Richard Hays ’77 M.Div., Professor Emeritus of New Testament at Duke University, is the recipient of the 2022 Burkitt Medal for Biblical Studies.
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Miroslav Volf, Professor of Theology and Director of the Yale Center for Faith and Culture at YDS, and Ryan McAnnally-Linz ’10 M.A.R., ’16 Ph.D., Associate Research Scholar and Associate Director of the Center, have published the new book The Home of God: A Brief Story of Everything.
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G. Scott Morris ’79 M.Div., CEO of Church Health in Memphis, Tenn., has published the new book Care: How People of Faith Can Respond to Our Broken Health System.
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Sue Frost ‘86 M.Div. is the new pastor of Hampton United Methodist Church in New Hampshire.
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Sarah Menard ‘23 M.Div. published a commentary in the Yale Daily News on the humanitarian crisis at the border, which she witnessed on a recent trip with the immigrants rights group Project Corazon.
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Will Mebane ’06 M.Div. has won the Harvey Beech Outstanding Alumni Award of the University of North Carolina.
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Robert Tiller ‘66 B.D. has written an article looking back on his unique field-work experience during his YDS student days.
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Kristin Colberg ‘00 M.Div., Associate Professor of Theology at the Saint John’s School of Theology and Seminary, has been selected by the Vatican to serve on a committee of experts tasked with synthesizing a new document related to the Synod on Synodality.
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The past month witnessed the death of several notable YDS alums including Richard Stazesky ‘52 B.D., ’53 S.T.M., the 2012 recipient of the Dean’s Outstanding Service Award.