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In the Media 05/04/08 Professor J. Kameron Carter Comments to USA Today on Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Politics and the Black Church
In the Media 05/03/08 Dean L. Gregory Jones and Professor J. Kameron Carter Discuss Race, Religion and the Presidential Primary on Headline Saturday, a Joint Effort of WRAL TV and The News & Observer
In the Media 05/02/08 Dean L. Gregory Jones Comments to the News & Record (Greensboro, N.C.) on Churches Confronting the Effects of Pornography
In the Media 05/02/08 Professor J. Kameron Carter Comments to The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) on Sen. Barack Obama, Race and Religion
In the Media 04/25/08 Professor Richard Lischer Comments to The Wall Street Journal on the Challenges of Ministry, Especially in Small Churches
In the Media 04/23/08 Ebony Magazine Names Divinity Student Kaneasha Shackelford to Its List of Young Leaders of the Future
In the Media 04/16/08 Richard Payne, Director of the Duke Institute on Care at the End of Life, Participates in a Nationally Broadcast (PBS) Conversation on Cancer Survivors and End of Life Care
In the Media 04/20/08 Professor David Steinmetz Comments to The Orlando Sentinel on Ups and Downs in the American Catholic Church
In the Media 04/19/08 Dean L. Gregory Jones Comments to The Roanoke Times on Forgiveness
In the Media 04/17/08 Professor Paul Griffiths Comments to The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) on the U.S. Visit of Pope Benedict XVI
In the Media 04/13/08 Dean L. Gregory Jones Comments to The News & Record (Greensboro, N.C.) on Joel Osteen and Prosperity Gospel
In the Media 04/11/08 The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) Profiles Visiting Professor Peter Gomes
In the Media 04/15/08 Professor Paul Griffiths Tells National Public Radio that Pope Benedict XVI Sees the Church as Surrounded by a Hostile Secular World
In the Media 04/04/08 Professor Richard Lischer Comments to NBC 4 (Washington, D.C.) on the Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
In the Media 04/08/08 Professor Lauren Winner Reviews the Civil War Books “What This Cruel War Was Over” and “This Republic of Suffering” in Books & Culture
In the Media 04/04/08 The Philadelphia Daily News Quotes Professor Richard Lischer on the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
In the Media 04/04/08 Professor Richard Lischer Comments to The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) on the 40th Anniversary of the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
In the Media 03/24/08 Professor Randy Maddox Comments to United Methodist Reporter on "The United Methodist Way"
In the Media 03/29/08 Professor J. Kameron Carter Comments to The Charlotte Observer on Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Former Pastor to Sen. Barack Obama
In the Media 03/21/08 Professor J. Kameron Carter Comments to ABC News on Sen. Barack Obama and the Context of the Black Church
In the Media 03/21/08 Health Ministries Educator Anne Packett Comments to The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) on a Conference Related to National Brain Injury Prevention Month
In the Media 03/22/08 Professor Mark Chaves Comments to The Arizona Republic on Religion Resisting Popular Culture
In the Media 03/20/08 Professor J. Kameron Carter Comments to The Des Moines Register on Sen. Barack Obama’s March 18 Speech on Race and Religion
In the Media 03/19/08 Professor Curtis Freeman Talks with The Independent Weekly (Durham, N.C.) about Racial Issues and Baptist Life
In the Media 03/19/08 Professor Richard Lischer Comments to Religion & Ethics Newsweekly on Sen. Barack Obama’s March 18 Speech on Race and Religion
In the Media 03/15/08 Professor Fred Edie Comments to The Times-News (Burlington, N.C.) on a Renewed Emphasis in Some Churches on Holy Week
In the Media 03/15/08 Dean L. Gregory Jones Comments to The Roanoke Times on Forgiveness
In the Media 03/15/08 Dean L. Gregory Jones Comments to The Orlando Sentinel on the Success of Some Mainline Megachurches
In the Media 03/09/08 Professor David Steinmetz Comments to The Orlando Sentinel on Shortcomings of a Recent Study by The Pew Forum on Religion in Public Life
In the Media 02/23/08 Professor Ed Phillips Comments to The Dallas Morning News on Trends in Worship Diversity
In the Media 02/11/08 The Christian Century Notes Duke Divinity School’s Initiative in Clergy Health
In the Media 02/11/08 Professor Emeritus Jackson Carroll Comments to The Christian Century on Clergy Satisfaction
In the Media 02/04/08 Professor Stephen Chapman Talks with NBC-17 on Religion and Politics
In the Media 02/08/08 The Fayetteville Observer Describes Duke Divinity School’s Thriving Rural Communities Initiative
In the Media 01/27/08 Professor Curtis Freeman comments to the New York Times on the New Baptist Covenant Celebration
In the Media 01/23/08 The Independent Weekly (Durham, N.C.) Covers Professor Timothy Tyson Preaching on Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy
In the Media 01/07/08 Professor Douglas Campbell Comments to Christianity Today on the Firing of Young Life Ministry Staff in the Durham-Chapel Hill Area
In the Media 11/30/07 Dean L. Gregory Jones Comments to The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) on the Divinity School's First Professor of Catholic Theology
In the Media 01/15/08 Dean L. Gregory Jones Comments to The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) on a Divinity School Initiative to Support and Teach Christian Leaders
In the Media 01/07/08 Professor Lauren Winner Reviews “People of the Book” for Books & Culture
In the Media 12/09/07 The Herald-Sun (Durham, N.C.) Comments on the Dialogue of Deans L. Gregory Jones and Sam Wells on the Question: What Would You Do with $100 Million?
In the Media 12/27/07 Professor Douglas Campbell Comments to Christian Century on Recent Controversy Involving Young Life Ministries
In the Media 12/27/07 Professor Lauren Winner Talks with Books & Culture about the Fiction of Author Jan Karon
In the Media 12/25/07 Professor Stanley Hauerwas Comments to The Washington Post on Use of the Phrase “Oh My God!”
In the Media 11/23/07 Professor Mark Chaves Comments to The New York Times on Economic Initiatives Growing out of Megachurches
In the Media 12/08/07 Professor David Steinmetz Comments to National Public Radio’s All Things Considered on an Episcopal Diocese in Central California Splitting from the National Church
In the Media 11/27/07 Dean L. Gregory Jones Comments to The Christian Century on Social Entrepreneurship and the Church
In the Media 11/29/07 Professor Richard Lischer Comments to The Associated Press on the Preaching Style of Rev. Gardner C. Taylor
In the Media 11/26/07 The Chronicle of Philanthropy Reports on the Divinity School’s Initiative in Clergy Health (Subscription Required)
In the Media 10/28/07 Professor Ellen Davis Comments to National Public Radio on Biblical Tales Related to Environmental Catastrophe
In the Media 10/14/07 Professor David Steinmetz Comments to The Orlando Sentinel on Continued Divisions within the Anglican Communion
In the Media 10/12/07 Professor William Turner Quoted in the Star-News (Wilmington, N.C.) on Church Involvement in the 1898 Wilmington Race Riot
In the Media 10/11/07 Professor Tammy Williams Comments to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on HIV/AIDS and the Black Church
In the Media 10/10/07 Professor Ellen Davis Comments to The Washington Post on Interfaith Cooperation in Sudan
In the Media 10/05/07 Professor Ellen Davis Comments to The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) on Food and the Health of the Planet
In the Media 09/29/07 The Los Angeles Times Cites a Duke Divinity School Study on Asian American Church Leadership
In the Media 09/23/07 Alyson Breisch, Administrative Director for the Health and Nursing Ministries Program, Comments to Reuters on Parish Nursing
In the Media 09/23/07 Professor Stephen Chapman Comments to The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) on Hypocrisy and the Bible
In the Media 09/20/07 Professor Stephen Chapman Comments to The Christian Science Monitor on Presidential Candidate John Edwards and Faith
In the Media 09/16/07 The Star-News (Wilmington, N.C.) Profiles Recent Divinity School Graduate Teresa Cook
In the Media 09/13/07 Artist Margaret Adams Parker Tells The Episcopal Church & Visual Arts about Her Work Creating the Sculpture “Reconciliation,” Based on the Parable of the Prodigal Son, for Duke Divinity School
In the Media 09/08/07 Professor Grant Wacker Discusses Billy Graham's Southern Roots with the Chattanooga Times Free Press
In the Media 09/01/07 Associate Dean Greg Duncan Discusses The Refectory and Green Dining at Duke Divinity School with In Trust Magazine
In the Media 08/07/07 The Christian Century Reviews Professor Stanley Hauerwas' Book on Matthew's Gospel
In the Media 08/07/07 Dean L. Gregory Jones Comments to The Christian Century on the Art of Learning among Christian Leaders
In the Media 08/18/07 Professor Grant Wacker Comments to The Chicago Tribune on a New Biography of Billy Graham and on the Mix of Religion and Politics in America
In the Media 08/11/07 Robin Swift, Director of the Thriving Clergy and Congregations Initiative, Talks with The Sacramento Bee about Ministers' Struggles with Obesity and Other Health Issues
In the Media 08/08/07 Professor Emeritus James "Mickey" Efird Tells The Star-News (Wilmington, N.C.) that Biometric Identification Devices Have No Connection to the "Mark of the Beast" Described in Revelation
In the Media 07/30/07 Professor Lauren Winner Comments to Newsweek on Electronic, Audio Versions of the Bible
In the Media 07/21/07 The Durham News Notes Duke Divinity Graduates Moving into United Methodist Clergy Positions in Durham
In the Media 07/20/07 Associated Baptist Press Cites a Duke Divinity School Study of Clergy Compensation
In the Media 07/12/07 The Asheville Citizen-Times Reports on The Divinity School's Clergy Health Initiative
In the Media 07/16/07 Dean L. Gregory Jones Comments to ABC 11 News on the Recently Announced Clergy Health Initiative
In the Media 07/10/07 The Associated Press Reports on The Divinity School's Clergy Health Initiative
In the Media 07/10/07 Dean L. Gregory Jones Comments to WCHL Radio on The Divinity School's Clergy Health Initiative
In the Media 07/10/07 The Charlotte Observer Reports on The Divinity School's Clergy Health Initiative
In the Media 06/30/07 Professor Emmanuel Katongole Comments to The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) on Growing Relationships between Catholics in North Carolina and Africa
In the Media 07/08/07 Professor Samuel Wells, Dean of Duke Chapel, Comments to The Christian Century on Boasting in the Joy of Creation
In the Media 07/03/07 United Methodist News Service Describes a Study, Written in Part by Professor Laceye Warner, on Women in Ministry
In the Media 07/03/07 Professor Emmanuel Katongole Talks with Christianity Today about Acting as God's Agents in the World
In the Media 06/24/07 Professor David Steinmetz Comments to The Orlando Sentinel on the "New Atheists"
In the Media 06/21/07 Professor Allen Verhey Comments to The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) on Christian Ethics and Embryonic Stem Cell Research
In the Media 06/12/07 Dean L. Gregory Jones Comments in The Christian Century on Sensibilities Regarding Forgiveness, Accountability and the Past
In the Media 06/16/07 Professor Stephen Chapman Comments to The News & Record (Greensboro, N.C.) on "Biblezines" and Marketing of the Bible
In the Media 06/15/07 Professor L. Edward Phillips Comments to The Charlotte Observer on Death and Grieving
In the Media 06/03/07 Professor J. Kameron Carter Comments to The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) on the Importance of Racial Diversity in Theological Education
In the Media 06/01/07 WUNC Radio’s The State of Things Focuses on a Conference at Duke Divinity School on the Need for Racial Diversity in Theological Education
In the Media 06/02/07 Professors Tammy Williams and J. Kameron Carter Tell The Charlotte Observer that Racial Diversity in Theological Education Is Needed to Combat Religious Illiteracy
In the Media 05/31/07 The Associated Press Notes Duke Divinity School's Commitment to Supporting Rural Ministry
In the Media 05/27/07 Professor Grant Wacker Comments to The Charlotte Observer on Successes of Billy Graham's Ministry
In the Media 05/26/07 Dean L. Gregory Jones Comments to the News & Record (Greensboro, N.C.) on Web Sites that Offer Opportunities for Confession
In the Media 05/13/07 Professor David Steinmetz Comments to The Orlando Sentinel on the Growing Connections Between African Anglican Churches and Their American Counterparts
In the Media 05/16/07 Professor David Steinmetz Comments to The New York Times on Groups that Fear Persecution Because They Practice Non-Mainstream Faiths
In the Media 05/06/07 Professors William Turner and Edgardo Colon-Emeric Comment to The Orlando Sentinel on Storefront Churches as Incubators for Diverse New Congregations
In the Media 04/28/07 Professor Fred Edie Comments to The Miami Herald on Increasing Numbers of Young Ministers Entering Protestant Churches
In the Media 05/01/07 Professor David Steinmetz Comments in The Orlando Sentinel on the Presumption of Innocence and the Duke Lacrosse Case
In the Media 04/17/07 Dean L. Gregory Jones Comments to The Christian Century on the Importance of Laughter in Leadership, Friendship and Community
In the Media 04/29/07 News 14 Carolina Profiles the Divinity School’s Refectory Cafe
In the Media 04/21/07 Divinity Student Chris Brown Talks with The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) about Portraying a 19th Century Methodist Circuit Rider
In the Media 04/17/07 Professor Emeritus Peter Storey Talks with The Chronicle (Duke University) about Receiving an Honorary Degree from Duke
In the Media 04/19/07 Professor Richard Hays Comments to Christianity Today on the Reality of Evil
In the Media 04/20/07 Professor Emeritus Jackson Carroll Talks with The Houston Chronicle about High Job Satisfaction among Ministers
In the Media 04/17/07 Professor Emeritus Jackson Carroll Comments to The Chicago Tribune on Clergy Satisfaction
In the Media 04/15/07 Dean L. Gregory Jones Comments to The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) on Apologies as Several Public Figures and Groups Say "I'm Sorry"
In the Media 04/12/07 Associate Dean Greg Duncan Comments to News 14 Carolina on Background Checks for Future Ministers
In the Media 04/07/07 Professor Curtis Freeman Tells the Winston-Salem Journal that the Issue of Prayer at Public Meetings is about Power More than Religion
In the Media 04/06/07 Tiffney Marley, Director of the Office of Black Church Studies, Comments to The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) on the Film “Amazing Grace” and a Christian Call for Social Justice
In the Media 04/01/07 Jeanne Twohig, Deputy Director of the Duke Institute on Care at the End of Life, Comments to The Orlando Sentinel on the Role of Hospice Chaplains
In the Media 04/02/07 Divinity Alum Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove Discusses the New Monasticism and his New Book, "Baghdad and Beyond: How I got born again in Babylon," on WUNC Radio’s The State of Things
In the Media 03/21/07 Professor Emeritus Peter Storey Talks with The Herald-Sun (Durham, N.C.) about Racial Reconciliation Efforts in North Carolina and South Africa
In the Media 03/22/07 Professor David Steinmetz Comments to the Star-Ledger (Newark, N.J.) on Difficulties the Archbishop of Canterbury Faces in Trying to Maintain a United Anglican Communion
In the Media 03/15/07 Richard Payne, Director of the Duke Institute on Care at the End of Life, Comments to WUNC Radio's The State of Things on Elements of an "Appropriate Death"
In the Media 03/14/07 The Herald-Sun (Durham, N.C.) Praises Relationship of Duke Divinity School Students with Civil Rights Activist Ann Atwater
In the Media 03/12/07 Sojourners Magazine Quotes Professor Grant Wacker on Changing Alliances and Divisions in Religion and Politics
In the Media 03/13/07 Professor Stanley Hauerwas Tells USA Today That Americans Are More Vulnerable to Negative Social Influences Because We Over-emphasize Individualism
In the Media 03/11/07 Associate Dean Greg Duncan Talks with The Herald-Sun (Durham, N.C.) about the Relationship between Duke Divinity School and Civil Rights Activist Ann Atwater
In the Media 03/11/07 Professor Emeritus D. Moody Smith Comments to Biblical Archaeology Review on “Blank Spaces” in Gospel Descriptions of Jesus
In the Media 03/09/07 Archbishop Elias Chacour of Galilee, Visiting Duke Divinity School, Talks with The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) About His Work in Peacemaking
In the Media 03/12/07 Richard Payne, Director of the Duke Institute on Care at the End of Life, Comments to The Washington Post on Access to End of Life Care for Minorities
In the Media 03/17/07 World Magazine Interviews Professor Stanley Hauerwas on Pacifism and Other Issues
In the Media 03/06/07 Archbishop Elias Chacour of Galilee, Israel, Visits Duke Divinity School and Speaks with WUNC Radio about Peacemaking in the Middle East
In the Media 03/04/07 Professor David Steinmetz Tells The Orlando Sentinel that Growing Divisions in the Anglican Communion Appear to Be Reaching a Decisive Stage
In the Media 03/03/07 The Los Angeles Times Cites Divinity School Report in Article on Leadership in Asian-American Churches
In the Media 03/02/07 Student Michelle Shrader Talks with The Herald-Sun (Durham, N.C.) about Work in Reconciliation and a Duke Program Involving Melkite Catholic Archbishop Elias Chacour
In the Media 03/05/07 Dean L. Gregory Jones Comments to USA Today on Forgiveness, Peacemaking and Reconciliation
In the Media 02/20/07 The Christian Century Reviews "God's Companions: Reimagining Christian Ethics" by Professor Sam Wells
In the Media 02/20/07 Dean L. Gregory Jones Comments to The Christian Century on Hardened Hearts and Forgiveness
In the Media 02/20/07 Professor Emeritus Jackson Carroll Comments to ChurchExecutive Magazine on Excellent Ministry
In the Media 02/18/07 Professor David Steinmetz Comments to The Orlando Sentinel on Property Disputes Growing from Divisions in the Episcopal Church
In the Media 02/18/07 Professor Keith Meador Comments to The News & Record (Greensboro, N.C.) on Faith Communities Embracing Health Ministries
In the Media 02/14/07 Professor Stanley Hauerwas Comments to The St. Petersburg Times on Americans' Views about Death
In the Media 02/06/07 The Christian Century Excerpts "Power and Passion: Six Characters in Search of Resurrection" by Professor Sam Wells
In the Media 02/13/07 The Billings (Montana) Gazette Quotes Professor Stanley Hauerwas on Christian Alternatives to War
In the Media 02/12/07 Professor David Steinmetz Comments to The San Francisco Chronicle on Pressures Dividing the Anglican Communion
In the Media 02/09/07 WRAL TV Interviews Lord Carey of Clifton, Former Archbishop of Canterbury, Following Carey's Feb. 8 Sermon at Duke Divinity School
In the Media 02/06/07 Professor Stanley Hauerwas Comments to the Billings (Montana) Gazette on Pacifism, Sacrifice and the War in Iraq
In the Media 02/05/07 Professor Ellen Davis Comments to the News & Record (Greensboro, N.C.) on the Theological Imperative to Care for the Earth
In the Media 02/01/07 Teaching Congregations Coordinator Nancy Rich Comments on the Program to Greenwich Time (Greenwich, Conn.)
In the Media 02/02/07 Wall Street Journal Column on Southern Baptists Cites Professors Curtis Freeman, Stanley Hauerwas
In the Media 01/19/07 Professor Kenneth Carder Comments to The Dallas Morning News on Controversy over Southern Methodist University’s Efforts to Become Home to the George W. Bush Presidential Library
In the Media 01/15/07 Professor Richard Lischer Comments to The San Francisco Chronicle on the Theology of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
In the Media 01/11/07 Visiting Lecturer Lauren Winner Reviews "Prayer" by Philip Yancey and "Knocking on Heaven's Door" by David Crump in Books & Culture
In the Media 01/06/07 Professor Jo Bailey Wells Comments to Religion News Service on the Role of the Washington National Cathedral in American Religious Life
In the Media 01/08/07 Duke News & Communications Profiles Live at the Lampstand
In the Media 01/02/07 Professor David Steinmetz Comments in The Orlando Sentinel that the Decision of Nine Virginia Parishes to Leave the Episcopal Church (USA) Bears Marks of Impatience
In the Media 12/25/06 Professor Jo Bailey Wells Comments to The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) on Several Virginia Churches Leaving the Episcopal Church USA
In the Media 10/01/06 Professor Grant Wacker Reviews Jon Meacham’s “American Gospel” and David Holmes’ “The Faiths of the Founding Fathers” in The American Interest
In the Media 12/12/06 Dean L. Gregory Jones Comments to The Christian Century on the Nature of Love and Hate as Described in Wendell Berry’s Novel, "Jayber Crow"
In the Media 12/15/06 Professor Geoffrey Wainwright Comments to The Herald-Sun (Durham, N.C.) on Uses of Greenery in Christmas Celebrations
In the Media 12/11/06 Field Education Director Joey Shelton Comments to the AP on Church Signs
In the Media 12/06/06 Student Andrew Thompson Comments to United Methodist Reporter about the Coptic Orthodox Church
In the Media 12/05/06 Professor David Steinmetz Comments to The Orlando Sentinel on Dialogue between Pope Benedict XVI and Muslim Leaders
In the Media 11/28/06 The Christian Century Reviews "God's Potters" by Professor Emeritus Jackson Carroll and "Resurrecting Excellence" by Dean L. Gregory Jones and Kevin Armstrong
In the Media 12/04/06 USA Today Cites a Divinity School Pulpit & Pew Study on Clergy Health Issues
In the Media 12/01/06 Visiting Professor Timothy Tyson Speaks with The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) about the Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Religion He Won for His Book "Blood Done Sign My Name"
In the Media 11/14/06 Enuma Okoro, Former Director of the Divinity School’s Center for Theological Writing, Comments to The Christian Century on Race, Romance and the Church
In the Media 11/26/06 Professor David Steinmetz Comments to The Orlando Sentinel on Recent Developments in the Anglican Church and Ongoing Divisions over Homosexuality
In the Media 11/25/06 Elizabeth Ingram Schindler, Assistant Director of the Duke Youth Academy for Christian Formation, Comments to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Efforts to Keep Children Engaged in Faith
In the Media 11/17/06 Visiting Professor Timothy Tyson Authors Special Section in The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) on the 1898 Wilmington Race Riot
In the Media 11/11/06 Duke Divinity Student Lee Kane Writes in The Charlotte Observer about Reading Scripture
In the Media 11/10/06 Visiting Professor Timothy Tyson Comments to The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) on Activist/Author Larry Thomas and the Wilmington Race Riot Commission
In the Media 11/05/06 Professor David Steinmetz Comments to The Orlando Sentinel on a Harvard Proposal to Require Study of Religion
In the Media 11/04/06 Professor Kenneth Carder and Professor Emeritus Jackson Carroll Comment to The Dallas Morning News on Clergy Sabbaticals
In the Media 11/01/06 Duke News & Communications Profiles Professor Tammy Williams
In the Media 10/28/06 Professor Jo Bailey Wells Comments to The Herald-Sun (Durham, N.C.) on All Saints Day
In the Media 10/22/06 Professor L. Edward Phillips Comments to The Charlotte Observer on Worship in Nontraditional Venues
In the Media 10/20/06 Professor Emeritus Jackson Carroll Comments to The Birmingham News on Challenges Pastors Face in Shaping Congregations
In the Media 10/18/06 The Mississippi United Methodist Advocate Describes Summer Internship Experiences of Duke Divinity Students in the Mississippi Conference
In the Media 10/17/06 Dean L. Gregory Jones Comments to The Christian Century on Cultivating Institutions in Service to the Gospel
In the Media 10/15/06 Professor Stanley Hauerwas Joins a Conversation on Australian Radio about an Appeal to Virtue as a Basis for Ethical Living