Abraham Malherbe, the Buckingham Professor Emeritus of New Testament Criticism and Interpretation at Yale Divinity School, died suddenly and unexpectedly on Friday, Sept. 28 from an apparent heart attack.  He was 82 years old and taught at YDS from 1970 until his retirement in 1994.  He was named the Buckingham Professor in 1981.

Malherbe was a prolific author and made major contributions in several areas. He is best known for his work in Hellenistic moral philosophy and early Christianity, especially the Pauline tradition. He made contributions both to Hellenistic moral philosophy and to the ways in which early Christians were influenced by it. His work on The Cynic Epistles: A Study Edition (1977) and Moral Exhortation: A Graeco-Roman Sourcebook (1986) made a number of important texts available to the wider range of scholars. His "Hellenistic Moralists and the New Testament" (ANRW) may hold the distinction for being the most cited forthcoming article in the history of New Testament studies. Both before and after its appearance, this article provided a framework for scholars to think about how to appropriate Hellenistic moral philosophy. Malherbe did this in detail in several of his own books, especially, Paul and the Thessalonians: The Philosophical Tradition of Pastoral Care (1987), Paul and the Popular Philosophers (1989), and his Anchor Bible Commentary, The Letters to the Thessalonians (2000). He was working on a commentary on the Pastorals for Hermeneia when he died.

Convocation and Reunions 2012

Beecher Lecture Series

The Word in the Repertory Church
Lecture III: Old Texts, New Works: The Repertory Preacher and the Company of Grace

Anna Carter Florence, Peter Marshall Associate Professor of...

A faculty presentation as part of Yale Divinity School Convocations and Reunions 2012.

Lamin Sanneh, D. Willis James professor of World...

Yale Divinity School Dean Gregory Sterling addresses the Alumni Board during Convocation and Reunions 2012.

Gregory Sterling, Dean of Yale Divinity School

The Kavanagh Lecture, presented by the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, is named for the late Professor Emeritus of Liturgics Aidan J. Kavanagh O.S.B., and given in conjunction with Convocation Week at Yale Divinity School.

This year's speaker is John D. Witvliet, the director of the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship and professor of worship, theology, and congregational and ministry studies at Calvin College.

Lecture: The Biblical Psalms in Christian Worship:  Overlapping Scripts in the Unfolding Drama of Liturgical Performance."

The talk describes a sampling of the multiple ways that the biblical Psalms function within the script of Christian worship in the West, exploring how rubrics, formal and informal liturgical gestures, and musical motifs frame the reception of the biblical text.  It draws on examples across the spectrum of denominational traditions, and asks how recent biblical scholarship might inform and challenge emerging work on the Psalms in liturgy, preaching, pastoral care, education, and Christian witness.

John Witvliet is director of the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship and serves as professor of music and worship at Calvin College and Calvin Theological Seminary, respectively. He also teaches in the religion department at Calvin College. His areas of interest include the history of Christian worship, worship practices in various denominations, biblical and systematic theology of worship, the role of music and the arts in worship, and consulting with churches on worship renewal.

A graduate of Calvin College, Dr. Witvliet holds graduate degrees in theology from Calvin Theology Seminary, in choral music from the University of Illinois, and the Ph.D. in liturgical studies and theology from the University of Notre Dame.

Witvliet is the author of numerous books about Christian worship.

John Witvliet, director of the Calvin Institute of...

Convocation and Reunions 2012

Panel Discussion

Introduction by Gregory Sterling, The Reverend Henry L. Slack Dean, and The...

Convocation and Reunions 2012

Beecher Lecture

The Word in the Repertory Church

Lecture II: "It Could Have Gone Differently": Repertory Readings of Texts of Terror

Speaker: Anna Carter Florence, Peter Marshall Associate Professor of Preaching, Columbia Theological Seminary

Anna Carter Florence, Peter Marshall Associate Professor of...

A panel discussion on religion, theology, politics, rights and more at Yale Divinity School.

Hosted as part of Convocation & Reunions 2012.

Presenters include:

Rev. Dr. Dwight Andrews
Rev. Bob Brashear
Prof. Emerita Margaret Farley
Rev. Dr. Marie Fortune
Rev. Lee Hardgrove
Ms. Paige Lindsey Smith
Dr. Kim White

Rev. Chris Glaser, Moderator.

Rev. Chris Glaser, Moderator.

Kathryn Tanner, Professor of Systematic Theology at Yale Divinity School, discusses the theological and moral issues surrounding the modern Occupy Movement. This presentation is part of the YDS Convocation and Reunions 2012.

Kathryn Tanner, Professor of Systematic Theology at Yale...

Convocation and Reunions 2012

Beecher Lecture Series:  The Word in the Repertory Church

Lecture I: The Script in the Scripture, the Word in Rehearsal: Proclamation in the Repertory Church

Anna Carter Florence, Peter Marshall Associate Prof of...

Cheney Lecture Event - Marquand Chapel

Canterbury Jazz Mass by William Z. Cleary and Andrew K. Barnett

Ecumenical Eucharist featuring Theodicy Jazz Collective performing the American debut of the "Canterbury Jazz Mass"by William Z. Cleary and Andrew K. Barnett '12 M.Div., with commentary by Professor Thomas Troeger.  The performance and preaching is supported by the Francis Cheney Lectureship of the Berkeley Divinity School.

Thomas Troeger

Emilie M. Townes, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of African...

Dr. Judith Plaskow, Professor in the Religious Studies Department at Manhattan College, delivers the annual Ensign Lecture entitled, "Wrestling with God and Evil."

In the lecture, Dr. Plaskow shares a section of a book on God and feminism that she is currently working on with fellow Yale graduate student Carol P. Christ. The lecture traces the development of her understanding of the relationship between God and evil from her adolescence to the present, with special attention to the impact of feminism on her concept of God.

Judith Plaskow is professor emerita of religious studies at Manhattan College and Sally Priesand Visiting Professor of Jewish Women's Studies at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York City. She is a Jewish feminist theologian who has been teaching, writing and speaking about Jewish feminism and feminist studies in religion for over forty years. With Carol P. Christ, she is co-editor of Womanspirit Rising: A Feminist Reader in Religion and Weaving the Visions: New Patterns in Feminist Spirituality, anthologies of feminist theology used in many women's studies and religious studies courses. With Elisabeth Schussler-Fiorenza, she co-founded the Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion, co-edited it for its first decade, and is currently co-editor with Melanie Johnson-DuBaufre. She is author of Standing Again at Sinai: Judaism from a Feminist Perspective and The Coming of Lilith: Essays on Feminism, Judaism, and Sexual Ethics 1972-2003. She is also a past president of the American Academy of Religion. She and Carol Christ are currently at work on a book tentatively entitled Goddess and God After Feminism.

Dr. Judith Plaskow, Professor in the Religious Studies...

Authors Yvon Chouinard and Vincent Stanley are featured during a conversation on environmentally responsible business practices from their book, The Responsible Company: What We’ve Learned from Patagonia’s First 40 Years.

In their book, Chouinard and Stanley draw on their 40 years' experience at Patagonia, Inc. and efforts by other companies to provide advice on how to create responsible, green business practices during difficult economic times.  The motto of Patagonia, a manufacturer of outdoor clothing and gear, is, "Build the best product, cause no unnecessary harm, use business to inspire and implement solutions to the environmental crisis."

Robert Massie

Yvon Chouinard

...

Interim Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor of Hebrew Scriptures, Carolyn Sharp's address at Opening Convocation 2012.

Interim Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor of Hebrew...

The conferring of diplomas of M.Div., M.A.R., and S.T.M.

Due to inclement weather, the degree ceremony was moved indoors to Marquand Chapel. The ceremony was divided into two parts, one for M.Div. and one for M.A.R. and S.T.M.

Dean Harold Attridge

Dale Peterson, ...

Professor Jeremy Hultin delivers the sermon at the morning communion service for commencement.

Prof. Jeremy Hultin

Worship service for the YDS, ISM, and BDS graduating class of 2012.

Preacher: Carolyn Sharp

Dr. Paul Farmer addresses concepts of holistic health, Liberation Theology, and his work on infectious disease as a vehicle for social change.

Dr. Paul Farmer

A panel discussion of the Spring 2012 issue of Reflections magazine.

Moderator: Ray Waddle

Panelists: Stephen H....

From October 11, 1952 to May 3, 1953 Zora Neale Hurston wrote twenty stories for the Pittsburgh Courier Newspaper detailing a landmark case in interracial relations. Using her distinct voice and powerful prose, Hurston’s account of the trial of Ruby Jackson McCollum is a cautionary tale about injustice in one of this country’s most famous murder cases. This lecture places in dramatic relief not only the trial itself, a trial that shook the foundations of racial segregation, but Hurston’s fight to save McCollum from the electric chair, offers resources for 21st century ethicists wrestling with new possibilities for human existence in the midst of the existing social order.

Katie G. Cannon, Annie Scales Rogers Professor of...

Miroslav Volf gives his address as part of the "Youth Ministry: Now" series. Berkeley Divinity School's Wesley-Royce Leadership Colloquium has collaborated with eight exemplary youth ministry leaders in the U.S. and Puerto Rico this spring to offer students project-based learning on best practices in youth ministry.

The program consists of four luncheons, lectures, and networking time for pastors and youth ministry leaders with speakers who  explore the theological underpinnings of youth ministry and emerging trends for addressing the deepest needs of adolescents.

Miroslav Volf

Rodger Nishioka gives his address as part of the "You Ministry: Now" series. Berkeley Divinity School's Wesley-Royce Leadership Colloquium has collaborated with eight exemplary youth ministry leaders in the U.S. and Puerto Rico this spring to offer students project-based learning on best practices in youth ministry.

The program consists of four luncheons, lectures, and networking time for pastors and youth ministry leaders with speakers who  explore the theological underpinnings of youth ministry and emerging trends for addressing the deepest needs of adolescents.

Rodger Nishioka

Margaret Farley delivers the final Nathaniel W. Taylor Lecture on the topic "Freedom Matters."

Addressing questions of the meaning and possibility of human freedom of choice, Farley's lectures speak to problems raised by scientists, philosophers, and theologians. The central element is a descriptive analysis of the experience of free choice—not the question of whether there can be free choice, but on the structure of what we choose when we choose, raising the further question of whether every choice is ultimately a choice of what and how to love.

The Nathaniel W. Taylor Lectureship in Theology was created in 1902 by a gift from Rebecca Taylor Hatch of Brooklyn, New York, in memory of her father, who was Dwight Professor of Didactic Theology from 1822 to 1858.

Margaret Farley, the Gilbert L. Stark Professor...

Margaret Farley delivers the second Nathaniel W. Taylor Lecture on the topic "Desires, Loves, and Reasons."

Addressing questions of the meaning and possibility of human freedom of choice, Farley's lectures speak to problems raised by scientists, philosophers, and theologians. The central element is a descriptive analysis of the experience of free choice—not the question of whether there can be free choice, but on the structure of what we choose when we choose, raising the further question of whether every choice is ultimately a choice of what and how to love.

The Nathaniel W. Taylor Lectureship in Theology was created in 1902 by a gift from Rebecca Taylor Hatch of Brooklyn, New York, in memory of her father, who was Dwight Professor of Didactic Theology from 1822 to 1858.

Margaret Farley, the Gilbert L. Stark Professor...

Margaret Farley delivers the Nathaniel W. Taylor Lectures  on the topic “Freedom, Obligation, and Love.”

Addressing questions of the meaning and possibility of human freedom of choice, Farley’s lectures  speak to problems raised by scientists, philosophers, and theologians. The central element is a descriptive analysis of the experience of free choice—not the question of whether there can be free choice, but on the structure of what we choose when we choose, raising the further question of whether every choice is ultimately a choice of what and how to love.

The Nathaniel W. Taylor Lectureship in Theology was created in 1902 by a gift from Rebecca Taylor Hatch of Brooklyn, New York, in memory of her father, who was Dwight Professor of Didactic Theology from 1822 to 1858.

Margaret Farley, the Gilbert L. Stark Professor...

Roland Martinson, academic dean and professor of children, youth and family ministry at Luther Seminary, gives his address as part of the "You Ministry: Now" series. Berkeley Divinity School's Wesley-Royce Leadership Colloquium has collaborated with eight exemplary youth ministry leaders in the U.S. and Puerto Rico this spring to offer students project-based learning on best practices in youth ministry.

Roland Martinson, academic dean and professor of children,...

The annual lecture is intended to bring the contributions of African American scholars, social theorists, pastors, and social activists to YDS and to the wider New Haven community. Alexander was selected to compose and read an original poem at the inauguration of President Barack Obama, becoming just the fourth poet in modern American history to read at a presidential swearing-in ceremony

Prof. Elizabeth Alexander, Thomas E....

Relationships Unfiltered a re-imagination of relationship ministry with young people

"Youth ministry: now" is offered in partnership with Berkeley Divinity School and the Yale Center for Faith and Culture’s Adolescent Faith and Flourishing Project. This colloquium is offered without cost though the generous support of the Wesley-Royce Leadership Grant and the Youth Ministry Initiative. The program consists of four luncheons, lectures, and networking time for pastors and youth ministry leaders with speakers who  explore the theological underpinnings of youth ministry and emerging trends for addressing the deepest needs of adolescents.

Andrew Root, Associate Professor and Carrie Olson Baalson...

Almost every youth worker was been confronted by the question, “What does God want me/us to do?” Whether around big changes to the ministry itself or around individual young people trying to discern the direction of their lives, we seek to follow God’s leading or God’s will. But how do we go about such processes of discernment? How do we know when it is God leading us and not just our conscience or something else? This presentation will explore a process of discerning with young people that focus on the action and direction of God in their lives.

Relationships Unfiltered a re-imagination of relationship ministry with young people

“Youth ministry: now” is offered in partnership with Berkeley Divinity School and the Yale Center for Faith and Culture’s Adolescent Faith and Flourishing Project. This colloquium is offered without cost though the generous support of the Wesley-Royce Leadership Grant and the Youth Ministry Initiative. The program consists of four luncheons, lectures, and networking time for pastors and youth ministry leaders with speakers who  explore the theological underpinnings of youth ministry and emerging trends for addressing the deepest needs of adolescents.

Andrew Root, Associate Professor and Carrie Olson Baalson...

His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios

Participants examine the intersection of individual rights, sexual ethics, pastoral needs in campus ministries and parish life, scripture, and the role of the laity in ‘living fraternally and cooperating with others’ as directed by Vatican II.

Rev. Walter Cuenin, Brandeis University, is the Catholic...

Participants examine the intersection of individual rights, sexual ethics, pastoral needs in campus ministries and parish life, scripture, and the role of the laity in ‘living fraternally and cooperating with others’ as directed by Vatican II.

Patricia Beattie Jung, Professor of Christian Ethics and...

Participants examine the intersection of individual rights, sexual ethics, pastoral needs in campus ministries and parish life, scripture, and the role of the laity in ‘living fraternally and cooperating with others’ as directed by Vatican II.

Joette Katz, former Associate Justice of the Connecticut...

Participants examine the intersection of individual rights, sexual ethics, pastoral needs in campus ministries and parish life, scripture, and the role of the laity in ‘living fraternally and cooperating with others’ as directed by Vatican II.

Michael John Perry, Professor of Law, ...

The Pitt Lecture, sponsored by Berkeley Divinity School, is in memory of Lewis Wetherbee Pitt and features a speaker significant in world Christianity.

Tony Jarvis is director of the Educational Leadership in...

The Lyman Beecher Lectureship was founded in 1871 by a gift from Henry W. Sage of Brooklyn, NY, as a memorial to the great divine whose name it bears, to sponsor an annual series of lectures on a topic appropriate to the work of the ministry.

Invasion of the Dead:  Preaching Resurrection through the lens of Apocalyptic Eschatology

Brian K. Blount is a Presbyterian minister, New Testament...

Morning worship at Convocation and Reunions 2011.

Otis Moss ’95 M.Div, pastor of Trinity United Church of...

A special presentation as part of Convocation and Reunions 2011.

Miroslav Volf, Henry B. Wright Professor of Theology and...

The Kavanagh Lecture, presented by the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, is named for the late Professor Emeritus of Liturgics Aidan J. Kavanagh O.S.B., and given in conjunction with Convocation Week at Yale Divinity School.

Don Saliers ’62 B.D., ’67 Ph.D. retired from the Candler...

The Lyman Beecher Lectureship was founded in 1871 by a gift from Henry W. Sage of Brooklyn, NY, as a memorial to the great divine whose name it bears, to sponsor an annual series of lectures on a topic appropriate to the work of the ministry.

Invasion of the Dead:  Preaching Resurrection through the lens of Apocalyptic Eschatology

Brian K. Blount is a Presbyterian minister, New Testament...

A special presentation as part of Convocation and Reunions 2011.

Willis Jenkins, Margaret Farley Assistant Professor of...

The Lyman Beecher Lectureship was founded in 1871 by a gift from Henry W. Sage of Brooklyn, NY, as a memorial to the great divine whose name it bears, to sponsor an annual series of lectures on a topic appropriate to the work of the ministry.

Invasion of the Dead:  Preaching Resurrection through the lens of Apocalyptic Eschatology

Brian K. Blount is a Presbyterian minister, New Testament...

A special presentation as part of Convocation and Reunions 2011.

Robert Wilson, Hoober Professor of Religious Studies and...

MacCulloch considers the cultural and religious unity of the medieval Western Church, a wholly exceptional phenomenon in Christian history, and draws on his experience of writing and filming an overview history of Christianity to consider how easily matters might have been different in the Christian West. He identifies Martin of Tours as a key figure, but also speculates on what Western Christianity would have been like in the perfectly plausible event of an Arian outcome to its emergence from the disappearance of the Western Roman Empire.

Diarmaid MacCulloch is Professor of the History...

Opening convocation ceremonies of Fall 2011.

Kathryn Tanner, Professor of Systematic Theology

Commencement 2011

Graduation Degree Ceremony

Invocation
Teresa Berger, Institue of Sacred...

Commencement 2011

Commencement Worship

Preacher:  Emilie M. Townes, Andrew W. Mellon...

Response to the Keynote Address by James R. Nieman, Professor of Practical Theology, Hartford Seminary

Sharon E. Watkins, General Minister and President of the...

Church Changes and Theological Education: Implications for Long-Range Planning

James R. Nieman, Professor of Practical Theology, Hartford...

Response to: Keynote Address by James R. Nieman, Professor of Practical Theology, Hartford Seminary

Emilie M. Townes, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Yale...

Sorensen Lecture 2011

...

 Ensign Lecture 2011

Eboo Patel, IFYC Founder and President

Panel discussion at the National Press Club around the Reflections Issue "No More Excuses: Confronting Poverty".

Sen. Chris Coons, Linda LeSourd Lader, Arthur B. Keys Jr., Katherine...

The role of the Holy Spirit as the empowerment of all genuine preaching and hearing of the Gospel

Mary Catherine Hilkert of Notre Dame, a specialist in...

The role of the Holy Spirit as the empowerment of all genuine preaching and hearing of the Gospel

Mary Catherine Hilkert of Notre Dame, a specialist in...

In light of the special significance of the relationship of Jesus to Galilee prompted by intense archeological investigation and renewed debate about the Historical Jesus, Freyne presented a summary of the relevant new archaeological data from Galilee.

Sean Freyne, professor emeritus at Trinity College, Dublin

Talitha Arnold
Harold Attridge ...

The role of the Holy Spirit as the empowerment of all genuine preaching and hearing of the Gospel

Mary Catherine Hilkert of Notre Dame, a specialist in...

In light of the special significance of the relationship of Jesus to Galilee prompted by intense archeological investigation and renewed debate about the Historical Jesus, Freyne presented a summary of the relevant new archaeological data from Galilee.

Sean Freyne, professor emeritus at Trinity College, Dublin...

Launch of fall 2010 issue of Reflections magazine and forum on faith and poverty at the Church Center for the UN

Moderated by: Harry Attridge, Reverend Henry L.Slack Dean...

Convocation 2009
Taylor Lecture

The Theology and Science Discourse on Anthropology
I. What Can Theology Contribute to the Theology and Science Discourse?



October 13, 2009

Prof. Michael Welker

Convocation 2009
Taylor Lecture

The Theology and Science Discourse on Anthropology

III. The human Being in His/Her Relation to the Sustaining, Saving, and Ennobling God: Spiritual Realism in the Theology and Science Discourse

October 15, 2009

Prof. Michael Welker

Convocation 2009
Pitt Lecture

October 14, 2009

Rt. Rev. Trevor Mwamba

Convocation 2009
Taylor Lecture

The Theology and Science Discourse on Anthropology
II. Flesh - Body - Heart - Soul - Spirit: Exploring the Depth of the Human Person



October 14, 2009

Prof. Michael Welker

Eugene L. Lowry

Keeping Time with the Word: The Sound of the Sermon

Eugene L. Lowry

Keeping Time with the Word: The Sound of the Sermon

Eugene L. Lowry

Martin Copenhaver and Lillian Daniel

Yale University Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics, Yale University Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale and Yale Divinity School Present:

The Arthur W. Galston Memorial Lecture

Bill McKibben

Ethical Issues in the Borderlands

Rev. John Fife, Pastor Emeritus, Southside...

From Impulse Not From Rules: the Life, Character, and Teachings of Jesus in the Light of the Prophecy, Poetry and Art of William Blake

Christopher Rowland, Dean Ireland Professor of the Exegesis...

Preaching Against the Grain: Recovering the Voices of Those from the Underside of History

Renita J. Weems, Biblical Scholar/Author/Minister...

From Impulse Not From Rules: the Life, Character, and Teachings of Jesus in the Light of the Prophecy, Poetry and Art of William Blake

Christopher Rowland, Dean Ireland Professor of the Exegesis...

Preaching Against the Grain: Recovering the Voices of Those from the Underside of History

Renita J. Weems,  Biblical Scholar/Author/Minister...

From Impulse Not From Rules: the Life, Character, and Teachings of Jesus in the Light of the Prophecy, Poetry and Art of William Blake

Christopher Rowland, Dean Ireland Professor of the Exegesis...

Preaching Against the Grain: Recovering the Voices of Those from the Underside of History

Renita J. Weems, Biblical Scholar/Author/...

Sarah Smith Memorial Conference 2008: Are We Safe Yet? Vulnerability and Security in an Anxious Age

The Hon. Douglas Roche O.C., Chairman, Middle Powers...

Sarah Smith Memorial Conference 2008: Are We Safe Yet? Vulnerability and Security in an Anxious Age

Sarah Smith Memorial Conference 2008: Are We Safe Yet? Vulnerability and Security in an Anxious Age”

Sarah Smith Memorial Conference 2008: Are We Safe Yet? Vulnerability and Security in an

Loving God and Neighbor in Word and Deed:
Implications for Christians and Muslims

Prof. Dr. H.R.H. Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad bin Talal...

Loving God and Neighbor in Word and Deed:
Implications for Christians and Muslims

H.E. Prof. Seyyed Hossein Nasr

Loving God and Neighbor in Word and Deed:
Implications for Christians and Muslims

Prof. Dr. John DeGioia

Loving God and Neighbor in Word and Deed:
Implications for Christians and Muslims

Prof. Dr. Leith Anderson

Loving God and Neighbor in Word and Deed:
Implications for Christians and Muslims

Rabbi Douglas Krantz
H.E. Prof. Dr....

Loving God and Neighbor in Word and Deed:
Implications for Christians and Muslims

Panel 5

Rev. Dr. Heidi Hadsell
Amina Zalmia...

Loving God and Neighbor in Word and Deed:
Implications for Christians and Muslims

Prof. Dr. Mohammad Hashim Kamali
Dalia Mogahed...

Loving God and Neighbor in Word and Deed:
Implications for Christians and Muslims

Shaykh Al-Habib Ali Al-Jifri
Rev. Dr. Robert Schuller...

Loving God and Neighbor in Word and Deed:
Implications for Christians and Muslims

Panel 3

Dr. Martin Accad
Rev. Dr. Tokunboh Adeyemo
Judge Prince...

Loving God and Neighbor in Word and Deed:
Implications for Christians and Muslims

Panel 2

Ayatollah Prof. Dr. Seyyed Mostafa Mohaghegh Damad
...

Loving God and Neighbor in Word and Deed:
Implications for Christians and Muslims

Panel 1

Prof. Dr. David Burrell
Prof. Dr. Alan Godlas...

Loving God and Neighbor in Word and Deed:
Implications for Christians and Muslims

Grand Mufti Mustafa Ceric

Loving God and Neighbor in Word and Deed:
Implications for Christians and Muslims

Welcome

Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad of Jordan

Loving God and Neighbor in Word and Deed:
Implications for Christians and Muslims

Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) opened the public portion of a groundbreaking Muslim-Christian conference with a strong endorsement of the gathering’s aim to promote interfaith dialogue. Kerry (D-MA) spoke July 28 to about 200 participants in the conference, Loving God and Neighbor in Word and Deed: Implications for Christians and Muslims, about the compelling political benefits of promoting better understanding between the Abrahamic faiths. >Download a text version of Senator Kerry's remarks (pdf).

Sen. John Kerry

Divinity Degree Ceremony

Invocation:
Teresa Berger, Institute of...

Worship Service and Awards Ceremony

Preacher: Emilie Townes, Associate Professor of Hebrew...

The Challenge of Immigration: Framing a New American Conversation

The 2008 Margaret Lindquist Sorensen Lecture
and Conference

George Rupp, '67 B.D., President, International Rescue...

The Challenge of Immigration: Framing a New American Conversation

The 2008 Margaret Lindquist Sorensen Lecture and Conference

Louis E. Lugo, Director, Pew forum on Religion and Public...

The Challenge of Immigration: Framing a New American Conversation

The 2008 Margaret Lindquist Sorensen Lecture and Conference

Church Leaders Roundtable conversation:

Harlon Dalton, Yale Law School, Moderator
...

"Is freedom always conditional?"

Moderator: Emilie M. Townes, Yale Divinity School

...

"How does history and memory shape us as a diasporic people? Como a história e a memória nos formam como as pessoas de diáspora?"

Moderator: Yolanda Y. Smith, Yale Divinity School

...

"What are effective strategies for eradicating the misogyny, heterosexism, and homophobia in Black communities in the African diaspora?"

Moderator: M Shawn Copeland, Boston College

Panelists...

"How does the shape of a vowel, the placement of space and words on the page, signal the spiritual in your work or in the work of those whom you admire?"

Moderator: Hazel Carby, Yale University

Panelists:...

"What do we gain and lose in the shift from commemorating Martin Luther King Jr's assassination to celebrating the anniversary of his birth, as we will do this year, 40 years after his death?"

Moderator: Joan M. Martin, Episcopal Divinity School

...

Conversation Two

"When will we be able to stop pleading our case that we are human?"

Moderator: Dwight N. Hopkins, University Of Chicago...

Conversation One

"What makes a body Black in the USA today?"

Moderator: Emilie M. Townes, Yale Divinity School

...

Renewing Hope: Pathways of Religious Environmentalism

Renewing Hope: Pathways of Religious Environmentalism

...

Renewing Hope: Pathways of Religious Environmentalism

Opening Comments

Mary Eveylyn Tucker,...

Renewing Hope: Pathways of Religious Environmentalism

Sallie McFague, Vancouver School of Theology

2008 Roland Bainton Lecture

John Van Engen, Andrew V. Tackes Professor of...

Voices & Votes II 2007: Panel III

Voices & Votes II 2007 Panel II

Voices & Votes II 2007: Panel I

The Preacher's Divine Comedy
III. The Preacher in Paradise

Peter S. Hawkins
Professor of Religion at Boston...

Theology and Anthropology from a Womanist Perspective
III. Anthropology, Mission and the African Woman: A Womanist Theological Approach

Linda E. Thomas, Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago

Theology and Anthropology from a Womanist Perspective
I. The Aesthetic Dimensions of Religion in South Africa

Linda E. Thomas
Lutheran School of Theology in...

Sin and Salvation

Jane Williams
St. Paul's Theological Centre

The Preacher's Divine Comedy
II. The Preacher in Purgatory

Peter S. Hawkins, Professor of Religion at Boston...

The Preacher's Divine Comedy
I. The Preacher in Hell

Peter S. Hawkins, Professor of Religion at Boston...

Worship Service and Awards Ceremony

Preacher: Margaret Farley, Gilbert L. Stark Professor of...

Divinity Degree Ceremony

Invocation:
Margot Fassler, Professor,...

Moderated by: ...

Moderated by: ...

E.J. Dionne, Washington Post columnist and Senior...

Spirituality in the World Today:

The Influence of Henri J.M. Nouwen

Robert Massie, Former President, Coalition for ...

Spirituality in the World Today:

The Influence of Henri J.M. Nouwen

Moderator: Dale Peterson, Associate Dean...

Bishop Vashti McKenzie, African Methodist Episcopal Church...

Preaching from Memory to Hope
III: Preaching in the Future Perfect Tense: Eschatology and Proclamation

Thomas G. Long, Bandy Professor of Preaching at Candler...

Frances Cheney Lecture

Toward a Sacramental Poetics

Regina Schwartz, Professor of religion and literature at...

On the Danger of Making Jesus a Christian: The Test Case of Law and Morality

John P. Meier, William K. Warren Foundation Chair of...

On the Danger of Making Jesus a Christian: The Test Case of Law and Morality

John P. Meier, William K. Warren Foundation Chair of...

Preaching from Memory to Hope
II: No News is Bad News: The Presence of the Word in Preaching

Thomas G. Long
Bandy Professor of Preaching at Candler School of...

Preaching from Memory to Hope
I: A Likely Story: The Perils and Power of Narrative in Preaching

Thomas G. Long
Bandy Professor of Preaching at Candler School of...

Ambassador Tony P. Hall
U.S. Mission to the U.N. Agencies for Food and...

Theodore Malloch
Moderator, Chairman and Chief Executive...

Collin R. Timms
Chairman, The Guardian Bank and Trustee, The Bridge...

Yale Divinity School and Yale Divinity School's Center for Faith & Culture Present:

Vinay Samuel

Executive Director, The Oxford Center for Mission Studies...

Opening of school convocation.

Lenora Tubbs Tisdale
Professor of Homiletics

Divinity Degree Ceremony

Invocation:
Margo Fassler,
Professor, Institute of...

Worship Service and Awards Ceremony

Preacher: Emilie Townes,
Andrew W. Mellon Professor of African...

Dean Harry Attridge speaks at Boston College

Harold Attridge

Joint Panel on Faith and the Environment

Moderator:
...

Convened by:...

Convened by:...

Muhammad Qasim Zaman

Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Brown...

Oliver O'Donovan

Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology...

Yale Divinity School and Yale Divinity School's Center for Faith & Culture Presents:

Theocracy and Democracy in Islam and Christianity

William Anderton Chisolm Lecture

Susan Ackerman, Professor of Religion and of Women's and Gender Studies and...

Ron Sider
Professor of Theology at Palmer Seminary (Formerly Eastern...

Divine Mystery and Our Knowledge of God
III: The Need for True Statements About God and How to Reconcile This With Divine Mystery

Dr. William P. Alston, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Syracuse...

Preaching Morality in America's Civil War
III: The War and American Civil Religion

The Beecher Lectures were based on research Stout conducted in connection with his 2005 book  Upon the Altar of the Nation: A Moral History of the American Civil War (New York: Viking/Penguin).

Dr. Harry S. Stout, Jonathan Edwards Professor of American Religious History...

Where Now for World Anglicanism?

The Most Rev. Dr. Robin Eames,
Primate of Ireland and Chair of the...

Divine Mystery and Our Knowledge of God
II: Why We Should Take Divine Mystery Seriously

Dr. William P. Alston, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Syracuse...

Preaching Morality in America's Civil War
II: The Conduct of the War

The Beecher Lectures were based on research Stout conducted in connection with his 2005 book  Upon the Altar of the Nation: A Moral History of the American Civil War (New York: Vikinhey hg/Penguin).

Dr....

Divine Mystery and Our Knowledge of God
I: The Divine Mystery Thesis

Dr. William P. Alston, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Syracuse...

Preaching Morality in America's Civil War
I: And the War Came

The Beecher Lectures were based on research Stout conducted in connection with his 2005 book  Upon the Altar of the Nation: A Moral History of the American Civil War (New York: Viking/Penguin).

Dr. Harry S. Stout
Jonathan Edwards Professor of American Religious...

Roland Bainton Lecture

Rev. John W. O'Malley, S.J., Distinguished Professor of Church History at...

Opening of school address.

Emilie M. Townes, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of African American Religion...

Prof. David Bartlett gives the sermon to the graduating class.

Prof. David Bartlett

Divinity Degree Ceremony

Due to technical difficulties, the video's sound track is lost between time stamps 6:42 to 11:46 and again between 14:05 to 15:53. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Communion Service for Candidates and Guests

Preacher: David Kelsey
Celebrants: Dale Peterson, Yolanda Smith

Worship Service

Preacher: David Bartlett

Panel Discussion II

David Kelsey '58 BD, '60 MA, '64 PhD, moderator
Dwight...

William Sloane Coffin, Jr.

Go>Printable Transcript of Bill Coffin's Address

William Sloane Coffin, Jr.

The Public Witness and Ministry of William Sloane Coffin, Jr.

Musical Tribute and Personal Reflections

The Public Witness and Ministry of William Sloane Coffin, Jr.

An associated panel sponsored by Historians Against the War, Reclaiming the Prophetic Voice, Yale Alumni for Social Justice, Yale Peace Coalition.

Webcast made available through courtesy of Radio Free Maine.  Presentation may be purchased in a variety of video and audio formats by contacting Radio Free Maine at rleisnerrfm@yahoo.com or by writing to: Roger Leisner, Radio Free Maine, P.O. Box 2705, Augusta, Maine  04338.

Panel Members in order of appearance:

Rev....

Panel Discussion I

Scotty McLennan '70 BA, moderator
Bliss Williams Browne...

Margaret Lindquist Sorensen Lecture

Dr. Richard Mollica Professor of Psychiatry
Director, Harvard Program...

Loring Sabin Ensign Lecture

Don Cupitt
Department of History and Philosophy of Science
...

Dorothy Bass
Leader of the Valparaiso Project on the Education and...

Dr. John Kinney
Dean and Professor of Theology and Historical Studies...

Yale Divinity School's Center for Faith & Culture Presents: Theology Live

Robert Wuthnow
Gerhard R. Andlinger '52 Professor of Sociology and...

Yale Divinity School's Center for Faith & Culture Presents:

Theology Live

Stanley Hauerwas
Gilbert T. Rowe Professor of Theological...

Roland Bainton Lecture

Andrew Walls

Professor Obenchain is a scholar of comparative religion and culture. In this lecture she discusses current interest on the part of Chinese scholars and students in both religion and in the academic study of religion. To illustrate, she reflects on Chinese ways of understanding the Christian contribution to Confucian cultivation and the Confucian contribution to contemporary Christian moral life, especially as regards human rights.

Diane B. Obenchain
Visiting Professor, Fudan University (China)

"Isaiah's Response to Assyrian Triumphalism:
The Political Message of Israelite Monotheism"

William Anderton Chisolm Lecture

Baruch Levine
Skirball Professor Emeritus of Bible and Ancient Near...

Christ in the Early Christian Tradition
Texts Disputed and Apocryphal

Bart D. Ehrman

Preaching as Prophetic Ministry
III. Global: The Binding Commitment

Otis Moss, Jr.

"How God Makes Theologians"

Cheney Lecture

Mark McIntosh

Christ in the Early Christian Tradition
Texts Disputed and Apocryphal

Bart D. Ehrman

Preaching as Prophetic Ministry
II. Social Justice: The Tie that Binds

Otis Moss, Jr.

Christ in the Early Christian Tradition
Texts Disputed and Apocryphal

Bart D. Ehrman

Preaching as Prophetic Ministry
I. Personal: The Bold Adventure
Marquand Chapel

Otis Moss, Jr.

Yale Divinity School's Center for Faith & Culture Presents

A Crisis of Trust?
Trust in a Culture of Suspicion and Spin

Prof. Jürgen Moltmann, Emreitus Professor of Systematic...

Yale Divinity School's Center for Faith & Culture Presents:

A Crisis of Trust?
Trust in a Culture of Suspicion and Spin

Baroness Onora O'Neill, Principal of Newnham College of the...

Yale Divinity School's Center for Faith & Culture Presents:

A Crisis of Trust?
Trust in a Culture of Suspicion and Spin

R. Gustav Niebuhr, Associate Professor of Religion and the...

Yale Divinity School's Center for Faith & Culture Presents:
A Crisis of Trust - Workshop
Trust in a Culture of Suspicion and Spin

Baroness Onora O'Neill, Principal of Newnham College of the...

Yale Divinity School's Center for Faith & Culture Presents:

A Crisis of Trust?
Trust in a Culture of Suspicion and Spin

Ambassador Philip Lader, Chairman WPP Group plc adn Senior...

Madeleine Korbel Albright served as the 64th Secretary of State of the United States. She was the first woman Secretary of State and is the highest ranking woman in the history of the US government.

As Secretary, Dr. Albright reinforced America's alliances, advocated democracy and human rights, and promoted American trade and business, labor, and environmental standards abroad.

Madeleine Korbel Albright

On Ash Wednesday (Feb. 25, 2004) Mel Gibson’s much-anticipated film, “The Passion of the Christ” opened in 2,000 theaters across the country ending a year of speculation as to how the movie’s creator, Mel Gibson, painted the final 12 hours of the life of Jesus Christ. On Friday, March 26th, YDS and ISM hosted a scholarly discussion of the film

PANELISTS...

With the release of Mel Gibson's The Passion, media reports on religion have increased along with accusations of media bias towards religion. Yale Divinity School hosted a panel discussion of representatives from print and radio media who are experts on covering "the religion beat".

Moderator...