Noteworthy

11/05/09 Listen to the 2009 David C. and Virginia R. Steinmetz Lecture

Robert Louis Wilken presented “Historical Theology: Following the Holy Fathers” on Nov. 4

11/03/09 An Audience of One: Rural Ministry Colloquium

On Nov. 12, Rev. Jeremy Troxler discusses the challenges, freedoms and joys of preaching in a rural setting

11/02/09 Listen to “Being a Christian in Today's World”

Discussion with Professor Stanley Hauerwas and television news anchor David Crabtree

10/30/09 Gardner C. Taylor 2009 Distinguished Lecture Online

Hear or download “Middle Passages: The Black Church Movement in the United States Today” by Dr. Alton Pollard

10/29/09 Ellen Davis Presents Inaugural Lecture

Hear or download the lecture, “The Poetry of Care and Loss,” through iTunes U.

10/23/09 Divinity Women’s Center Turns 35

Celebration events Nov. 12-13 include panel discussions, lectures, and a fund-raising dinner

10/23/09 Faith, Photography, and the Many Looks of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Public presentation by Professor Maurice Wallace, Duke University, on Oct. 29

10/22/09 I Want to Publish a Book Someday. What Should I Do Now?

Center for Theology, Writing & Media presents panel discussion on Oct. 27

10/19/09 Historical Theology: Following the Holy Fathers

Robert Louis Wilken to present the 2009 David C. and Virginia R. Steinmetz Lecture on Nov. 4

10/16/09 The Poetry of Care and Loss

Ellen Davis presents inaugural lecture as the Amos Ragan Kearns Distinguished Professor of Bible and Practical Theology, Oct. 27

10/16/09 Rural Ministry, Baptist House Colloquium

“The Power of Partnership: How a Small Church Can Make a Big Difference in Its Community,” with Rev. Chuck Warnock, Pastor, Chatham Baptist Church

10/14/09 Visit the "Stony Roads" Blog

A new offering from Duke Divinity School's Office of Black Church Studies

10/12/09 Rev. B. Maurice Ritchie Receives Distinguished Alumni Award

Career in ministry included 22 years leading the Divinity School's efforts in field education and student life

09/30/09 Anglican Episcopal House, Baptist House Newsletters Online

Articles cover topics ranging from spiritual formation and the power of ministry to the ordination of women and scholarship news

09/28/09 Being a Christian in Today's World

AEHS sponsors Oct. 22 discussion with Professor Stanley Hauerwas and Rev. David Crabtree, TV news anchor

09/25/09 Remembering to Pack the Mitre, Visit the Ambassador, Meet the Muslims

AEHS will host an Oct. 1 lecture by Rev. David Marshall, former chaplain at Lambeth Palace

09/25/09 Divinity Reads

Schoolwide project will focus on fiction, beginning with "The Lovely Bones"

09/21/09 2009 Gardner C. Taylor Lecture Series

The Sept. 29-30 series features Dr. Alton B. Pollard III, dean of Howard Divinity School

09/17/09 I Will Wake the Dawn: Illuminated Psalms

Traveling art exhibition features work of Hebrew manuscript artist Debra Band

09/16/09 This Odd and Wondrous Calling

Revs. Lillian Daniel and Martin Copenhaver to read from their new book at Duke Divinity School on Sept. 23

09/03/09 Images from the Field

Arts group plans Sept. 18 reception for fall art exhibit on student field education experiences

08/31/09 Join Us for the 2009 Convocation & Pastors’ School

This year’s event, Oct. 5-7, is titled “The Next Generation: Engaging the Christian Faith in a Global Context”

08/21/09 Forming Questions

Read Dean L. Gregory Jones’ Opening Convocation address to Duke’s graduate and professional schools

08/12/09 Opening Convocation Aug. 25

Service to be held in Duke Chapel

08/10/09 Summer Reflections from the African Great Lakes Initiative

View a photo journal of recent Center for Reconciliation efforts in the Democratic Republic of Congo

08/04/09 Learning Evangelism from Methodism’s Past

Professor and Associate Dean Laceye Warner speaks on effective Christian evangelism at the 2009 United Methodist School of Congregational Development

07/14/09 Youth Academy Daily Journal

Take an inside look at the life and ministry of the Duke Youth Academy for Christian Formation

06/22/09 Notes from the Field

Read about the summer experiences of Duke Divinity School students serving in field education placements

06/16/09 Toolkit for Congregations Focuses on Illness, End of Life, and Grief

“The Unbroken Circle” is now available from the Duke Institute on Care at the End of Life

06/08/09 The Duke Idea

Dean L. Gregory Jones in public discussion with Duke University President Richard H. Brodhead on “Faith, Hope and Innovation”

05/29/09 Shaping the Beloved Community in a Divided World

More than 100 people will participate in Duke Divinity School’s first Summer Institute; follow our blog

05/18/09 Theology of the Body: An Ecumenical Introduction

Professor Paul Griffiths presents May 21 seminar on theological issues and sexuality, marriage and human dignity

05/18/09 Senior Awards Recipients

Divinity School announces recipients of 2009 awards

05/11/09 Watch Duke Divinity’s Baccalaureate

See video from the May 9 service and additional coverage of Duke University's graduation exercises

05/01/09 Stories of Hope from the Grassroots

See video of the Duke Center for Reconciliation’s African Great Lakes Initiative

04/28/09 Ellen Davis Named Distinguished Professor

Davis succeeds Professor David Steinmetz as holder of the Kearns chair

04/20/09 Divinity School Baccalaureate at Duke Chapel on May 9

Duke Chapel Dean Sam Wells will preach at the 6:30 p.m. service

04/13/09 Duke Divinity's MLK Jr. Lecture Online

Hear or download “No Free Pass: An Apocalyptic Call for Prophetic Witness in the Book of Revelation” and a sermon by Dr. Brian K. Blount

04/10/09 Identity, Community, and the Gospel of Reconciliation

April 14 session on what we’re learning from the African Great Lakes Initiative

04/06/09 Closing Convocation April 16

Service begins at 11:25 a.m. in Goodson Chapel; Professor Willie Jennings to preach

04/06/09 Listen to “Taking the Long View”

Hear or download the April 2 retirement lecture of Professor David Steinmetz on iTunes U

04/02/09 Duke Divinity’s Broadway Revue

Proceeds from this year’s event, on April 17, will go to the Alliance for AIDS Services Carolina-Durham

04/01/09 Roundtable at Lambeth Palace

Duke Divinity School participates in historic convocation at Lambeth Palace to assist Sudan

04/01/09 Listen to “Thin Moments: Telling Faith Stories in the Mainstream Media”

Hear or download audio from religion columnist, author Cathleen Falsani’s presentation at Duke Divinity School on iTunes U

03/31/09 As We Forgive

April 2 documentary screening focuses on forgiveness and reconciliation following genocide in Rwanda

03/24/09 Thin Moments: Telling Faith Stories in the Mainstream Media

Religion columnist, author Cathleen Falsani speaks at Duke Divinity School on March 31

03/18/09 Artists’ Reception and Open House

View the art and meet the artists at the March 30 event for the Divinity School Juried Art Exhibit

03/18/09 Taking the Long View

Professor David Steinmetz presents his retirement lecture on April 2

03/18/09 The Problem of the Past

Dr. Susan Schreiner, University of Chicago Divinity School, presents the inaugural David C. and Virginia R. Steinmetz lecture on March 18.

03/11/09 Listen to “Tradition and Memory”

Audio from Professor Richard P. Heitzenrater’s retirement lecture is now available for download

03/08/09 The Aryan Jesus

Dartmouth College’s Susannah Heschel to discuss the “German Christian” movement of Nazi Germany

03/04/09 Re-Tuning Charles Wesley

Composer, Scholar Swee Hong Lim of Trinity Theological College, Singapore, to speak March 19

02/26/09 Brian K. Blount of Union Theological Seminary Presents Martin Luther King Jr. Lectures

Office of Black Church Studies sponsors annual lecture series April 7-8

02/26/09 The Power of Ministry

Anglican Episcopal House of Studies Hosts First Clergy Study Day on March 12

02/20/09 Tradition and Memory

A retirement lecture by Richard P. Heitzenrater, William Kellon Quick Professor of Church History and Wesley Studies

02/17/09 Divinity School Presents Excellence in Religion Reporting Awards

Winners are Yonat Shimron of The News & Observer and Hilary Snow of The State Port Pilot

02/13/09 Black, Brown and Beyond Dialogue: A Theological Approach to Racial Solidarity

Office of Black Church Studies co-sponsors Feb. 20 workshop fostering dialogue between Black and Latino communities

02/03/09 Building Trust in Teams

New Leadership Education at Duke Divinity Program offers metaphor of improvisational theater

02/03/09 Eleanor Clift on Death, Politics and Hope

Author, commentator to speak at Duke Divinity School March 24 on end-of-life issues

01/29/09 Faculty Bookwatch Panel Discussion on “Race: A Theological Account”

Panel of Duke University faculty discuss Divinity School Professor J. Kameron Carter’s new book on Feb. 4

02/02/09 Divinity School Juried Arts Exhibit 2009

Calling for submissions by students, faculty, and staff and their families for spring arts exhibit

01/28/09 2009 Kenneth W. Clark Lectures: Textual Scholarship and New Testament Studies

David Parker, professor of theology and a director of the Institute for Textual Scholarship and Electronic Editing at the University of Birmingham, presents Feb. 10-11 lectures

01/27/09 Katongole, Rice Book on Reconciliation Wins Christianity Today Award

“Reconciling All Things” grew from a comprehensive vision for reconciliation

01/22/09 Baptist World Alliance and Catholic Church Hold Conversations

Baptist House of Studies Hosts International Event

01/16/09 Traces of the Trade

Viewing of documentary by filmmaker who discovers ancestors were largest slave trading family in U.S. history set for Jan. 21

01/13/09 Preaching and the President

Professor William Turner Jr. talks with Duke Today about a connection between President-Elect Barack Obama and Martin Luther King Jr.

01/05/09 Duke Divinity School Launches Week-Long Summer Institute

Christians seeking to deepen their faith will learn from Duke faculty and staff as well as other practitioners and theologians during the event, May 31 to June 5

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