Haley Warren
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Nashville Banner: New Exhibit at Vanderbilt Platforms Nashville’s Voices of Climate Resilience
Taure Brown, Director of the James Lawson Institute hopes that Voices of Resilience inspires change. Read MoreJune 16, 2026
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Bat Kol International: Misunderstanding Jewish practice and belief means misunderstanding Jesus and Paul
Divinity Emerita Amy-Jill Levine presents a guide for Christians on preaching and teaching Jewish sacred texts with respect and care. Read MoreJune 8, 2026
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Baptist News Global: Theologian says UMC needs new scholarship for new era
Joerg Rieger believes the United Methodist Church has an opportunity to liberate Wesleyan theology from past conflicts. Read MoreJune 2, 2026
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Choosing here: Reflecting on the end of a first year
We’ve shifted here at Vanderbilt. The arboretum covers campus in green and the spring energy tantalizes as it builds summer humidity. The graduates have presented their theses at the Theses Fair, culminating years worth of soul-work and field education, community building, and the representation of an arc — who they… Read MoreMay 28, 2026
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Integrative Chaplaincy and the work of grief
For Chaplain (Captain) William Dykes, ministry is a shared experience of entering fully into the lives of the people he serves. Dykes is a student in the Vanderbilt Divinity School’s Doctor of Ministry in Integrative Chaplaincy program and an active-duty Army chaplain in the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The… Read MoreMay 19, 2026
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In pursuit of the familiar: A reflection on finding the right harbor
After a hurricane made landfall along the east coast of the American South in 2011, the remnants of the storm’s arms swung toward the Gulf of Maine where coastal and island communities prepared for tropical storm conditions. The sky over the harbor was dark and the rain was thick when… Read MoreMay 15, 2026
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Nashville Scene: Progressive Clergy Find Purpose in Downtown Nashville
Two Divinity alumni are among the Nashville faith leaders making a local impact. Read MoreMay 14, 2026
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Celebrating the graduating Class of 2026
“Friends, graduates, this now is part of your calling. I hope you will form communities of compassion in an age of outrage,” said Bishop William McAlilly to the 60 graduates and hundreds of guests at Vanderbilt Divinity School’s Commencement. McAlilly is a retired Bishop of the Tennessee-Western Kentucky Conference… Read MoreMay 13, 2026
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Keith Meador, director of the Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society, to retire July 1
Meador has integrated ethics into the daily life of clinical departments at Vanderbilt Health. Under his direction, the center expanded its reach across specialties, establishing programs in surgical ethics, pediatric ethics and maternal-child health. Read MoreMay 5, 2026