November 2009 |
A Heart Beats the Odds
Short of breath and sensing something seriously wrong, Wes Brown dialed 911. |
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November 2009 |
An Opposable Faith
For Joel Marcus, Jewish Christian is not an oxymoron; it’s his story. |
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October 2009 |
Finding God in Prison
If society’s approach to punishment reflects its understanding of God, the United States’ $68 billion prison system is a crucible for theology. |
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October 2009 |
What’s Church Got to Do with It?
Thousands of young people are disclosing their fears, worries, and sins to a website instead of their pastors. |
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September 2009 |
The State of the School
Dean L. Gregory Jones makes his annual report on the state of Duke Divinity School |
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September 2009
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In Praise of Left Tackles
Dean L. Gregory Jones writes for Faith & Leadership about how football teaches us to focus on those less visible leaders who protect our blind sides |
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September 2009
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Duke’s Response to the Flu
See Duke University’s website about the flu, including the H1N1 virus, and updates for students, faculty, staff, and parents |
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August 2009 |
A Holistic Approach to Wellness
New research from the Divinity School’s Clergy Health Initiative shows that efforts to improve clergy health must go beyond eating well and exercise to account for the influence of congregations and denominational polity. |
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August 2009 |
The Church Janitor’s Guide to Leadership
A teenage stint as church janitor taught Professor Kenneth L. Carder, a retired United Methodist bishop, a lifetime of lessons about leadership |
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July 2009 |
Praxis in the Global Parish
Kenya’s Umoja Project is newest site for students’ international field education |
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June 2009 |
Q & A with Jeremy Begbie
The new Langford professor commits to uniting theology and the arts |
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June 2009 |
Meeting the World’s Hunger
Alumna Lee Warren’s call to Stop Hunger Now |
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June 2009 |
Amazing Grace
After surviving Burundi’s civil war, a student prepares to return as a minister of reconciliation |
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June 2009 |
Finding Redemption in Recession
In churches across the country, pastors are facing the challenge of their careers |
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May 2009 |
For the Glory of God
Artist Kathryn Carrington describes her work on icons such as “Christ in Glory,” which hangs in the Divinity School’s Goodson Chapel |
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May 2009 |
Duke Divinity Goes to Broadway
Third annual show raises more than $3,800 for charity |
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April 2009 |
Meeting Economic Challenges
Dean L. Gregory Jones reflects on the Divinity School’s strengths, challenges and trajectory. |
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March 2009 |
‘Elisabeth of Berlin’
There are lessons for the church in this documentary about Elisabeth Schmitz’s heroic resistance to Nazi oppression. |
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March 2009 |
Leading Lives of Consequence:
Norman Wirzba on Caring for Creation
A garden, says professor Wirzba, is “where people first taste and fully sense the grace of God.” |
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March 2009 |
Leading Lives of Consequence:
Ray Barfield’s Epiphany of Presence
A pediatric oncologist and philosopher, this professor is helping families and health care providers make better choices for sick children. |
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February 2009 |
Leading Lives of Consequence:
Cynthia Hale’s Ray of Hope
As the founding leader of a 5,100-member megachurch, this alumna bypassed the stained-glass ceiling. |
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February 2009 |
Leading Lives of Consequence:
For Tom Bickerton, the Goal is Global Health
Bishop Thomas J. Bickerton has emerged as his denomination’s spokesperson for global health. |
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December 2008
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‘Beacons of Hope’ from Port-au-Prince
Haitians are First International Members of Duke Youth Academy |
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November 2008
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Conduits of Grace
Thirty years after his father’s death in the crash of a plane airlifting Vietnamese orphans from Saigon, a son takes up his father’s work |
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November 2008
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Encuentro Mexico
Neither a mission trip nor a vacation, this 10-day visit with fellow Methodists in Mexico is changing ministry in rural North Carolina |
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October 2008 |
Signs of Peace
For Stanley Hauerwas, L’Arche and founder Jean Vanier embody “peace,” “community” and “reconciliation” |
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October 2008 |
Unlocking the Code
How Richard Heitzenrater’s discovery shaped the course of Wesley Studies |
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September 2008 |
Opening Convocation and Organ Dedication
Download or listen to recordings of the Divinity School’s Opening Convocation service, a panel discussion on the new Goodson Chapel Organ, and the organ’s dedicatory recital |
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July 2008 |
New Goodson Chapel Organ Nearly Complete
See videos of the assembling and voicing of the new organ, and read about inaugural events
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June 2008 |
The Media and Me
The Media and Me: David Steinmetz Tells All; Vesta Is ‘a Play for Everyone’; Preparing Leaders for a Changing Church; and more |
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April 2008 |
Duke Divinity Takes the Stage
See photos from the school’s Broadway revue, which raised money for two charities |
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April 2008 |
Celebrating Richard Heitzenrater
As Duke Appreciation Month approaches, professor reflects on his 50-year connection with Duke University
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February 2008
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In the Beginning...
Professor Stephen Chapman’s scripture journal project for first-year Old Testament students |
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January 2008
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A Revival for Rural Churches
A revival for rural churches; partnerships in Sudan and South Africa; Mr. Kennedy goes to Washington; and more |
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January 2008 |
Out with the Old, in with the New
Installation of new pipe organ in Goodson Chapel
to begin in February |
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October 2007 |
Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread
Speakers at Convocation & Pastors’
School Focus on Environmental Crisis |
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October 2007 |
Getting Fit
A New Plan Promotes Clergy Wholeness |
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August 2007 |
Richard Heitzenrater: Theologian & Craftsman
Professor’s Gift Provides an Elegant Solution |
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July 2007 |
Duke Youth Academy Journal
Follow the progress of high school
juniors and seniors in this year’s program |
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June 2007 |
Embracing our Neighbors:
The Mission Field is Here
Dramatic growth in the Hispanic/Latino
population is challenging the church.
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May 2007 |
Celebrating Three Decades at Duke Sheila Williams, Divinity School director of financial aid, looks back on 30 years working at Duke University |
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April 2007 |
Futuristic Technology Reproduces
Ancient Structure
Professor’s grant allowsstudents to “tour” the reconstructed Temple of Solomon
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March 2007 |
Lampstand Goes to Broadway
Divinity event in Reynolds Theater raised almost $5,000 for charity
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March 2007 |
Picturing the International Church
Divinity Student Works to Document an International Church
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February 2007 |
Freedom is Far from Easy
A new program challenges churches
to help female inmates keep the freedom
they earn; a profile of Duke Divinity School
faculty in residence; Gulf Coast alumni share
their stories 18 months after Katrina
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November 2006 |
Transforming Leadership
Duke Divinity School’s
strategic plan for 2006-2011 |
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November 2006 |
Radio Chanul Pom
Divinity school to screen a
documentary about a group of
Mexican farmers and craftspeople
who started a native-language radio
station |
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October 2006 |
Transforming Ministries
Student interns’ transforming
ministry, a profile of Davidson
President Bobby Vagt D’73, and
the new Anglican Episcopal House
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August 2006 |
Students Describe Summer
Work In Reconciliation
Reflections on the Teaching
Communities Program of the
Divinity School's Center for
Reconciliation |
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June 2006 |
Resurrecting Excellence
Duke Divinity School is at
the forefront of a new effort
to cultivate excellence in ministry |
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May 2006 |
Jesus Decoded
Duke Divinity Professor Helps
Decode “The Da Vinci” Code
in television documentary |
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March 2006 |
A Future For Africa
Emmanuel Katongole imagines
“wild spaces” in which Christians
may pursue God’s reconciliation |
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February 2006 |
From the Eye of the Storm:
Hope and Healing along the Gulf
Divinity School alumni share their
stories from the nation's worst natural
disaster. |
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Fall 2005 |
Hurricane Katrina Relief
Duke Divinity School’s faculty, staff
and students are working to help the
victims of Hurricane Katrina both
immediately and for the long-term. |
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Summer 2005 |
Mississippi Learning
Nine Divinity School students traveled
to Mississippi – the site of some of the
nation’s worst racial segregation, despair
and violence – for a 10-week field education
experience |
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June 2005 |
Multiple Meanings of Homecoming
Africa-born Catholic scholar
contemplates the multiple meanings
of homecoming. |
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April 2005 |
Perfect American Family
What do you do when your
relatives don’t look like the
perfect American family? |
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February 2005 |
Converting the System
Feminist theological writing in the
United States |
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February 2005 |
White House Calling
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December 2004 |
Divinity Through Art
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November 2004 |
A New Calling to Sudan |
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November 2004 |
An Alternative Gift |
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November 2004 |
Crenshaw on Ecclesiastes
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November 2004 |
Hitting His Stride
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