Dale Weaver Brown, 95, farfesa Emeritus a Bethany Theological Seminary kuma babban malamin tauhidi a cikin Cocin 'yan'uwa da kuma tsohon mai gudanar da taron shekara-shekara na Cocin of the Brothers, ya mutu cikin lumana a ranar 30 ga Agusta, a gaban dangi. .
An haifi Brown ga Harlow da Cora (Weaver) Brown a Wichita, Kansas, a matsayin na huɗu na maza biyar, duk sun riga shi mutuwa. An kira mahaifinsa "mai siyar da abinci mai ci gaba" ta takarda na gida, kamar yadda yake da alaƙa da ƙarin ayyuka kamar shan cinikin kayan lambu a madadin kuɗi. An san iyayensa don mutunci, karimci, da kulawa ga inganci a cikin ƙwararru da na sirri.
Kakanninsa duka manoman Dunker ne masu wa'azi - noma a cikin mako da wa'azi a ranar Lahadi. Duk sun yi tasiri sosai a rayuwa da bangaskiya, kamar yadda malaman makarantar Lahadi suka yi magana game da rashin adalci na launin fata a farkon 1940s. Ya rubuta 'yarsa, Deanna Brown, "Tun yana karami, Waɗanda suke da ƙarfin ɗabi'a da ɗabi'a sun tsara Dale don su iya tsayayya da tashin hankali kowane iri kuma su buɗe zukatansu da gidajensu ga waɗanda suke buƙatar ƙauna."
Bayan samun ci gaba sau biyu a makarantar firamare, ya kammala AB a 1946 a Kwalejin McPherson (Kan.) a cikin shekaru uku masu zurfi, bayan shekara guda ya auri abokin karatunsa Lois (Kauffman). Sun kasance wani ɓangare na sansanin aiki na kasa da kasa a Italiya a lokacin rani na 1948, a matsayin ɓangare na Sashen Hidima na ’Yan’uwa –wani abin da ya ƙarfafa imaninsu da aikin nan gaba don rage talauci da yaƙe-yaƙe. A cikin shekaru 68 na aure, gidansu ya yi maraba da mutane daga ko'ina cikin duniya, na dogon lokaci da kuma na gajeren lokaci, ciki har da kasancewa iyali da suka karbi bakuncin shirin musayar sakandare na Jamus bayan yakin duniya na biyu.
Brown ya sami digiri daga makarantar Bethany da ke Chicago a 1949, sannan ya yi digiri na uku daga Jami’ar Arewa maso Yamma a 1962. Iliminsa ya hada da karatu a Jami’ar Drake da Garrett Theological Seminary.
An nada shi a shekara ta 1946. Ya yi Fasto Stover Memorial Church of the Brothers a Des Moines, Iowa, daga 1949-1956. Daga 1958-1962 ya yi aiki a Kwalejin McPherson a matsayin darekta na rayuwar addini kuma mataimakin farfesa a falsafa da addini. Koyarwarsa a Makarantar Sakandare ta Bethany ta fara ne a 1956-1958, yayin da yake neman digiri na uku a Arewa maso Yamma. Ya koma Betanya a matsayin farfesa na tarihi da tauhidi fiye da shekaru 30, 1962-1994. Ya koyar da darussa akan Bonhoeffer, 'Yan'uwa a cikin Tarihi da Ra'ayin Tauhidi, da Aminci, a tsakanin sauran batutuwa. Ya kasance shugaban kungiyar tauhidin tauhidin Amurka (Sashe na Tsakiyar Yamma) a cikin 1985-1986. Daga baya, ya kasance ɗan'uwa a Cibiyar Matasa don Nazarin Anabaptist da Pietist a Kwalejin Elizabethtown (Pa.), inda ake ba da lambar yabo ta shekara-shekara don girmama shi.
Ya rubuta littattafai shida kuma ya rubuta labarai da yawa ga Cocin ’yan’uwa Manzon mujallu kuma Baƙi, Ƙarni na Kirista, Sauran Gefe, editocin jaridu, da sauransu. Littafinsa na farko, Understanding Pietism, an buga shi daga digirinsa na digiri a cikin 1978, kuma a cikin 1996 an sake buga shi a cikin ingantaccen bugu. Kwanan nan, littafinsa Pacifism na Littafi Mai Tsarki Brethren Press ne ya sake buga shi a bugu na biyu. Wata hanyar Imani, wanda kuma Brethren Press ya buga, ana samunsa cikin duka Ingilishi da Mutanen Espanya (je zuwa www.brethrenpress.com/SearchResults.asp?Search=dale+brown).
Ya kasance mai gudanar da taron shekara-shekara a shekara ta 1972. Ya yi aiki a tsohon babban kwamitin darikar a 1960-1962, ya shugabanci kwamitin zaman lafiya na duniya 1997-2000, sau biyu ya kasance a zaunannen kwamitin taron shekara-shekara, ya yi aiki a Interchurch na darikar. Kwamitin dangantaka, kuma a farkon aikinsa shine mai gudanarwa na tsohuwar gundumar Iowa ta Tsakiya. A cikin misalan misalan majami’u dabam-dabam, ya kuma taimaka wajen ba da jagoranci na Ikilisiyar ’Yan’uwa ta farko a Brazil, kuma na wasu shekaru ya taimaka wajen ci gaba da cudanya tsakanin Cocin ’yan’uwa da ’yan’uwa a cikin ƙungiyar ’yan’uwa da yawa.
Ayyukansa na ecumenical sun haɗa da wakilcin cocin a Majalisar Coci ta ƙasa, shugaban Kwamitin Hulɗa da 'Yan'uwa, da kuma zama mai lura da shawarwari kan Ƙungiyar Ikilisiya.
An gano Brown a matsayin "muhimmin mutum na kasa da ke adawa da yakin Vietnam" lokacin da aka keɓe tarin takardunsa a ɗakin karatu na Tarihi da Tarihi na Brothers. Shirin na wannan taron ya ce: “Littafin Dale na 1970, Juyin Juyin Kirista, yana tsammanin da yawa daga cikin jigogin da John Howard Yoder da 'yan Baƙi suka yi fice daga baya."
Ayyukansa na mai fafutukar zaman lafiya suna da yawa kuma sun bambanta cikin shekaru da yawa. A matsayinsa na mai gudanar da taron shekara-shekara, ya gabatar da wata sanarwa a gaban kwamitin kula da ayyukan soji na Majalisar Dattijai wanda ke adawa da daftarin da Sabis na Zaɓe. Ya halarci musayar 'yan'uwa na Orthodox na farko a cikin 1963 kuma a cikin 1969 an nada shi shugaban taron zaman lafiya na bazara na farko tsakanin Cocin 'yan'uwa da Cocin Orthodox na Rasha, wanda aka gudanar a Geneva, Switzerland. Shigar da ya yi a cikin littafin ‘Brethren Encyclopedia’ ya lura cewa “ya shawarci waɗanda suka ƙi yarda da imaninsu da yawa, ya halarci zanga-zangar zaman lafiya dabam-dabam, kuma ya sa hannu sosai a ƙungiyoyin zaman lafiya da yawa (irin su Brethren Action Movement, wanda ya taimaka wajen samu, da kuma Sabon Kira zuwa Zaman Lafiya). …. Ya kuma taka muhimmiyar rawa a cikin abin da ake kira sabon bishara na farkon 1970s kuma ya kasance mai rattaba hannu kan Sanarwar Chicago na Damuwar Jama'a."
Bayanan kula ga a Manzon hirar da aka yi bayan ya yi ritaya ya ce, “Har yanzu yana son shiga zanga-zangar zaman lafiya. Ya kasance a cikin ma'aurata a Washington kwanan nan, ciki har da daya a Pentagon…. Yana aiki tare da Ƙungiyoyin Masu Samar da Zaman Lafiya na Kirista da kuma horon Majalisar Zaman Lafiya ta Duniya na matasa don Ƙungiyoyin Balaguro na Zaman Lafiya. Waɗannan misalai ne kawai na ayyukan da Dale ke da hannu a ciki.
Masu halarta na dogon lokaci a taron shekara-shekara na iya tunawa da jawabansa a makirufo, yana ba da shawara ga zaman lafiya da kiran sulhu tsakanin bangarori daban-daban a cikin coci, da kuma ɗokinsa na yin tattaunawa ɗaya-ɗaya da waɗanda ba su yarda da shi ba. Tsofaffin maƙwabta a Oak Brook, Ill., Na iya tunawa da sa hannu a buɗaɗɗen matsugunin gidaje a 1966, da kuma yadda shi da ɗalibai a Bethany suka ƙirƙiri ƙungiyar asusun beli a gundumar DuPage. Abokan aiki na Ecumenical na iya tunawa da sa hannu a cikin zanga-zangar a Babban Taron Dimokuradiyya na 1968 a madadin Kwamitin Sabis na Abokan Amurka.
Bayanan martaba na Brown a matsayin mai gudanarwa ya bayyana a ciki Manzon a cikin 1972, yana gano abubuwan da ke tattare da rayuwarsa da mai shaida: “Dale Brown, kamar yadda wasu ke ganinsa, mutum ne wanda tsananin fassarar Littafi Mai Tsarki ya kawo shi cikin tausayawa ga masu ra’ayin mazan jiya da kuma yin aiki tare da masu tsatsauran ra’ayi. Farawa daga tushe mai tsauri na Littafi Mai Tsarki, da ƙoƙarin yin gaskiya gare shi, sau da yawa yakan gano duka goyon bayansa da adawarsa a wasu wurare masu ban mamaki.”
Mujallar ta ba da labari daga wani taro na baya-bayan nan: “Ya tsinci kansa a cikin zazzafar muhawara mai zafi da wasu masu ra’ayin mazan jiya bayan taron kwamitin da suka halarta tare. Takaddamar, akan juriya, ta ci gaba da sa'a daya da rabi. A ƙarshe Dale ya gaya musu, 'Kun san ba zan daɗe ba idan ba na son ku kuma na ɗauke ku da muhimmanci - ba zan damu da haka ba.' Maƙiyansa suka amsa suka ce, 'Muna son ku, domin ba kawai kuna kyautata mana ba. Ka ɗauke mu da gaske har ka yi gardama da mu.'
Brown ya rasu da diyarsa Deanna (Brian Harley), dan Dennis (Dorothy Brown), da Kevin (Kim Pece), jikoki, da sauran mutane da yawa da ya yi iƙirarin a matsayin ƴaƴan ƙaunataccen kuma dangi.
Za a sanar da shirye-shiryen hidimar tunawa. Ana karɓar kyaututtukan tunawa da zaman lafiya a Duniya da Seminary na Bethany.
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