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Woman to Woman
Feb. 25, 2015—Originally posted on Scarritt Bennett blog on December 12, 2014 (http://www.scarrittbennett.org/about/blog/) By Chandra Allen, MDiv ’09 Today, I’m excited to share about one of our programs for women: Woman to Woman. It is one of the most exciting components of my work at the Scarritt Bennett Center. The Woman to Woman program began...
In-forming Communities of Healing
Feb. 11, 2015—by Marcia Mount Shoop, MDiv’96 Surviving sexualized violence resonates with surviving violence of many kinds—especially violence that is personalized, violence that penetrates our flesh, our self-understanding, and our ability to connect with the world around us. Survival skills are idiosyncratic, and they are often wise in ways we can only understand fleetingly. These survival skills can...
READ THIS BOOK February 2015
Feb. 9, 2015—Each month, we ask a member of the Vanderbilt Divinity School faculty to recommend a book they are currently reading. Our February recommendation is offered by James Hudnut-Beumler, Anne Potter Wilson Distinguished Professor of American Religious History. This Month’s Book: Weird John Brown: Divine Violence and the Limits of Ethics...
Three Questions with Sonya Renee
Feb. 4, 2015—Sonya Renee is a Performance Poet, Activist and transformational leader Sonya Renee is a National and International poetry slam champion, published author, and transformational leader. Ms. Renee kicks off the first night of the second annual Art, Advocacy and Action Symposium on Wednesday, February 11 at Vanderbilt Divinity School. For our readers to become acquainted...
Three Questions with Professor David Michelson
Jan. 28, 2015—David Michelson is the Assistant Professor of the History of Christianity, Vanderbilt Divinity School. Professor Michelson leads our next Community Breakfast titled, Who are the Christians of Syria and Iraq? on Thursday, February 5 at 7:30 a.m. For our readers to become acquainted with Professor Michelson, we asked him to respond to three questions. 1....
Authorial Intentions
Jan. 21, 2015—By Chris Benda, Theological Librarian Authorial Intentions, the Divinity and Graduate Department of Religion faculty interview podcast, turns 5 this year. Thanks to faculty participation, we have 25 podcasts archived. The podcasts give faculty an opportunity to talk about recent publications – typically, a book. This past November, however, Dave Michelson discussed the digital humanities...
Alumni/ae Tuesday: Honoring the Life of Design
Jan. 20, 2015—Our monthly Alumni/ae Tuesday Guest Post series on the VDS Voices blog highlights posts written by VDS and GDR alumni/ae. Hear firsthand about their important work in the community, collaborations with other alumni/ae and faculty, and much more. Be sure to also check out the Divinity School Instagram feed every Tuesday for our Alumni/ae Instagram Takeover Day....
January READ THIS BOOK
Jan. 11, 2015—Each month, we ask a member of the Vanderbilt Divinity School faculty to recommend a book they are currently reading. Our January recommendation is offered by Phillis I. Sheppard, Associate Professor in Religion, Psychology, and Culture. A Womanist Pastoral Theology Against Intimate and Cultural Violence by Stephanie M. Crumpton, Palgrave Macmillan (2014) This past Fall...
“We’ve got a problem.”
Dec. 31, 2014—by Graham Reside, Executive Director, Cal Turner Program in Moral Leadership in the Professions I’m a middle-aged white guy, who grew up in the suburbs of Toronto, Canada. The son of a minister, I went to church every Sunday, and I’ve heard a lot of sermons in my life. Growing up evangelical, I know the...
VDS Feature: ‘Tis the Season, . . . Hallelujah!
Dec. 24, 2014—Originally posted on December 25, 2013. I am sure I will awaken on this sacred day in awe of God’s glory in humanity through Christ. As I contemplate my unfolding re-awakening through our Advent celebrations, my awe expands in my hopeful but inadequate spirit. For many of us in Divinity School and in churches, Christmas...