News and Events
Listen: Bruce Morrill: "Encountering Christ in the Eucharist"
September 25, 2012—Listen to an interview with Bruce Morrill, Edward A. Malloy Chair of Catholic Studies and Professor of Theological Studies, about his new book Encountering Christ in the Eucharist: The Paschal Mystery in People, Word, and Sacrament. READ MORE »
CTP Leadership Development Breakfast
September 10, 2012—Compassionate Communication. Speaker: Graham Reside, PhD. Communication is elemental to effective leadership. Yet, too often our best intentions to communicate result in mis-communication. READ MORE »
Renowned Vanderbilt Old Testament Scholar Dies
September 10, 2012—Walter Harrelson, an internationally acclaimed Old Testament scholar who previously served as dean of Vanderbilt University Divinity School, died Sept. 5 in Winston-Salem, N.C. The Distinguished Professor of Hebrew Bible, emeritus, was 92 years old and had been in hospice care. READ MORE »
Domestic Violence Training Institute for Faith Leaders
July 31, 2012—Faith Leaders Coming Together to Address and End Domestic Violence in Our Communities. August 6th & 7th at the Goodwill Training Center, 937 Herman St. Nashville, TN 37208. Click through for more information. READ MORE »
Mark D. Jordan Lecture: What Would Christian Sexual Ethics Even Sound Like?
July 31, 2012—When? Tuesday, August 7th at 7:30pm. Where? Vanderbilt Divinity School, Room 122. 411 21st Ave South, Nashville, TN 37240. By: Human Rights Campaign & Carpenter Program in Religion, Gender & Sexuality at Vanderbilt Divinity School. READ MORE »
Rev. Joe E. Pennel Jr. - Negative campaigning may garner votes, but it polarizes nation
July 31, 2012—Negative campaigning presents a strong and vibrant challenge to the religious community. It dares us to find ways to speak the truth in love and to speak it in a way that rises above the negativity of this generation. READ MORE »
Divinity Library: Interview with Diane Sasson posted
July 24, 2012—Diane Sasson speaks about her new book, "Yearning for the New Age: Laura Holloway-Langford and Late Victorian Spirituality". Diane will be doing a reading of her new book at the Green Hills Public Library on Tuesday, Sept. 11, at 6:00 pm. READ MORE »
Mormons' love-hate relationship with America
July 23, 2012—Many of those Latter-day Saints pushing American exceptionalism "forget the Book of Mormon is a tale of woe about America, full of warnings," says American religion scholar Kathleen Flake, who teaches at Vanderbilt University in Tennessee. READ MORE »
The Mormon Lens on American History
July 23, 2012—Kathleen Flake, an associate professor of religious history at Vanderbilt University, argued that 19th-century Mormon plural marriage -- while certainly not a happy experience for all women -- was part of a broader ritual system that conveyed a reciprocal "priestly authority" on both men and women. READ MORE »
Memphis Urban Ministries Transform Vandy Students
July 23, 2012—Hartmann was one of three Vanderbilt Divinity School students who spent the past eight weeks serving as interns for several urban ministries in Memphis. READ MORE »
June 2012 Issue of the e-Spire Newsletter Now Available Online
June 20, 2012—Congratulations to the Class of 2012 We welcomed 100 new VDS and GDR alumni/ae into the Vanderbilt family during Commencement on May 11. READ MORE »
Jack Forstman, Vanderbilt Divinity dean, emeritus, dies
June 20, 2012—Jack Forstman, who built significant community and national support for the Vanderbilt Divinity School while serving as a beloved mentor and leader to many generations of students and faculty, passed away June 17. READ MORE »
New leadership for Vanderbilt Divinity model program
June 14, 2012—A professor of pastoral care and counseling who studies the confluence of theology and psychology in people's lives is the new director of Vanderbilt University Divinity School's Program in Theology and Practice. READ MORE »
C. Melissa Snarr: Nashville Churches are Embracing LGBT Congregants
June 14, 2012—Many lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people have a very difficult time finding a faith community that accepts them, but the fact that they have any choices at all is an improvement, writes C. Melissa Snarr, associate dean for academic affairs at the Divinity School and associate professor of ethics and society. READ MORE »
May 2012 Issue of the e-Spire Newsletter Now Available Online
May 15, 2012—A heavy yet hopeful heart -- Drawing from Romans 8:38-39, Patricia Shropshire, second-year master's of divinity candidate, preached at the final Community Worship of Black History Month on behalf of GABLE, our LGBTQI student, faculty and staff group. READ MORE »
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