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A graduate professional school of Yale University, offering programs of study leading to the degrees of Master of Divinity, Master of Arts in Religion, and Master of Sacred Theology. https://divinity.yale.edu/ Managed by the YDS Office of Communications
The 2026 Sorensen Lecture, "Love Divine in Justice-Struggle: Why the Social Gospel Matters (to Me)," was delivered by religion scholar Gary Dorrien from Union Theological Seminary and Columbia University.
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Longtime friends with a common commitment to YDS: Read our new story on alums Jim Waits '61 B.D. and Barbara Brown Taylor ’76 M.Div. and the amazing friendship that began when Dr. Waits hired her to be his assistant at Candler School of Theology in 1978. #WeAreCalled buff.ly/1Psc5Jx
An award for the Divinity School's Living Village, in recognition of the starring role played by glass "not just as an aesthetic feature, but also as a key contributor to energy goals and comfort," in the words of the judges.
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Happening tomorrow! Our Sorensen Lecture for 2026, to be given by the distinguished scholar Gary Dorrien of Union Theological Seminary and Columbia University.
Join us for the lecture on Tuesday, March 3, 5:30 p.m in Niebuhr Hall at YDS, reception to follow.
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Through his new book and his leadership of the National Baptist Convention, USA, the Rev. Dr. Boise Kimber '18 S.T.M. attempts to “chart a future where not only is the stained-glass ceiling shattered, but also the brick wall of resistance is dismantled.”
Article by Adelle Banks buff.ly/ZIWp6ZY
YDS is grateful to have such affinity and so many connections with Wellesley Village Church. Read our new article on this thriving Massachusetts congregation and the people and values we share. divinity.yale.edu/news/2026-02...
Yale Divinity School contributes powerfully to the nation’s strength and the common good.
Learn more at our newly published impact report. buff.ly/01PXFkl
Register now for the special event.
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“Keep hope alive!” These are the words that the Rev. Jesse Jackson shouted four times at the conclusion of the electrifying speech he delivered at the 1988 Democratic National Convention. Yesterday his voice fell silent. divinity.yale.edu/news/2026-02...
Remaining faithful in the face of religious nationalism. Insight and perspective from pastor and scholar Tony Tian-Ren Lin of the Center for Public Theology/Public Policy at YDS. As the Rev. Dr. Lin puts it, "We are living in a time most of us thought we’d never be in.” buff.ly/0SuAK0o
Video of the Powell Lecture given in NYC last week by Andrew McGowan of Berkeley and YDS, titled "The Tabernacle and the Streets: Reserving the Eucharist and Feeding the Poor." vimeo.com/1164544569
"Jesse Jackson was a gift from God and a witness that God exists in the ways he cared for and lifted all people, ... the way he dared to keep hope alive whenever the nation struggled with being who she says she is and yet ought to be."
—The Rev. Dr. William Barber
"Pilgrim Table" — an exciting new venture by Kashmiri Schmookler '24 M.A.R. offering hospitality, spiritual accompaniment, and belonging for pilgrims and seekers before, during, and after journeys—including those actively walking pilgrimage routes.
www.pilgrimtable.com
"Bless everyone you can think of."
—The Rev. Spencer Reece ’11 M.Div. who brings far-flung life experience and a poetic voice to his vocation as vicar of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Wickford, R.I. Read our new story by Ray Waddle on this remarkable YDS/Berkeley graduate! buff.ly/UCNrb6C
A conversation between YDS Dean Greg Sterling and Lisa Greenwood '92 M.Div., President and CEO of the Texas Methodist Foundation. What happens when the infrastructure of church is no longer working and theological education is not serving today’s culture and tomorrow’s needs? buff.ly/BXX7ItJ
Important online conversation featuring Mary Evelyn Tucker of the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology.
In our understanding of "conservation" how can we go beyond protected areas and species recovery to culture, livelihoods, and the ethical foundations of human–nature relationships? buff.ly/I7cSQ2I
Divinity student Donghyung Lee '26 M.Div. is the organizer of this event coming up February 27: the second-annual Yale Korean Philosophy of Religion and Theology Graduate Conference.
Get details and register here:
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YDS professor Bruce Gordon with Christopher Pittenger and Anna Yusim from Yale Medicine are leading an effort to forge a stronger relationship between religion and psychiatry. Read our new story about this promising work. divinity.yale.edu/news/2026-02...
"From this universalist faith that God will redeem and bring back every one of his lost sheep, I gained the most surprising gift: the capacity to forgive my mother, the woman who murdered her, and myself."
—Julian Assele '26 M.A.R. in his powerful new piece in Commonweal buff.ly/sVm9ioW
Announcing our Sorensen Lecture for 2026! Our speaker is the distinguished scholar Gary Dorrien of Union Theological Seminary and Columbia University.
Join us for the lecture on Tuesday, March 3, 5:30 p.m in Niebuhr Hall at YDS. vimeo.com/yaledivinity...
He's moved on to Harvard, but he'll always be a YDS alum. Read our new story on Anthony Campbell '09 M.Div. and his work to bring the Golden Rule to policing!
Attridge. Berger. Streets. Hare. These are just some of the "big name" professors teaching YDS Summer Study courses this June!
Use link below to learn about the fascinating courses and stellar faculty and how you can enroll.
Summer Study running online June 1-5, open to all.
"Theologies of friendship." Read our newly published piece by YDS Alumni Board member and Coast Guard Academy professor Melissa Matthes '09 M.Div.
YDS is racing toward the finish line of the "We Are Called" fundraising campaign to support students. Read more about the amazing amount of good accomplished to date and the final steps to be taken before the campaign's conclusion on June 30.
Wonderful to have Dr. AnneMarie Mingo with us last week to deliver our Parks-King Lecture for 2026, titled "The Courage to Imagine Freedom." Here's a video of the event if you could not join us or you want to relive the moment.
The refusal of the president to apologize for sharing a blatantly racist caricature of one of his predecessors and his wife —whether it was the president himself or a staff member who posted the video on social media—is morally reprehensible and beneath the dignity of anyone holding that office. /🧵
A message today by Greg Sterling, Dean of Yale Divinity School: 🧵
Tomorrow night at YDS! Our annual Parks-King Lecture, to be given by Civil Rights Movement scholar AnneMarie Mingo, who will speak on "The Courage to Imagine Freedom.”
5:30 p.m. ET. vimeo.com/yaledivinity...
ISM and YDS alumni Alexandra Barylski and Samuel Loncar are reshaping public scholarship through their leadership of Marginalia Review of Books.
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