VDS Feature: International Interfaith Delegation to El Salvador Part 1
Jun. 4, 2014—This March four students took part in the first ever International Interfaith Delegation to El Salvador in support of LGBTQI activist and people of faith, and attended the inaugural Festival de Fe in San Salvador (this trip/event coincided with the annual recognition of the martyrdom of Monsignor Oscar Romero. The work happening in El Salvador...
Friday Photo 5.30.14
May. 30, 2014—This week, Julia Nusbaum shares landscapes from the Vanderbilt Divinity School Border Trip. Our students spent a week of learning and reflection along the US/Mexico Border in mid May.
Feature: Creating Change Part 4
May. 28, 2014—This week, we continue to share share stories from the students who attended the 26th National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change that was held on January 29 through February 2, 2014. Our final reflection is by VDS alumnua Darria Hudson. (Read the first post here ,second here and third here.) Lately I’ve been thinking a lot...
Friday Photo 5.23.14
May. 23, 2014—This weeks Friday Photo is courtesy of Julia Nusbaum, who accompanied our Cross-Culteral Seminar class for a week of learning and reflection along the US/Mexico Border.
Feature: Creating Change Part 3
May. 21, 2014—This week, we continue to share share stories from the students who attended the 26th National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change that was held on January 29 through February 2, 2014. Our third reflection is by VDS alumnua Alex Salfer-Hobbs. (Read the first blog post here and second here.) This past January, I was the fortunate...
VDS Friday Photo 5.16.14
May. 16, 2014—Congratulations to all of our 2014 Vanderbilt Divinity School Graduates!
Feature: Creating Change Part 2
May. 14, 2014—This week, we continue to share share stories from the students who attended the 26th National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change that was held on January 29 through February 2, 2014. Our second reflection is by Asher Kolieboi, MDiv3. (Read the first blog post here.) During the 2014 spring semester, I had the privilege...
May 2014 READ THIS BOOK
May. 12, 2014—Each month, we ask a member of the Vanderbilt Divinity School faculty to recommend a book they are currently reading. Our May recommendation is offered by Dale P. Andrews, Distinguished Professor of Homiletics, Social Justice, and Practical Theology. I find Joseph Evans’ text, Lifting the Veil of Eurocentrism: The Du Boisian Hermeneutic of Double Consciousness, to...
VDS Voices Friday Photo 5.9.14
May. 9, 2014—On Friday, April 25th, 2014, the VDS Field Education Supervisors were honored with a celebratory luncheon at the University Club. Thank you to all the Field Ed supervisors who give so much to our students each year.
Feature: Creating Change Part 1
May. 7, 2014—The 26th National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change took Houston, Texas, by storm on January 29 through February 2, 2014. Nearly 4,000 people from all over the country attended the five-day program that featured over 390 workshops, training sessions, meetings, and events. In addition, there were four unbelievably spectacular plenary sessions, including the opening...