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Jan 24

Bartlett Lecture Series
Jan 25

Using Clarity, Beauty and Inspiration to Inspire Change: A Leadership Exploration
Feb 12

Parks-King Lecture: Bryan Massingale
Feb 21

Sarah Hammerschlag

Transformational Leadership

I lean upon my YDS experience every day in my personal and professional life. The community continues to inspire and support me in important ways, and I am grateful for the indelible impact that has had on my life.

Dr. Elijah Heyward ’07 M.A.R., Chief Operating Officer, International African American Museum
Ecumenical Formation

The most formative part of my time at YDS was the ecumenical worship. I am so appreciative of Marquand Chapel.

Calvon Jones ’18 M.Div.
Yale University

It transforms a class when you can go beyond a textbook to see what a book or a woodcut in the 16th century looks like.

Bruce Gordon, Professor of Ecclesiastical History
Faculty mentorship

My experience at YDS pushed me to better appreciate spiritual mentors in and out of class. Many times, I found myself blessed by faculty members who encouraged me to look beyond the boundaries of the syllabus as I sought answers to my biggest questions.

Christopher Phillips ’18 M.Div.
21st Century Church

Only by encountering people in the world can we truly bring the Church into the 21st century and hope to revive it as an important and practical part of society. I am blessed that my education prepared me to live out my call in the world.

Victoria Strang ’17 M.Div.
Inspired to lead

My time at Berkeley at YDS trained me to think and inspired me to lead with courage and faith.

The Most Rev. Michael Curry ’78 M.Div., Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church
Leading a church

My studies in prophetic preaching and interfaith relations at YDS prepared me to preach and live "the word" with a depth that continues to nourish and challenge me as a pastor and leader of a growing church.

Laura Fitzpatrick-Nager ’13 M.Div.
Prepared for any context

As assistant director of the LGBTQ Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, I find myself doing what divinity school prepared me for every day, even if it’s not in a traditional congregational context.

Angel Collie ’14 M.Div.

Transformational Leadership

I lean upon my YDS experience every day in my personal and professional life. The community continues to inspire and support me in important ways, and I am grateful for the indelible impact that has had on my life.

Dr. Elijah Heyward ’07 M.A.R., Chief Operating Officer, International African American Museum
Ecumenical Formation

The most formative part of my time at YDS was the ecumenical worship. I am so appreciative of Marquand Chapel.

Calvon Jones ’18 M.Div.
Yale University

It transforms a class when you can go beyond a textbook to see what a book or a woodcut in the 16th century looks like.

Bruce Gordon, Professor of Ecclesiastical History
Faculty mentorship

My experience at YDS pushed me to better appreciate spiritual mentors in and out of class. Many times, I found myself blessed by faculty members who encouraged me to look beyond the boundaries of the syllabus as I sought answers to my biggest questions.

Christopher Phillips ’18 M.Div.
21st Century Church

Only by encountering people in the world can we truly bring the Church into the 21st century and hope to revive it as an important and practical part of society. I am blessed that my education prepared me to live out my call in the world.

Victoria Strang ’17 M.Div.
Inspired to lead

My time at Berkeley at YDS trained me to think and inspired me to lead with courage and faith.

The Most Rev. Michael Curry ’78 M.Div., Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church
Leading a church

My studies in prophetic preaching and interfaith relations at YDS prepared me to preach and live "the word" with a depth that continues to nourish and challenge me as a pastor and leader of a growing church.

Laura Fitzpatrick-Nager ’13 M.Div.
Prepared for any context

As assistant director of the LGBTQ Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, I find myself doing what divinity school prepared me for every day, even if it’s not in a traditional congregational context.

Angel Collie ’14 M.Div.

PARTNERS ON THE QUAD

Berkeley Divinity School, the Institute of Sacred Music, and Andover Newton Seminary are important collaborators with YDS, sharing space, faculty, students, and commitment to our shared mission of service to church and world.

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Convocation and Reunions 2018

Inspiring award recipients highlighted annual gathering at YDS

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Faculty Scholarship

YDS professors are among the leading scholars in theology and religious studies, producing dozens of publications a year.

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Conversations with YDS professors

YDS faculty members discuss their teaching and scholarship as well as contemporary issues in theology and religion.

YDS alumni

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YDS alums make wide-ranging contributions to church and society.

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Inspired to lead

Leading a church

Prepared for any context

Transformational Leadership

Ecumenical Formation

Yale University

Faculty mentorship

21st Century Church

Inspired to lead

Leading a church

Prepared for any context

Quadcast interview with Willie Jennings: What does theology say about ecology?

Leadership and rebirth: Advisory Council Chair Chris Sawyer passes the torch

YDS launches challenge fund for endowed scholarships

Incubating innovation in faith-based and social impact spaces

Are college students losing religion? 'Quadcast' interview with Yale chaplain

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