David Bartlett ’67 B.D., ’72 Ph.D.

David L. Bartlett was the J. Edward and Ruth Cox Lantz Professor Emeritus of Christian Communication at Yale Divinity School and Distinguished Professor Emeritus of New Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary. An ordained minister in the American Baptist Churches, USA, Bartlett served as the senior minister of congregations in Minnesota, Illinois, and California. From 1990 to 2005, Bartlett served at YDS on the faculty as well in administrative roles including Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Dean of Academic Affairs. Bartlett published numerous books and scholarly articles. His books include such notable works as Ministry in the New Testament (Fortress-Augsburg, 1993), Romans: Westminster Bible Companion (Westminister/John Knock, 1995), and Between the Bible and the Church (Abingdon, 1999). Bartlett delivered the 2001 Beecher Lectures, entitled “What’s Good About the News?” published as What’s Good About This News?: Preaching from the Gospels and Galatians (Westminster John Knox Press, 2003.). Dr. Bartlett died in 2017. 

 

In 2017, he was the posthumous recipient of the YDS Distinction in Theological Education Award.