VDS Voices

Religion and spirituality always have been central aspects of my person. I grew up in a conservative Christian environment. I loved it. It was one of the greatest driving forces in shaping the person I was. I was especially passionate about Christian Scripture. This love led me to want… Read More

Bishop Joe Pennel opened the Community Breakfast with a prayer on Tuesday, February 11, 2014.  Professor Bruce Morrill presented “Evangelization and Social Justice: Fundamentals of Pope Francis’s Mission.” Joe Pennel and Bruce Morrill                           Visions:… Read More

A collaborative mural by VDS students These days, I leave too many Divinity School discussions in exasperation. My blood pressure can’t take it. Just the other day, a dispute about climate change nearly lost me a friendship. I should eat more spinach, or perhaps dark… Read More

The 26th National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change took Houston, Texas by storm on January 29 through February 2, 2014. Nearly 4,000 people from all over the country attended the five-day program that featured over 390 workshops, training sessions, meetings and events. Plus there were four unbelieveably… Read More

After graduating from VDS in 2011, I pursued a ministry in clinical chaplaincy, or what has also started to be known as spiritual counseling. I’m writing to those of you considering the field and even to those of you who aren’t. I am incredibly happy with the work that… Read More

                      Members of the crowd show their excitement as they greet President Barack Obama after his speech he delivered at McGavock High School on Tuesday, Jan 30, 2014, in Nashville, Tenn. Vanderbilt University Divinity School alumna,… Read More

This is the final in a three part series of sermons delivered during the Academy of Preachers by academy members James W. Dennis, Lauren McDuffie and Shantell Hinton. The Academy of Young Preachers… Read More

Vanderbilt Divinity School is pleased to announce: Herbert Marbury has been granted promotion with tenure from Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible on the tenure tract to Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible with tenure effective the beginning of the spring semester 2014. photo credit D. Lashae'        … Read More

This is the second in a three part series of sermons delivered during the Academy of Preachers by academy members James W. Dennis, Lauren McDuffie and Shantell Hinton. For the second year in a… Read More

Kap Sum and friends played a gig last week at B.B. King’s. The band consisted of 7 people, 6 from the Divinity School. The songs included pop, covers, love songs, and 2 original compositions form Dr. Perkin’s “Songwriting from a Theological Perspective.” The crowd received us well, and we had… Read More