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Serving 21st-Century Church and World Providing knowledge, insight, and inspiration in a critical time of upheaval and challenge.

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Deepened capacity

The depth, breadth and quality of my education and experience at YDS have had a profound impact on the quality of my ministry, deepened my capacity to think critically and creatively, and changed my life.

Sandra Dager '82 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
Passionate about questions of belief and practice

This was a place for people like me: rooted in a tradition, ecumenically inclined, passionate about questions of religious belief and practice. I could be myself, let down my guard, and do my work with people who would become some of my closest friends.

Chet Duke '20 M.A.R.
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
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
Lifeblood

It’s the students who affect me the most. I’ve written poems that emerged out of classes, and been directly motivated and challenged by perceptions of students. They’re really the lifeblood of the school.

Christian Wiman, Professor of the Practice of Religion and Literature
The will and the grace to do it

Of one thing I’m sure: There are people to serve, a world in pain and confusion, work to do … and my formation at YDS has given me the will and grace to do it.

Will Dickinson '20 M.Div., Deacon in the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia
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.
All tweets lead to YDS

It feels like everywhere I turn, every theologian or scholar...or every publication I read keeps pointing me back to one place: @YaleDivSchool. And I'm totally onboard with that ;)

@PorterCTaylor on Twitter
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.

Deepened capacity

The depth, breadth and quality of my education and experience at YDS have had a profound impact on the quality of my ministry, deepened my capacity to think critically and creatively, and changed my life.

Sandra Dager '82 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
Passionate about questions of belief and practice

This was a place for people like me: rooted in a tradition, ecumenically inclined, passionate about questions of religious belief and practice. I could be myself, let down my guard, and do my work with people who would become some of my closest friends.

Chet Duke '20 M.A.R.
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
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
Lifeblood

It’s the students who affect me the most. I’ve written poems that emerged out of classes, and been directly motivated and challenged by perceptions of students. They’re really the lifeblood of the school.

Christian Wiman, Professor of the Practice of Religion and Literature
The will and the grace to do it

Of one thing I’m sure: There are people to serve, a world in pain and confusion, work to do … and my formation at YDS has given me the will and grace to do it.

Will Dickinson '20 M.Div., Deacon in the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia
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.
All tweets lead to YDS

It feels like everywhere I turn, every theologian or scholar...or every publication I read keeps pointing me back to one place: @YaleDivSchool. And I'm totally onboard with that ;)

@PorterCTaylor on Twitter
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.

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'Critical Christian Leadership'

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Deepened capacity

Transformational Leadership

Passionate about questions of belief and practice

Inspired to lead

Yale University

Lifeblood

The will and the grace to do it

Faculty mentorship

21st Century Church

All tweets lead to YDS

Ecumenical formation

Deepened capacity

Transformational Leadership

Passionate about questions of belief and practice

Inspired to lead

Yale University

Lifeblood

The will and the grace to do it

Faculty mentorship

21st Century Church

All tweets lead to YDS

Ecumenical formation

Yale grad chooses YDS for scholarship initiative

Professor John Collins looks back on stellar academic career

Gilded Wounds, Co-Mingled Tears: YCFC podcast interview with Makoto Fujimura

Preparing for vocation amid a historic pandemic

Wherever their gifts and talents are needed: Catholic lay ministry at YDS

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