As artist in context at Duke Divinity School, Matthew Rushing, Alvin Ailey Associate Artistic Director, developed a new community-focused iteration of his 2024 ballet for Ailey, Sacred Songs, in tandem with Duke Divinity and University faculty. This version of the ballet will debut at Duke in April 2026.
DITA will host a lunchtime discussion with artist-in-context Matthew Rushing about his extended residency at Duke Divinity School and the project that has grown out of it, the Sacred Places ballet.
Join the creative associate on the Sacred Places ballet, Du'Bois A'Keen for a FREE, interactive jam session.
Drs. Natalie Carnes and Brewer Eberly discuss how beauty has been among the Christian names for God and why beauty, like suffering, is so central to the Christian story. What do these two parts of our existence—beauty and suffering—have to do with one another? And how can their togetherness help us love and attend in the strange world of medicine?
DITA2025 is a four-day symposium at Duke University celebrating Nicaea and the myriad surprises the Creed holds in store for artists, academics, clergy, and parishioners today.
Duke Divinity School celebrates the school's first formal gallery space with an evening concert and artist mini-residency with Steve Prince.
DITA hosts its spring distinguished lecture with Dr. Awet Andemicael, associate dean of Marquand Chapel, assistant professor of theology at Yale, discussing a theology of singing, exploring how singing is a form of prayer and a key site of practical and theological integration for Christian artists.
Duke University celebrates the reception of a Heritage Edition of the Saint John's Bible in a series of events at Duke Divinity School and Duke University Chapel.
Duke Divinity School will hold a Service of the Word in collaboration with Duke Initiatives in Theology and the Arts to celebrate the reception of The Saint John's Bible. Dr. Ellen Davis will preach.
An installation of mixed-media works by one of DITA's doctoral students, Andrew Hendrixson, Th.D. '26. The gallery is comprised of a variety of pieces taken from across Hendrixson's body of work, composed from 2010 to 2024.
Duke Initiatives in Theology and the Arts (DITA) hosts psychiatrist, neuroscience researcher, philosopher, and literary scholar Iain McGilchrist for a public dialogue with DITA director Dr. Jeremy Begbie
Duke Initiatives in Theology and the Arts and Duke Divinity School partner with the Duke English Department to present a collaborative symposium on poetry and theology.
DITA and Duke University Chapel partner to present a premiere exhibition of sacred ink wash art by contemporary poet, painter, and critic DaoZi. On display until November 26, the exhibition is presented in two galleries in Duke University Chapel and Duke Divinity School's 00 Westbrook hallway.
Featuring players from the New Caritas Orchestra directed by Dr. Jeremy Begbie, the program will explore the power of music—along with words and images—to expand our theological imagination. The repertoire will be wide and diverse. From classical to contemporary, poetry to paintings, violas to timpani, the evening will invite us to experience God’s extravagance in fresh and compelling ways.
Duke Initiatives in Theology and the Arts and Duke Chapel present an exhibit of prints by the renowned modernist artist Marc Chagall.
In partnership with Duke University Chapel, Duke Initiatives in Theology and the Arts hosts Vivian R. Jacobson, lecturer and author of Sharing Chagall: A Memoir, for a lunchtime lecture on Chagall's biblical imagination on March 29.
Rev. Dr. Malcolm Guite will offer a public lecture exploring how poetry shapes, forms, and creates an imagination for ministry, followed by a time of discussion and Q&A.
Duke Initiatives in Theology and the Arts will host poet Shane McCrae for a lunchtime lecture. McCrae is the author of eight books of poetry and the recipient of numerous awards, most recently the Whiting Writers' Award. He teaches at Columbia University and is the poetry editor for Image Journal.
Duke Initiative in Theology and the Arts hosts the New Caritas Orchestra and the Raleigh Music Collective for Cries of Loss and Hope, a concert to commemorate the grief of the present and celebrate the hope of the future.