anglican studies at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia. Remembered particularly for the development of Spanish-speaking congregations, the founding of the Episcopal Urban Intern Program (Episcopal Service Corps), his leadership in environmental stewardship, the building of the Cathedral Center of St. Paul, and advocacy for poverty-wage workers and the living wage while bishop in Los Angeles, he also served for twelve years as the Chair of the House of Bishop’s Theology Committee and as a member of the design and steering teams for the 1988 and 1998 Lambeth Conferences, chairing the section “Called to be a Faithful Church in a Plural World” in 1998. See "The Other Bishop" in Los Angeles Times Magazine, April 11, 1999, pp. 16-19, 44-42. and further biography at http://ltsp.edu/people/fborsch. Working with the Standing Commission on Human Affairs, he helped the General Convention of 1994 to include in the church's canons sexual orientation in the non-discriminatory clauses for ordination. Educated at Princeton, Oxford and the General Theological Seminary, his Ph.D. degree is from the University of Birmingham in England. In addition to teaching posts in England, at Seabury-Western and the General Theological Seminary, he was formerly Dean, President, and Professor of New Testament at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific. He was Dean of the Chapel with rank of Professor of Religion at Princeton University (1981-1988; again interim in 2007) where he taught in the Program in the History, Archaeology and Religions of the Ancient World. Contributor of essays, articles and poetry to a number of journal and newspapers, he has been a conference leader and given university and seminary lectures at institutions in this country and abroad. In 1985, for thirteen weeks, he was the preacher for the Protestant Hour. Among his more than twenty books are ''Keeping Faith at Princeton: A Brief History of Religious Pluralism at Princeton and Other Universities'' (2012); ''Parade: Poems of Dark and Light Alike'' (2010); ''Our First Atom Bomb: An All-American Story'' (2009); ''Introducing the Lessons of the Church Year'' (1978: new and 3rd ed. 2009); ''Day by Day; Loving God More Dearly'' * (2009); ''The Spirit Searches Everything: Keeping Life's Questions'' (2005); ''The Magic Word'' * (2001); ''Outrage and Hope'' (1996); ''Christian Discipleship and Sexuality'' (1993); ''The Bible's Authority in Today's Church'' (ed. 1993); ''Many Things in Parables'' (1988); ''Jesus: the Human Life of God'' * (1987); ''Anglicanism and The Bible'' (ed. 1984); ''Power and Weakness'' * (1983); ''Coming Together in the Spirit'' (1980); ''God's Parable'' (1975); ''The Christian and Gnostic Son of Man'' (1970); ''The Son of Man in Myth and History'' (1967). For further bibliography see "Spirit Searching" at www.frederickborsch.com. *Also in audio format with the Episcopal Media Center and Alliance for Christian Media. == External links == * (Spirit Searching ) * (Biography at LTSP ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Frederick H. Borsch」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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