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ALTON B. POLLARD III
New Dean for Howard Divinity School
An Emory University professor and author of books on the growth of the African American church has been named dean of Howard University's School of Divinity.
Alton B. Pollard III, currently director of the black church studies program at Emory University's Candler School of Theology, will start at Howard on July 1 to fill a post that has been vacant for several years.
Pollard has published several books, including "Mysticism and Social Change," and he is co-editor with Love Henry Whelchel of "How Long This Road: Race, Religion and the Legacy of C. Eric Lincoln."
-- Hamil R. Harris
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Nigerian Cleric Blames U.S. Bishops
Nigerian Anglican Archbishop Peter J. Akinola, who defied the top bishops of the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion by installing his own bishop on U.S. soil last Saturday, said "insulting and condescending" American bishops were to blame for the controversy.
"The decisions, actions, defiance and continuing intransigence of the Episcopal Church are at the heart of our crisis," Akinola said in an open letter to Rowan Williams, archbishop of Canterbury and head of the Anglican Communion.
On Saturday in Woodbridge, Akinola installed the Rev. Martyn Minns as missionary bishop of the Convocation of Anglicans in North America (CANA). Minns was the longtime rector of the prominent Truro Church in Fairfax City.
