Friday Photo 9.12.14
Sep. 12, 2014—VDS presents a night of dancing to raise awareness and support for Asociacion Colectivo Alejandria and Trans Women in El Salvador. This event is free and open to the public. Please sign-up online for 0-5 hours, and bring your sponsored money to the event, there will be an official registration at the door for all sponsored...
A Reason for this Season
Sep. 10, 2014—“The world is before you and you need not take it or leave it as it was when you came in.” —James Baldwin As a first-year master of divinity student, I entered Vanderbilt University ready to study and participate in the transformation of a world, which I feel, is in much need of healing. I...
A Blank Paige
Sep. 3, 2014—by Paige Wetzel, 2nd year MTS candidate Blank. I wouldn’t say I came to VDS open-minded, just blank. When I began my studies last year, I had few expectations and even fewer ideas about what my time here would be like. Like a fresh piece of paper, I was clear and vacant, uncertain of what would...
VDS Friday Photo
Aug. 29, 2014—Rev. Becca Stevens, MDiv’90 and 2014 Divinity School Distinguished Alumni/ae Award recipient, delivered her sermon titled “The Laborers are Few!” this past Wednesday during Community Worship. Pictured: Andrew Suitter, MDiv3, Rev. Stevens, and Dean Amy Steele
Icons and Imagination
Aug. 27, 2014—In this assignment, VDS students reflect on their encounter with various Christian traditions. Our goal is not just passive knowledge but for students to add their own voices to the many interpretations of Christianity. Given the diversity of the VDS community, our voices speak from a variety of perspectives. Nevertheless, we have each encountered the long...
VDS Friday Photo 8.22.14
Aug. 22, 2014—Rev. Marcia Mount Shoop, PhD spent a few days on campus this week encouraging us to engage theological ideas and practices to address sexual and power-based personal violence. We look forward to her return in November!
Stop. Breathe. Relax.
Aug. 20, 2014—This week, we share words of advice prepared by second year MDiv, James W. Dennis III, for our first year students. Stop. Breathe. Relax. The hardest part of your transition to Vanderbilt Divinity School is over! You are finally here!! Congratulations!! However, don’t celebrate too soon. A pat on the back is appropriate at this...
VDS Maymester – South Africa trip
Aug. 13, 2014—During Maymester, Professor Victor Anderson and I traveled with thirteen students to South Africa as part of a course studying collective violence. We were a mixed group: black, white, Asian; gay, straight; old and young. We came from different religious backgrounds, and brought our unique perspectives. The course material was difficult and asked us to...
READ THIS BOOK August 2014
Aug. 10, 2014—Each month, we ask a member of the Vanderbilt Divinity School faculty to recommend a book they are currently reading. Our August recommendation is offered by Bonnie Miller-McLemore, E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor of Religion, Psychology, and Culture. “Not a Snazzy Title But . . . .” Thoughts...
The Braided Man – VDS Maymester Course part 5
Jul. 30, 2014—The Braided Man by Sarah Jennings, MDiv3 In May I was given a wonderful opportunity to participate in an immersion trip to the US/Mexico Border. Over the previous spring break, I had taken a group of undergraduates to Florida to learn about immigration policy and reform, but this was my first time to see the...