Stephen Fowl on Theology, Teaching, and the Path Ahead for CDSP

09/29/23 • 36 min

Dr. Stephen Fowl is the newly appointed president and dean of Church Divinity School of the Pacific. He spoke to us about his approach to scholarship and teaching, curriculum revision and community formation in CDSP's Hybrid Program, and what he learned as a faculty member and senior administrator in a large Jesuit university.

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Transcript

Kyle Oliver: Before we begin the show, I just want to say that Dr. Fowl was able to sit for this interview at a time where there was some road noise happening outside of his office. That noise comes in occasionally and you can hear it but I don't think it's going to pull you out of the conversation.

Thank you for bearing with the construction happening in Berkeley and with that, on with the show.

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KO: Hi, this is Kyle Oliver a