2012 Camp Info



2012 Evangelist Mark G. Toulouse Ph.D.

Mark Toulouse is Principal and Professor of the History of Christianity at Emmanuel College of Victoria University in the University of Toronto. He and his spouse, Jeffica, have three adult children, and three grandchildren.  Toulouse is an historian of religion and culture, and the history of Christianity. He holds a Ph.D. from The University of Chicago and is the author of eight books, including, for example, The Transformation of John Foster Dulles (1985); Makers of Christian Theology in America (1997), and God in Public (2006). The Academy of Parish Clergy named God in Public one of the top ten books published in 2006. He is an ordained minister with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). Toulouse regularly conducts
workshops for ministers and lay people on topics pertaining to North American Christianity, religion and public life, interfaith dialogue, and theological education. He has twice received (1999 and 2007), by vote of his colleagues, Awards for Faculty Excellence in Teaching and Research. On one notable occasion, Toulouse received a major league baseball publication credit as a "sports photographer."



2012 Bible Study/Theology for Today Leader Tom Reynolds

Tom Reynolds is Associate Professor of Theology at Emmanuel College. Committed to an interdisciplinary and relational vision of theology, his teaching and research seek to deepen Christian engagements with diversity and promote compassionate justice. As father of an autistic son, he has become especially interested in opening up the way people of faith think
about and welcome people with disabilities into community life. Tom's recent book, "Vulnerable Communion: A Theology of Disability and Hospitality", was shortlisted for the Michael Ramsey Prize.


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