‘Vanderbilt Divinity School’
VDS Friday Photo 11.29.13
Nov. 29, 2013—VDS faculty and staff enjoy the opportunity to connect with students during coffee hour.
VDS Friday Photo 11.22.13
Nov. 22, 2013—This weeks photo was submitted by Priscila Dorcas Mojica, MDiv. Thank you for sharing.
VDS Feature: The Jezreel Experience
Nov. 13, 2013—by Rhonda Siggers, MDiv2 When I was a child, my grandmother traveled the world. I remember vividly two trips she took. The first was her trip to Hawaii from which my gift was a hula skirt that I attempted to wear to school as clothing. The second was her trip to the Holy Lands which included...
VDS Events: Visit Days
Nov. 10, 2013—by Katherine Smith Director of Admissions It’s the time of year again for official Visit Days at most theological schools. All over the country, schools such as Vanderbilt Divinity School are making cases for why studying in their institutions is worth considering. This is one of my favorite times of the year because I get to...
VDS Friday Photo: 11.8.13
Nov. 8, 2013—Six students from Vanderbilt’s Divinity School and Graduate Department of Religion participated this past summer in an archaeological excavation at Jezreel, Israel. The site famously connected in the Bible with the evil king Ahab and his scheming wife Jezebel, Jezreel has for years lain unattended by archaeologists despite its political and economic role in biblical...
VDS Events: Community Worship
Nov. 3, 2013—by Amy Elizabeth Steele, MDiv’00, PhD’12 Assistant Dean for Student Life Vanderbilt University Divinity School What is Community Worship? Stained glass windows, American flags, and funeral home fans—these are not the accoutrements of All Faith Chapel. Some have referred to the room as a stripped-down space, an almost perfect square devoid of symbol, inviting pilgrims...
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
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...