Westar Institute News
Santa Rosa, California
September 2005
Robert Walter Funk, 1926-2005
Robert Walter Funk, founder of the Westar Institute and Jesus Seminar, died on Saturday, September 3, at his home in Santa Rosa, California, following a brief illness.
Donations may be made to the Robert W. Funk Memorial Fund, c/o Westar Institute, P.O. Box 7268, Santa Rosa, CA 95407.
Westar Summer School Westar will inaugurate its annual summer school in June 2006 at
Asilomar, a California State park located on Monterey Bay. The program will consist of two sessions, one from June 4–9 and the second from June 11–16. The faculty is still being assembled but will include
Karen Armstrong, Eugenie Scott, Stephen Patterson Thomas Sheehan, and Roy Hoover. Westar will award 2 CEUs for each of the two sessions. Details will be available soon on Westar's website and in the
next issue of the Fourth R.
Spring 2006 Meeting in Miami The Spring 2006 Meeting of Westar Institute will be held at Don Shula's Hotel and Golf Club in Miami Lakes, Florida, March 1–4, 2006. Miami Lakes is located about
thirty minutes from either Miami International or Ft. Lauderdale International airports. Guest speakers will include Aaron Milavec who will present a workshop on the Didache (see his article in Fourth R
18-3) and Phyllis Tickle, contributing editor in Religion to Publishers Weekly and author of several books including, most recently, Prayer is a Place
published in June 2005, who will give the evening lecture. A second workshop is being planned.
Westar Receives Grant We are pleased to announce that Westar Institute has received a grant from the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter
Foundation for $15,000 in support of efforts to expand and diversify the base of Fellows. Over the years, Westar has distinguished itself through its cutting edge scholarship in religion and theology; a key
to carrying this scholarship into the future is having a diverse group of scholars with a variety of interests and backgrounds. Also important is recruiting young, graduate level scholars to participate in
our seminars. This grant, in combination with support from our donors, will help us achieve these important goals.
Paul Translation Committee Meets A donation from a Westar associate enabled members of
the Paul translation committee to come together for a week long June meeting at Westar Institute's new quarters. In attendance were Daryl Schmidt, Brandon Scott, Arthur Dewey, Edward Beutner, Roy Hoover and
Robert Funk. According to committee chair, Daryl Schmidt, the opportunity to work together for a full week in a genuine seminar setting epitomized the Westar experience of a collaborative project. The
translation committee focused on key Pauline passages, such as "justification by faith," and discovered genuinely fresh insights for translating Paul into English. The committee expects to debut new SV
translations of select Pauline letters at the Spring 2006 meeting.
CEUs In addition to offering CEUs for the 2006 summer school, we are pleased to announce
that Westar will offer .5 CEU for attendance at Jesus Seminars on the Road. Following up on a request from our Canton, New York, hosts, we determined that we meet all of the necessary requirements. Persons
wishing to receive CEUs should let the Westar staff know in advance so that we have time to set up appropriate record keeping.
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