Brite Divinity School, affiliated with Texas Christian University, invites applicants in the fall of 2008 for a tenure track position that will include responsibilities in Black Church Studies and an additional academic discipline to begin in the fall of 2009. Level of appointment is open. Ph.D. or equivalent is required. Commitment to teaching and scholarly research is expected. Teaching load is four courses per year at masters and doctoral levels. The additional academic field of applicants is open; however, theological and social ethics is preferred. Brite Divinity School is a seminary related to the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). It is ecumenical in character and mission. Brite is an EEO employer and maintains a policy of nondiscrimination with respect to all employees and applicants for employment. Send letter of application describing interests in teaching and research, dossier, and three letters of recommendation to Black Church Studies Search, Office of the Dean Brite Divinity School, TCU Box 298130, Fort Worth, TX 76129. Review of applicants will begin September 15 and continue until the position is filled. --Posted 6-27-08

Emory University seeks two senior scholars to fill the Raymond Schinazi Chair in Bioethics and Jewish Thought and the Raymond Schinazi Chair in Bioethics and Christian Thought.  These scholars may come from any relevant academic discipline and relevant faith tradition, and will have a strong record of scholarship and teaching in bioethics with particular emphasis on the impact of Jewish or Christian thought on health, medicine, and research.  In addition to extending scholarship and teaching, these professors will join current health sciences and ethics faculty, in providing creative leadership in various interdisciplinary and inter-religious bioethics initiatives bridging the Health Sciences and Emory College. The successful applicant will hold a joint appointment in the School of Medicine, the appropriate Department at Emory College, and the University-wide Center for Ethics. A PhD, MD, or other doctoral level degree is required, and a tenured appointment at the Associate or Full Professor level is anticipated. Interested candidates should send a letter of interest, a statement of teaching philosophy, a curriculum vita, and three letters of reference to: Dr. Barbara Stoll, Chair, Dept of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Emory University, 2015 Uppergate Dr, Atlanta GA 30322; barbara_stoll@oz.ped.emory.edu, 404-727-2456. Emory is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. --Posted 2-20-08 and again 6-23-08

The University of Notre Dame seeks a distinguished scholar and teacher to serve as Luce Professor in Religion, Conflict, and Peacebuilding at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies.  This professor, who may come from any relevant academic discipline and faith tradition, will have compiled an outstanding record of achievement in the study of the various roles of religious actors and religious traditions in both the legitimation and the peaceful transformation of deadly conflicts. At Notre Dame he or she will assume leadership of a variety of academic initiatives dedicated to the interdisciplinary, inter-religious exploration of "lived religion" in contemporary conflict settings. Candidates should have research experience in one of the following fields and interest in nurturing interdisciplinary research in the others: religious and ethnic conflict; religion and human rights; inter-religious and intra-religious differences and dialogue; comparative religious ethics; conflict transformation and peacebuilding.  The appointment, which ordinarily includes tenure, will begin in August 2008. Applicants are being interviewed now. Rank and salary are open. The University of Notre Dame is an international Catholic research university and an AA/EO employer; minority and women candidates are particularly encouraged to apply. Please send nominations and applications to:  Professor Scott Appleby, Chair, Luce Search Committee, Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, 107 Hesburgh Center for International Studies, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556.  --Posted 11-8-07, Updated 6-24-08