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Lewis Bevel Jones III (1926 – March 6, 2018) was a bishop of the United Methodist Church and Bishop in Residence at Emory University's Candler School of Theology. Born in Gracewood, Georgia, Jones graduated from Emory University in 1946 and received his Master of Divinity from Emory in 1949.
Candler School of Theology is grounded in the Christian faith and shaped by the Wesleyan tradition of evangelical piety, ecumenical openness, and social concern. Its mission as a university-based school of theology is to educate—through scholarship, teaching, and service—faithful and creative leaders for the church's ministries throughout the world.
Fred Brenning Craddock Jr. (April 30, 1928 – March 6, 2015) was Bandy Distinguished Professor of Preaching and New Testament Emeritus in the Candler School of Theology at Emory University. He was an ordained minister of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) from rural Tennessee.
Thomas Grier Long (born in 1946) is the Bandy Professor Emeritus of Preaching at Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. He received his BA degree from Erskine College in 1968, the Master of Divinity from Erskine Theological Seminary in 1971, and the Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1980.
William Ragsdale Cannon (April 5, 1916 – May 11, 1997 [1]) was the dean of Candler School of Theology (1953–1968) and an American bishop of the United Methodist Church, elected in 1968. Birth and family
Durham was selected Dean of Candler in the summer of 1914, when Chancellor Warren A. Candler convinced Emory College to begin a school of theology subsequent the loss of Vanderbilt by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Candler School of Theology opened for classes on September 23, 1914.
He completed his master's in theology from United Theological College and earned a doctorate in theology from Harvard Divinity School. Retiring in 2008, Thangaraj held his professorship in "World Christianity" at Candler School of Theology for 20 years. [ 2 ]
Luke Timothy Johnson (born November 20, 1943) is an American Catholic New Testament scholar and historian of early Christianity.He is the Robert W. Woodruff Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins at Candler School of Theology and a Senior Fellow at the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University.