Essay Prizes Announced
Friday, January 11th, 2008The UU Christian Fellowship Clergy/Seminarians Team is pleased to announce the winners of the 2007 Clayton R. Bowen Essay Prize for Biblical Scholarship and the 2007 Frederic Henry Hedge Essay Prize for Church History.
This year the same person won in both categories. Aaron McEmrys won for “Who Are My Sisters and Brothers: Jonah’s Dilemma” and for “Brook Farm: The Rise, Fall, and Legacy of a ‘City of God.’” The essays will be published in an upcoming issue of The UU Christian Journal and each prize carries a $500 stipend. McEmrys is a newly minted graduate of Meadville Lombard Theological School in Chicago and is currently serving churches in Colorado.
Click to read more about the 2008 Essay Prizes.