http://divinity.vanderbilt.edu News and Announcements for the Vanderbilt Divinity School en-us Tue, 15 May 2012 07:54:06 -0700 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss OmniUpdate (OU Publish) http://divinity.vanderbilt.edu/eSpire/2012_May_eSpire.html 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. Clayton Bollmann <clayton.t.bollmann@Vanderbilt.Edu> Tue, 15 May 2012 07:54:05 -0700 eSpire http://divinity.vanderbilt.edu/news/dean_search.php Vanderbilt University invites applications and nominations for the position of Dean of the Divinity School. The new Dean will lead an outstanding and dedicated faculty within a world-class university that is well recognized for its excellence in scholarship, teaching, and service activities. Clayton Bollmann <clayton.t.bollmann@Vanderbilt.Edu> Mon, 14 May 2012 12:48:23 -0700 Divinity Doors http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/politics/5936/mitt_romney_and_the_ghost_of_anti-mormonism/ Mitt Romney and the Ghost of Anti-Mormonism - If there is one book every politics or religion reporter in America should read right now to get ready for the 2012 general election, it is The Politics of American Religious Identity: The Seating of Reed Smoot, Mormon Apostle by Kathleen Flake. Clayton Bollmann <clayton.t.bollmann@Vanderbilt.Edu> Fri, 04 May 2012 08:46:42 -0700 Kathleen Flake http://divinity.vanderbilt.edu/news/lectures/levine.php Meet Amy-Jill Levine at a talk and book signing, Sunday May 13, 7:00PM at the Town and Village Synagogue, 334 East 14th Street, New York, NY. Free and Open to the Public. Clayton Bollmann <clayton.t.bollmann@Vanderbilt.Edu> Fri, 04 May 2012 08:36:31 -0700 AJ Levine http://divinity.library.vanderbilt.edu/interviews/ William Franke talks about his forthcoming book Dante and the Sense of Transgression: "The Trespass of the Sign". Bonnie Miller-McLemore talks about the book The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Practical Theology (which she edited and to which she contributed the introduction). Clayton Bollmann <clayton.t.bollmann@Vanderbilt.Edu> Tue, 01 May 2012 11:42:28 -0700 Sig http://www.scarrittbennett.org/programs/dtcw.aspx?utm_source=DTCW2+Resend+4_2&utm_campaign=constant+contact&utm_medium=email Scarritt-Bennett Center - April 20-21, 2012. $20 for the weekend / $15 for students with ID (includes Saturday lunch). Draw the Circle Wide welcomes you to engage in open and honest conversation about and with LGBTQ people in religious communities. Clayton Bollmann <clayton.t.bollmann@Vanderbilt.Edu> Tue, 17 Apr 2012 12:47:42 -0700 DTCW http://www.vanderbilt.edu/ctp/MillerMcLemoreLDB.php Date: Thursday, April 26, 2012 Time: 7:30am - 9:00am. Cost: $10.00 per person, free for Vanderbilt Students. Fee includes breakfast. Most nonprofits and congregations face resource shortages: money, staff, and time. The recent economy has made matters worse. Yet most leadership resources ignore that reality. Scarcity as a condition for leadership is overlooked. Clayton Bollmann <clayton.t.bollmann@Vanderbilt.Edu> Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:35:24 -0700 Mark Miller-McLemore http://news.vanderbilt.edu/2012/04/vanderbilt-divinity-discussion-can-a-mormon-be-president/ Kathleen Flake, a religious historian who teaches and writes about the interaction between American religion and law, will speak April 24 at a Vanderbilt Divinity School Community Breakfast. Flake's talk, "Can a Mormon Be President: Test Oaths and the 2012 Presidential Election," will be from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. in the Divinity School's Reading Room. Clayton Bollmann <clayton.t.bollmann@Vanderbilt.Edu> Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:30:39 -0700 Kathleen Flake http://www.mjhnyc.org/faspe/pr_seminary.html Adam Kelchner, a Masters of Divinity student at Vanderbilt University Divinity School, is one of the 14 seminarians and divinity students chosen by FASPE (Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics) to participate in a two-week program in New York, Germany, and Poland in June 2012. He plans to "use the fellowship experience as a way to continually reflect on the pastoral role and authority to speak publicly against present manifestations of injustice and oppression." Clayton Bollmann <clayton.t.bollmann@Vanderbilt.Edu> Tue, 03 Apr 2012 09:50:21 -0700 faspe http://news.vanderbilt.edu/2012/03/vanderbilt-divinity-school-service-combines-art-and-worship/ Artistic meditations on the last actions of Jesus as created by Vanderbilt Divinity School students, faculty and staff will be featured April 4 at Benton Chapel. The public is invited to enjoy the blend of worship and art at a service scheduled from 10:10 to 11 a.m. In addition, the exhibit will remain on display after the service until 2 p.m. Clayton Bollmann <clayton.t.bollmann@Vanderbilt.Edu> Mon, 02 Apr 2012 12:49:41 -0700 Cross http://www.nashville.gov/humanrelations/docs/pressreleases/120329.pdf The event will be held Thursday, April 12, from 11:30 to 12:30 on the 4th Floor Terrace of the Metro Office Building. Light refreshments will be served. In addition, Nashville singer-songwriter, Dave Perkins, will perform during this special program. Mr. Perkins composed the motion picture soundtrack for Deadline, the true story of the search for justice in a 20-year-old hate crime, produced and directed by Curt Hahn. Clayton Bollmann <clayton.t.bollmann@Vanderbilt.Edu> Mon, 02 Apr 2012 12:39:40 -0700 Dave Perkins http://divinity.vanderbilt.edu/news/lectures/bogitsh_lecture.php To be delivered by: Tony K. Stewart, Ph.D. Professor of Religion and Chair of the Department of Religious Studies, Vanderbilt University. Thursday, April 12, 2012, 4:00 p.m. Vanderbilt Divinity School, Room 122. Clayton Bollmann Mon, 02 Apr 2012 12:34:50 -0700 Tony Stewart http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/episodes/march-23-2012/amy-jill-levine-extended-interview/10585/ We all choose how to read religious texts, says Vanderbilt Divinity School New Testament and Jewish studies professor Amy-Jill Levine, co-editor of "The Jewish Annotated New Testament" (Oxford University Press, 2011) . "And what we can do is read graciously in the presence of our neighbor." Clayton Bollmann <clayton.t.bollmann@Vanderbilt.Edu> Wed, 28 Mar 2012 09:06:29 -0700 AJ Levine http://divinity.library.vanderbilt.edu/interviews/ Melissa Snarr talks about her book "All You That Labor: Religion and Ethics in the Living Wage Movement" Clayton Bollmann <clayton.t.bollmann@Vanderbilt.Edu> Wed, 28 Mar 2012 08:55:22 -0700 Melissa Snarr http://divinity.vanderbilt.edu/news/lectures/shades.php S.H.A.D.E.S. PRESENTS WOMANIST WEEK 2012 March 12-16, 2012. Powered by S.H.A.D.E.S. - Serving, Helping, Affirming the Divinity in Every Sista' Clayton Bollmann <clayton.t.bollmann@Vanderbilt.Edu> 03/12/2012 SHADES http://divinity.vanderbilt.edu/news/lectures/anthea_butler.php 4 p.m. in the Divinity School Private Dining Room. "The Culmination and Demise of the Religious Right's 'Southern Strategy' 1979-2012" Professor Anthea Butler, University of Pennsylvania. Clayton Bollmann <clayton.t.bollmann@Vanderbilt.Edu> 03/14/2012 Anthea Butler http://divinity.vanderbilt.edu/degrees/graduate/director_search.php Vanderbilt University is seeking nominations or applications of senior scholars for appointment to direct the Theology and Practice Program in the Graduate Department of Religion. The Program in Theology and Practice seeks to form a generation of professors who are outstanding teachers of people preparing for ministry and groundbreaking scholars in practical theology. Clayton Bollmann <clayton.t.bollmann@Vanderbilt.Edu> Fri, 09 Mar 2012 12:37:40 -0800 TP http://www.tavissmileyradio.com/022412/lewis_baldwin.html Lewis Baldwin, Vanderbilt Professor of Religious Studies, was a guest on the Tavis Smiley Show to discuss his new book "Thou, Dear God: Prayers That Open Hearts and Spirits", the first and only collection of prayers by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Click "Read More" to listen. Clayton Bollmann <clayton.t.bollmann@Vanderbilt.Edu> Thu, 08 Mar 2012 13:53:41 -0800 Dr. Lewis Baldwin http://www.regonline.com/Register/Checkin.aspx?EventID=1051619 Saturday March 17, 2012 from 8:00am to 6:00pm. The event will be held at Vanderbilt University sponsored by Vanderbilt University Divinity School. The Workshop features a panel discussion with Rev. Dr. Valerie Bridgeman, Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible/Homiletics and Worship Scholar of Theology and the Arts at Lancaster Theological Seminary and President and CEO of WomanPreach! Inc. and Rev. Dr. Dale Andrews, Distinguished Professor of Homiletics, Social Justice and Practical Theology, Vanderbilt University Divinity School. Clayton Bollmann <clayton.t.bollmann@Vanderbilt.Edu> Thu, 08 Mar 2012 11:31:59 -0800 Dr. Valerie Bridgeman http://divinity.vanderbilt.edu/news/lectures/brown.php Vanderbilt University Divinity School announces the 38th annual Antoinette Brown Lecture. Love Abyss: Preaching Desire in the Thirteenth and Twenty-First Centuries, to be delivered by Amy Hollywood, Ph.D. Elizabeth H. Monrad Professor of Christian Studies, Harvard Divinity School. Thursday, March 22, 2012 7:00 p.m. Benton Chapel, Vanderbilt University Divinity School. Clayton Bollmann <clayton.t.bollmann@Vanderbilt.Edu> Thu, 08 Mar 2012 07:27:16 -0800 ABL http://news.vanderbilt.edu/2012/03/dave-perkins-whats-your-story/ "For me, the creative life is a life of the spirit," said Dave Perkins, musician, Vanderbilt Divinity School graduate and associate director of the school's Religion in the Arts and Contemporary Culture program. "An animating force is given to you, and at the same time you're using it as a tool. You become a conjuror of sorts, breathing something into a composition." Clayton Bollmann <clayton.t.bollmann@Vanderbilt.Edu> Thu, 08 Mar 2012 07:10:52 -0800 Dave Perkins http://www.facebook.com/events/252151274868102/ Religion in the Arts and Contemporary Culture is pleased to present View from a Small Boat with award-winning photographer and adventurer John Guider. Guider built a small motor-less boat, launched it into the Cumberland River close to his home, traveled to the Mississippi, to the Gulf of Mexico, across the Gulf to Key West, then up the entire East Coast of Florida. He will soon begin an arduous trip up the Atlantic coast to New York City. Clayton Bollmann <clayton.t.bollmann@Vanderbilt.Edu> 02/28/2012 Small Boat http://www.vanderbilt.edu/ctp/Religion_Politics_2012.php In the midst of this year's election season, join us to hear from nationally recognized experts as we consider a wide range of issues concerning the intersections of religion and American society. Date: March 29, 2012 Time: 8:00am - 2:00pm. Clayton Bollmann <clayton.t.bollmann@Vanderbilt.Edu> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 07:14:06 -0800 Flag http://divinity.vanderbilt.edu//news/lectures/mark_jordan.php Dr. Mark Jordan, Richard Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Divinity and Professor of Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality of Harvard Divinity School will join the Vanderbilt Divinity From Feb 21st through March 1st as scholar-in-residence. Please join us next Tuesday, February 21st, at 4:15 pm in Room 122 for a lecture by Dr. Jordan. The title of his lecture is Sodomites, Inverts, and Other Subjects on Christian Theology. Dr. Jordan is the author of a number of books, including the two that feature prominently in his lecture, The Invention of Sodomy in Christian Theology (University of Chicago Press, 1998) and his most recent book, Recruiting Young Love: How Christians Talk About Homosexuality (University of Chicago Press, 2011). A reception will follow the lecture in Tillett Lounge. The event is sponsored by the Carpenter Program in Religion, Gender, and Sexuality. This event is free and open to the public. Clayton Bollmann <clayton.t.bollmann@Vanderbilt.Edu> 02/21/2012 Mark Jordan http://www.christiancentury.org/article/2012-02/cell-groups The idea of having divinity students taking classes with prisoners, reading and discussing the same material, emerged a decade ago at Vanderbilt Divinity School in Nashville through the efforts of prison activist Harmon Wray. Since then, Drew Theological School in New Jersey, Union Theological Seminary in New York and Duke Divinity have developed similar programs. Clayton Bollmann <clayton.t.bollmann@Vanderbilt.Edu> 02/13/2012 Prison Bars http://calendar.vanderbilt.edu/calendar/2012/02/16/i-just-want-to-do-gods-will-rediscovering-the-priestly-and-prophetic-dimension-of-mlk.161730 The Kelly Miller Smith Institute on Black Church Studies presents: Dr. Lewis Baldwin, Professor of Religious Studies, Vanderbilt University. Thursday, February 16, 2012 at the Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center, 6:00 p.m. Reception to Follow. Clayton Bollmann <clayton.t.bollmann@Vanderbilt.Edu> 02/16/2012 Baldwin Flyer http://news.vanderbilt.edu/2012/02/listen-vanderbilts-dave-perkins-debuts-movie-soundtrack/ Vanderbilt Divinity School's Dave Perkins will debut the soundtrack for the new independent feature film "Deadline" on Feb. 3. The plot of "Deadline", which premieres Feb. 15 in Nashville, is inspired by the true events of the unsolved murder of an African American teen in rural Alabama. Perkins, a noted blues-rock musician, will perform at 3rd & Lindsley starting at 8 p.m. You can also hear the show live on WLRT Lightning 100 radio. Clayton Bollmann <clayton.t.bollmann@Vanderbilt.Edu> 02/10/2012 Deadline http://www.facebook.com/#!/events/187202598054480/ Announcing the winter art exhibition at Vanderbilt Divinity: CREATURE: skin, scale, feather, fur, & fin -- Wine and Cheese Opening Reception: Thursday, February 16th 4-7 PM -- Presented by Religion in the Arts and Contemporary Culture Clayton Bollmann <clayton.t.bollmann@Vanderbilt.Edu> 02/16/2012 Creature http://www.vanderbilt.edu/ctp/eventsWayneElsey.php Thursday, Feb 23, 2012 7:30 - 9:00am Vanderbilt University Club -- The Success Paradox: Why money, power, and prestige weren't enough to keep me in Corporate America Wayne never thought the same industry that defined his career would become the framework for his life's passion, an international shoe charity called Soles4Souls. Clayton Bollmann <clayton.t.bollmann@Vanderbilt.Edu> 02/23/2012 Wayne Elsey http://divinity.vanderbilt.edu/news/index.php Though we regret that Rev. Lawson will be unable to join us this Friday, we invite you to join us in welcoming Rev. Edwin Sanders, II who will be our speaker Friday evening. Rev. Sanders is pastor of Metropolitan Interdenominational Church and founder of the First Response Center HIV/AIDS clinic and recovery resource center deliver our Black History Symposium. He will be lecturing at 7pm Friday Feb 3rd at Benton Chapel, responding to the question "What does the black preaching tradition have to say on social justice?" And unfortunately, as he will no longer be in Nashville this Friday, the scheduled breakfast with Rev. Lawson has been cancelled. Clayton Bollmann <clayton.t.bollmann@Vanderbilt.Edu> Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:58:41 -0800 Edwin Sanders Photo http://www.tennessean.com/article/20120130/NEWS01/301300040/Vanderbilt-scholar-Amy-Jill-Levine-stresses-Jewish-roots-New-Testament Amy-Jill Levine aims to make the New Testament accessible to Jews while teaching Christians about their Jewish roots. Clayton Bollmann <clayton.t.bollmann@Vanderbilt.Edu> 01/30/2012 Levine http://www.tennessean.com/article/20120116/NEWS01/301160013/Keeping-MLK-s-legacy-strong-author-Lewis-Baldwin-s-calling "I was deeply touched by him and wanted to know how I might continue the struggle and build on the legacy of Dr. King," he said. "I thought one way of keeping Dr. King's memory alive would be through scholarship and teaching. Clayton Bollmann <clayton.t.bollmann@Vanderbilt.Edu> 01/16/2012 Lewis Baldwin Photo http://divinity.library.vanderbilt.edu/interviews/index.html Listen to the interview with John McClure on "Mashup Religion: Pop Music and Theological Invention". You can find it, as well as previous interviews, linked from the Divinity Library home page. Clayton Bollmann <clayton.t.bollmann@Vanderbilt.Edu> 01/19/2012 John McClure http://www.dioceseofnashville.com/a-islamic-catholic.htm "It seems to me that the Good Friday intercessions speak volumes about that posture of friendship and earnest desire for the progress of all peoples, as well as a properly humble and, in proper measure, penitent acknowledgement of Roman Catholics' failures, as individuals and at times as a corporate body, to be the living witnesses of the Gospel of peace and human upbuilding that Christ gave his life to empower," said Father Morrill. "This stands for the Church - in its leaders and all members - not least in its relationship with Muslim peoples. Clayton Bollmann <clayton.t.bollmann@Vanderbilt.Edu> 01/20/2012 Bruce Morrill http://news.vanderbilt.edu/2012/01/5-million-lilly-endowment-grant-expands-divinity-program/ A unique program created by Vanderbilt University Divinity School to reshape the training for professors who prepare future ministers will expand under a $5 million renewal grant awarded by Lilly Endowment Inc. Clayton Bollmann <clayton.t.bollmann@Vanderbilt.Edu> 01/19/2012 LE Logo http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/15/us/politics/evangelical-christians-unease-with-romney-is-theological.html?_r=1 Kathleen Flake, a Mormon who is a professor of American religious history at Vanderbilt Divinity School, explained that the planets notion had been de-emphasized in modern times in favor of a less concrete explanation: people who die embark on an "eternal progression" that allows them "to partake in God's glory." Clayton Bollmann <clayton.t.bollmann@Vanderbilt.Edu> 01/14/2012 Kathleen Flake http://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/news/amy-jill-levine-to-keynote-fellowship-of-christians-2087480.html New Testament author and scholar Amy-Jill Levine will be the featured speaker Jan. 19 at the Palm Beach Fellowship of Christians and Jews annual luncheon. Clayton Bollmann <clayton.t.bollmann@Vanderbilt.Edu> 01/07/2012 Levine Photo http://www.thejewishweek.com/arts/theater/freud_schmeud Jay Geller speaks about Freud's ideas about Judaism... Clayton Bollmann <clayton.t.bollmann@Vanderbilt.Edu> 12/27/2011 Jay Geller http://www.npr.org/2011/12/24/144228636/a-jewish-perspective-on-the-new-testament Amy-Jill Levine is interviewed on NPR's "All Things Considered" - The Jewish Annotated New Testament is the first time that Jewish scholars have ever been involved in editing a version of the New Testament... Clayton Bollmann <clayton.t.bollmann@Vanderbilt.Edu> 12/24/2011 http://news.vanderbilt.edu/2011/11/faith-in-practice/ Bruce Morrill researches the enigma of suffering: Consider a young mother. Say she is a practicing Christian, stricken with inoperable cancer and has six painful months to a year to live. Is God punishing her for her sins? If not, why is this misfortune being visited on her and her loved ones? How are people who believe in a benevolent God supposed to interpret this and maintain their faith? Can religious faith comfort us when it seems there is no hope? Clayton Bollmann <clayton.t.bollmann@Vanderbilt.Edu> Mon, 28 Nov 2011 07:52:58 -0800 http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2011/nov/03/religion-and-politics-mix-goes-back-to/ Vanderbilt Divinity professor James P. Byrd talks with the Knoxville News Sentinel about Religion and Politics. Clayton Bollmann <clayton.t.bollmann@Vanderbilt.Edu> Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:19:09 -0800 James P Byrd http://www.faithandleadership.com/multimedia/dale-p-andrews-were-never-done-the-work Vanderbilt Divinity professor Dale P. Andrews' featured interview by Leadership Education at Duke Divinty. Balancing the pastoral and the prophetic is an ongoing challenge in the church, says the distinguished professor of homiletics, social justice and practical theology at Vanderbilt University. Clayton Bollmann <clayton.t.bollmann@Vanderbilt.Edu> Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:06:11 -0800 http://www.wilson.edu/calendars/detail.aspx?pageaction=VSIPublicBlock2&LinkID=289&ModuleID=38&StartDate=10/17/2011 More than 150 years after he was hanged at Harper's Ferry, John Brown remains a controversial figure. Today he is most often understood as a madman or a rational but failed guerrilla warrior Kelsey Wynns <kelsey.wynns@vanderbilt.edu> 10/17/2011 http://divinity.duke.edu/news-media/news/20111006gct Video of the 2011 fall Gardner C. Taylor Lecture Series on Sept. 27-28 is now available. The lecture series, sponsored by the Office of Black Church Studies, was established in 1975 and named in honor of the Rev. Dr. Gardner C. Taylor, and provides opportunities to hear outstanding black preachers in Duke Divinity School classes and worship services. Clayton Bollmann <clayton.t.bollmann@Vanderbilt.Edu> 10/06/2011 http://divinity.vanderbilt.edu/news/index.php There will be a book signing hosted by Douglas A. Knight and Amy-Jill Levine on November 11, 2011, 5:00-7:00 p.m. at the Barnes & Noble Bookstore, 2501 West End Avenue, Nashville, TN 37203. "The Meaning of the Bible: What the Jewish Scriptures and Christian Old Testament Can Teach Us" (New York: HarperOne, 2011). ISBN 978-0-06-112175-3 Clayton Bollmann <clayton.t.bollmann@Vanderbilt.Edu> Fri, 21 Oct 2011 06:51:12 -0700 http://www.louisville-institute.org/Grants/ggrantpast.aspx?id=13&year=2011 Barbara McClure received the Sabbatical Grant, Louisville Institute Melanie Moran <melanie.moran@vanderbilt.edu> Wed, 21 Sep 2011 12:08:01 -0700 http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/mormons-on-broadway-could-bring-them-to-the-white-house/2011/03/30/AF6bfFIC_story.html Lacy Tite <lacy.tite@vanderbilt.edu> Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:13:39 -0700 http://news.vanderbilt.edu/2011/04/lim-luce/ Paul Lim named Luce Fellow of Theology Lacy Tite <lacy.tite@vanderbilt.edu> Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:14:00 -0700 http://news.vanderbilt.edu/2011/04/lim-luce/ http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2010/09/08/guestview-u-s-synagogues-churches-collect-similar-donation-amounts-differently/ Clayton Bollman <clayton.bollman@vanderbilt.edu> Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:14:29 -0700 http://divinity.library.vanderbilt.edu/interviews/index.html Clayton Bollman <clayton.bollman@vanderbilt.edu> Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:12:36 -0700