News from Yale Divinity School

Thu, 05/09/2013 - 12:10pm

Our world does not have enough Tom Ogletrees


A note from Dean Greg Sterling:

"Last October Tom Ogletree performed a same-sex wedding ceremony for his son at the Yale Club in...

Wed, 05/08/2013 - 5:23pm
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YDS alumna and ethicist Jan Tanner leaves a generous legacy


Janet Tanner Poskas '98 M.A.R. died on April 2, 2013 after a courageous battle with multiple myeloma. Jan left a life steeped in the...

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Rockin' the finance office


Timothee Goselin spends his days in the Yale Divinity School finance office processing financial paperwork, everything from...

Wed, 05/08/2013 - 10:51am

The Future of Faith and the rise of the “nones:” YDS guests and students reflect


With one in five American adults now identifying their religious affiliation as “none,” empty pews and fewer pulpits have YDS students...

Wed, 05/08/2013 - 9:58am
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Taylor House lectures consider: "Is Bob Wilson also among the prophets?"


Bob Wilson, a scholar of Old Testament prophecy, Hoober Professor of Religious Studies, and Professor of Old Testament, has been...

Tue, 05/07/2013 - 12:47pm
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New course responds to growing student inquiry: "How do you do social justice work?"


“There isn’t a part of life that justice doesn’t touch.”

Gracie Killman ‘13 M.Div. has long recognized the complex interplay...

Mon, 05/06/2013 - 2:08pm
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From the Alumni Board: "Been in the Storm So Long" website highlights history and “lived theology” of black seminarians


“The signs of the Christian church have always been the lion, the lamb, the dove, and the fish, but never the chameleon.” “There are...

Sun, 05/05/2013 - 11:36am
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Linn Tonstad: unmasking the tyranny of exclusion


Feminist theology, queer theology, the “dead white Germans” of European classic theology—Linn Tonstad lectures on them all. And they all...

Sat, 05/04/2013 - 4:30pm
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16 reasons to celebrate: new titles by YDS faculty


“How do you write a book?” an undergraduate student once asked Margaret Olin, a senior research fellow at the University. Olin responded...

Tue, 04/30/2013 - 6:50pm

About People - May 2013


Claassen“Sabbath is really about...