Divinity in the Media

Divinity in the Media

May 15, 2013 Dean Richard Hays and Center for Reconciliation Director Chris Rice comment in The Herald-Sun about the powerful work of reconciliation by Burundi humanitarium Maggy Barankitse
May 09, 2013 Professor Luke Bretherton writes in The Other Journal about what it means for him to move from London to Durham, N.C. and its implications for his theological and political reflections on the contemporary context
Apr 24, 2013 Duke Chapel Dean says in The Church of England Newspaper that he hopes the chapel continues to be a place and people of mediation that embodies hospitality toward all different kinds of worship traditions
Apr 24, 2013 Professor Rick Lischer says in the Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah) that faith tells you there is a basic goodness in the gifts God has given even when there is loss
Apr 19, 2013 Duke Chapel Dean Luke Powery says in The Christian Century that he draws on the writings of theologian Howard Thurman, novelist Toni Morrison, poet Langston Hughes, and “the musical literature known as the spirituals”
Apr 18, 2013 Professor Richard Lischer comments in The Washington Post (Religion News Service) about his new memoir recounting the "bitter gall" of his son's death and resulting "settled sorrow"
Apr 14, 2013 Professor Norman Wirzba comments in the Technician (N.C. State University student newspaper) that the definition of food as found in Scripture is God’s love made delectable
Apr 09, 2013 Muslim Chaplain and Adjunct Professor Abdullah Antepli comments in the Huffington Post about the Rowan County Defense of Religion Act and the dangerous rise of exclusivism
Apr 08, 2013 Professor David Steinmetz comments in The Washington Post about whether the selection of Pope Francis will offer a more lively and effective tradition of Catholic reform
Apr 06, 2013 Professor Amy Laura Hall comments in the New York Times on theological questions raised by a NCAA basketball blowout in which Grinnell College defeated Faith Baptist Bible by 179-104 points
Apr 05, 2013 Dean Richard Hays comments to the Duke Chronicle that the Divinity School and theology play an important role in a well-rounded liberal arts educationl
Apr 02, 2013 Professor Richard Lischer comments in Guideposts magazine that the Psalms treat God as a partner in suffering and thus open a narrow path from lament to a grudging acknowledgment of God’s love
Mar 29, 2013 Professor Luke Bretherton comments on Australian Broadcasting's Religion & Ethics on Shrovetide foolishness as a Christ-like way of being faithful to a gospel that is foolishness to those who take the world too seriously
Mar 28, 2013 Professor Richard Lischer talks to the Huffington Post about learning from the death of his son that Good Friday and Easter provide everyday lessons for living
Mar 26, 2013 In a review of Professor Richard Lischer's new memoir, the Toronto Star describes him as being self-aware, humorous and unstinting in describing the outrage of a son dying before his father
Mar 15, 2013 Professor Luke Bretherton offers his perspectives on Australian Broadcasting’s “Religion and Ethics" about the election of Pope Francis and those of a variety of other bishops, theologians and lay people
Mar 14, 2013 Professor Stanley Hauerwas and other Duke faculty react positively in a Duke Today article about the new Catholic pope's name choice and background
Mar 14, 2013 Professor Stanley Hauerwas says in USA Today that it is more remarkable that the cardinals chose a Jesuit as the pope than a non-European since it shows that the Catholic church not only serves but is the church of the poor
Mar 13, 2013 Professor Stanley Hauerwas says in The Washington Post (Religion News Service) that the choice of a Jesuit for Catholic pope is even more remarkable than being non-European
Mar 13, 2013 Professor Stanley Hauerwas tells the United Methodist News Service that the new pope being a Jesuit and taking the name of St. Francis of of Assisi says so much about his commitment to the poor

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