VDS Friday Photo: 11.1.13
Nov. 1, 2013—We have our first photo submitted by alumna, Blair Tolbert, MDiv’10. Thank you for sharing! Core members of L’Arche ATL, along with House Coordinator, Rev. Jessica Bridges MDiv’10, visited LaGrange College. They discussed with students a new understanding of diversity and service as it relates to the mission and work of L’Arche. Rev. Blair Tolbert,...
Feature: 2013 Cole Lectures Reflection
Oct. 30, 2013— The 2013 Cole Lectures were delivered on October 3-4 by renowned scholar Elaine Pagels, author of Revelations: Visions, Prophecy and Politics in the Book of Revelation. In her first lecture titled “Art, Music and Politics in the Book of Revelation,” Pagels addressed the imagery, music, and questions about the author of Revelation before she...
VDS Events: Yoga with OWC
Oct. 27, 2013—by Katye Stone, MDiv3 and co-chair of OWC For the past three academic years, the Office of Womyn’s Concerns (OWC) has offered a yoga class to the Vanderbilt Divinity School community. During the fall semester, the class is conducted each Friday afternoon for an hour, beginning at two o’clock, in All Faith Chapel. This practice...
Friday Photo 10.25.13
Oct. 25, 2013—VDS Voices Friday photo submitted by Dan Joranko, Lecturer. Do you have a photo to share with the VDS community? Submit to michelle.bukowski@vanderbilt.edu
Feature: Marriah Vinson MDiv3
Oct. 23, 2013—In 2009, Vanderbilt Divinity School received a commitment of $5,000 per year for five years to provide opportunities for students to engage in learning and experiences to enhance global understanding. Small focused awards are made on an annual basis to students who, through proposals submitted to the Academic Programs Committee, outline a course of study,...
Events: Harrod Lecture
Oct. 20, 2013—The Howard L. Harrod Lecture was established to honor Harrod, the Oberlin Alumni Professor of Social Ethics and Sociology of Religion, who taught for more than 30 years at Vanderbilt. Harrod worked extensively in environmental ethics and activism and was an advocate for new ways of understanding the relationships of humans with the animal and natural...
Friday Photo 10.18.13
Oct. 18, 2013—Our first Friday Photo was submitted by a VDS student! Thank you Sarah Porter, M.Div. Dec ’14, for this fantastic photo! If you would like your photo to be considered for the VDS Voices blog, please email your jpgs to michelle.bukowski@vanderbilt.edu
Feature: Brian Anthony Cash, MDiv
Oct. 16, 2013—On Saturday, September 21, 2013, the Kelly Miller Smith Institute on Black Church Studies held the first social justice forum of the 2013-2014 academic year. The Divinity School was honored by the presence of visiting scholar Obery Hendricks, author of The Politics of Jesus: Rediscovering the True Revolutionary Nature of Jesus’ Teachings and How They...
Friday Photo 10.11.13
Oct. 11, 2013—This year, Elaine Pagels, Harrington Spear Paine Foundation Professor of Religion, Princeton University, presented the Cole Lectures. This photo is from her lecture, “Art, Music, and Politics in the Book of Revelation.”
Feature: VDS Student, Darriah Hudson
Oct. 9, 2013—This weeks feature is an article by Darria Hudson, 3rd year MDiv The School of Authentic Journalism began in 2003 as the brainchild of Al Giordano, founder of NarcoNews. Giordano started NarcoNews in 2000 to report on the drug war to the English speaking world, to connect the United States and other parts of the...