VDS Voices

Looking back on my time here, standing a few weeks from my graduation, I hold a couple things in mind: First, the academy is a disciplinary regime. Second, this time was a grace to my life. Disciplinary Regime 1: Library, December 2012. Photo credit Brandy Daniels My first point:… Read More

photo by Carlos Uroza By Lora Andrews, MDiv3 The United Methodist Student Association (UMSA) provides opportunities for spiritual formation at VDS as well as for interaction with the wider United Methodist connection.  One way we live out this mission is through our monthly luncheons. On the third Wednesday of… Read More

Thank you Nicole M. Malveaux, MTS2, for this weeks VDS Friday Photo. Amy Grant joins Dave Perkins, Associate Director of Religion in the Arts and Contemporary Culture, and the VDS Songwriting from a Theological Perspective class on October 22, 2013. Photo by Nicole M. Malveaux… Read More

by Rhonda Siggers, MDiv2 When I was a child, my grandmother traveled the world.  I remember vividly two trips she took.  The first was her trip to Hawaii from which my gift was a hula skirt that I attempted to wear to school as clothing.  The… Read More

by Katherine Smith Director of Admissions It’s the time of year again for official Visit Days at most theological schools.  All over the country, schools such as Vanderbilt Divinity School are making cases for why studying in their institutions is worth considering. … Read More

Six students from Vanderbilt’s Divinity School and Graduate Department of Religion participated this past summer in an archaeological excavation at Jezreel, Israel. The site famously connected in the Bible with the evil king Ahab and his scheming wife Jezebel, Jezreel has for years lain unattended by archaeologists despite its political… Read More

  Rainbow cake at LGBTQI Life to celebrate the end of National Coming Out Week National Coming Out Week is full of celebrations around National Coming Out Day, October 11.  This tradition began with the March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights on October 11, 1987.  Organizers… Read More

by Amy Elizabeth Steele, MDiv’00, PhD’12 Assistant Dean for Student Life Vanderbilt University Divinity School What is Community Worship? Stained glass windows, American flags, and funeral home fans—these are not the accoutrements… Read More

We have our first photo submitted by alumna, Blair Tolbert, MDiv’10. Thank you for sharing! Core members of L’Arche ATL, along with House Coordinator, Rev. Jessica Bridges MDiv’10, visited LaGrange College. They discussed with students a new understanding of diversity and… Read More

  Elaine Pagels delievers the 2013 Cole Lectures at Vanderbilt Divinity School The 2013 Cole Lectures were delivered on October 3-4 by renowned scholar Elaine Pagels, author of Revelations: Visions, Prophecy and Politics in the Book of Revelation. In her first lecture titled “Art, Music and Politics… Read More