Vanderbilt Divinity School

Each year the United States wastes over ninety-six billion pounds of food. Putting such a huge number in perspective requires an image, some reference to a concrete reality our minds can grasp. Here are a couple of my own attempts: ninety-six billion pounds is enough food to fill LP… Read More

VDS faculty and staff enjoy the opportunity to connect with students during coffee hour. L to R: V Matson, M Bukowski, S Brown, A Dillon and K Smith… Read More

This weeks photo was submitted by Priscila Dorcas Mojica, MDiv. Thank you for sharing. Latin@/American@ seminarians lunch with Iliff School of Theology ethicist: Dr. Miguel De La Torre 11.19.13… 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

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

The Howard L. Harrod Lecture was established to honor Harrod, the Oberlin Alumni Professor of Social Ethics and Sociology of Religion, who taught for more than 30 years at Vanderbilt. Harrod worked extensively in environmental ethics and activism and was an advocate for new ways of understanding the relationships of humans… Read More

Our first Friday Photo was submitted by a VDS student! Thank you Sarah Porter, M.Div. Dec ’14, for this fantastic photo! If you would like your photo to be considered for the VDS Voices blog, please email your jpgs to michelle.bukowski@vanderbilt.edu Dr. Ellen Armour's door decorated for National Coming Out… Read More

This year, Elaine Pagels, Harrington Spear Paine Foundation Professor of Religion, Princeton University, presented the  Cole Lectures. This photo is from her lecture, “Art, Music, and Politics in the Book of Revelation.” Cole Lecturer Elaine Pagels, speaks from the main pulpit as she delivers… Read More