Frederick Houk Borsch

Career

See "The Other Bishop" in Los Angeles Times Magazine, April 11, 1999, pp. 16-19, 44-42. and further biography at. Working with the Standing Commission on Human Affairs, he helped the General Convention of 1994 to include in the church"s canons sexual orientation in the non-discriminatory clauses for ordination.

Educated at Princeton, Oxford and the General Theological Seminary, his Doctor of Philosophy degree is from the University of Birmingham in England.

In addition to teaching posts in England, at Seabury-Western and the General Theological Seminary, he was formerly Dean, President, and Professor of New Testament at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific. Contributor of essays, articles and poetry to a number of journal and newspapers, he has been a conference leader and given university and seminary lectures at institutions in this country and abroad.

Foreign further bibliography see "Spirit Searching" at www.frederickborsch.com. *Also in audio format with the Episcopal Media Center and Alliance for Christian Media.

Works

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  • Introducing the Lessons of the Church Year: 3rd Edition

    ( The third edition is updated to the Revised Common Lect...)

  • The Christian and Gnostic Son of Man:

    (Frederick Borsch's classic study of the concept of Christ...)

  • Christian and Gnostic Son of Man (Studies in Biblical Theology No 14)

    (Frederick Borsch's classic study of the concept of Christ...)

  • Outrage and Hope: A Bishop's Reflections in Times of Change and Challenge

    (Frederick Houk Borsch is Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese ...)

  • The Son of Man in Myth and History

    (Book by Borsch, Frederick Houk)

  • Introducing the lessons of the church year: A guide for lay readers and congregations

    (Book by Borsch, Frederick Houk)

  • Many Things in Parables: Extravagant Stories of New Community

    (. 1988, 167pp)

  • The Son of Man in Myth and History The New Testament Library
  • Jesus: The human life of God
  • Son of Man in Myth and History
  • The Son of Man in Myth and History: by Frederick Houk Borsch (2007-03-01)
  • Power in Weakness: New Hearing for Gospel Stories of Healing and Discipleship
  • Coming Together in the Spirit
  • Many Things in Parables: Extravagant Stories of New Community by Frederick Houk Borsch (2002-09-06)
  • Christian Discipleship and Sexuality
  • The Son of Man in Myth and History:

Membership

Remembered particularly for the development of Spanish-speaking congregations, the founding of the Episcopal Urban Intern Program (Episcopal Service Corps), his leadership in environmental stewardship, the building of the Cathedral Center of Saint Paul, and advocacy for poverty-wage workers and the living wage while bishop in Los Angeles, he also served for twelve years as the Chair of the House of Bishop’s Theology Committee and as a member of the design and steering teams for the 1988 and 1998 Lambeth Conferences, chairing the section “Called to be a Faithful Church in a Plural World” in 1998.

Connections

Father:

Reuben A. Borsch

Mother:

Pearl Irene (Houk) Borsch

Spouse:

Barbara Edgeley Sampson

child:

Matthew Borsch

child:

Benjamin Borsch

child:

Stuart Borsch