News - McMaster Divinity College

Dr. Phil Zylla gave a workshop entitled “Academic Leadership and the Varieties of Theological Schools: Developing Vision and Serving Missions” for the Canadian schools division at the ATS Chief Academic Officers Seminar held in Montreal on June 22, 2010.
Congratulations to Francis Pang, Ph.D. student in New Testament studies, on winning the Best Student Paper Award at the Society of Biblical Literature Regional Meeting (Eastern Great Lakes Region) for his paper entitled “Matthew's Atomistic Use of Scripture: An Analysis of Matthew 4:15-16.”
Congratulations to Bryan Dyer, Ph.D. student in New Testament studies, on winning the Graduate Student Paper Competition at the 2010 Midwest Regional meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society for his paper entitled "A Great Conflict Full of Suffering: An Analysis of Suffering in the Epistle to the Hebrews in Light of Feminist Concerns."
MacDiv had five participants presenting papers at the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies held May 29-31 in Montreal. Dr. Mark Boda, Dr. Paul Evans, Anna Suk Yee Lee, James Bowick, and Adam Brown each participated at this annual conference.
James Robertson, a Ph.D. student at MacDiv, presented a paper at the Canadian Society of Church History held May 29-31 in Montreal.
Congratulations to Dr. Gordon Heath who has received an ATS Lilly Theology Research Grant, one of only 20 granted in North America this year. These grants are designed to encourage high quality research across the theological disciplines.
Congratulations to Dr. Mark Boda on the publication of his recent book, 1-2 Chronicles, in the Cornerstone Biblical Commentary series, published by Tyndale House Publishers.
Dr. Wendy Porter led worship at the Mount Forest Women’s Retreat in Paisley April 23-24, 2010.

Dr. Cynthia Long Westfall preached a series on Baptism at Wentworth Baptist Church in Hamilton, Ontario, on April 11, 18, 25, 2010.

Dr. Stanley Porter was the guest speaker at Emmanuel Bible College's graduation ceremony on April 24, 2010.

Dr. James Peterson preached at Walmer Road Baptist Church, Toronto, on April 18, 2010.
Dr. Wendy Porter was the Harp Professor in Residence at the Anderson University School of Theology in Anderson, Indiana, from April 11-15, 2010.
Dr. Michael Knowles led a Pastors’ Retreat for the Oxford-Brant Association of the CBOQ, at First Baptist, Tillsonburg, on April 14, 2010.
Dr. Stanley Porter presented a paper entitled “What Do We Know and How Do We Know It? Reconstructing Christianity from Its Manuscripts” at The Scrolls and the Scriptures conference held at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, MO from April 1-3, 2010.
Dr. Paul Evans was formally installed as Assistant Professor of Old Testament on March 24th at 1:30 pm in the MacDiv Chapel.
MacDiv receives highest rating in accreditation review. Click here for details.
MacDiv welcomes Kevin Kirk, MBA as Director of Enrollment Management and Marketing as of July 15, 2009.

MacDiv is pleased to announce that Dr. Gordon Heath has been promoted to the rank of Associate Professor of Christian History.

MacDiv is pleased to announce that Dr. Michael Knowles has been promoted to the rank of Professor.

Congratulations to Dr. Michael P. Knowles on the release of his latest book We Preach Not Ourselves: Paul on Proclamation published by Brazos Press (May 2008).

Congratulations to Dr. Gordon Heath on the release of his latest book entitled Doing Church History: A User-Friendly Introduction to Researching the History of Christianity published by Clements (September 2008).
Dr. Stanley Porter and Dr. Wendy Porter have recently edited for publication New Testament Greek Papyri and Parchments: New Editions, in two volumes, one with the edited texts and the other with photographs. This work, published by the Berlin publisher of Walter de Gruyter, is the culmination of over ten years of work editing these documents in the Papyrussammlung of the Austrian National Library in Vienna. The volumes include all of the New Testament Greek papyri and parchments housed in Vienna, as well as several lectionary texts and the famous Fayyum Fragment apocryphal gospel.
MacDiv is proud to announce the release of its first book from the new McMaster Divinity College Press. Defining Issues in Pentecostalism: Classical and Emergent is a collection of papers presented at the MacDiv Pentecostal Forum in February 2007.
See Christian Week's feature of MacDiv in their 'Spotlight on Mission' section highlighting the 50th anniversary of the College.
Listen to Dr. Stanley Porter & Dr. Gordon Heath's interview on The Drew Marshall Show as they take questions on issues surrounding The Lost Gospel of Judas and other New Testament themes.