This year’s incoming D.Min. class welcomes 39 students from a variety of backgrounds and professional placements who are seeking advanced theological training and are divided into two conceptual cohorts: Traditional Leadership and Missional Innovation.
Divinity emeritus professor William Turner received the University Medal, students led worship through music and prayers for the Founders' Sunday chapel service, and alumni contributions were recognized as part of Duke's centennial celebrations.
This agreement supports the creation of pathways for the exchange of students, faculty, and academic programming and is part of Duke Divinity School’s broader commitment to cultivate a global and intercultural community that contributes to theological scholarship at Duke Divinity and abroad.
The grant will be used to recruit and support a senior faculty member specializing in Black church studies to foster research and field-defining work in an academic, theological context.
The school is partnering with the Western North Carolina Conference of The United Methodist on relief efforts in North Carolina after Hurricane Helene. The WNCC has more than 500 Duke Divinity School alumni who are leading churches on the front lines of the relief effort.
The school welcomed 224 new students, with Dean Edgardo Colón-Emeric celebrating school unity as “one Pentecost people walking en conjunto for the life of the world.”
Turner, James T. and Alice Mead Cleland Professor Emeritus of the Practice of Preaching, will receive the university's highest honor during the Duke Centennial Founders' Weekend.
Griffith, newly appointed assistant professor of American church history, has been given the honor by the Center for the Study of Religion & American Culture.
A summer seminar drew on expertise at Duke in literature, theology, and data science to better understand the implications of artificial intelligence.
Begbie was celebrated in a series of ceremonies, uniquely curated to celebrate his accomplishments in the field of theology and the arts.
King Charles of England has approved Bretherton's appointment, which includes ordination as a Canon of the Cathedral and duties as a Church of England priest. Bretherton will also assume the role of director of the McDonald Centre for Theology, Ethics, and Public Life.
A new Divinity School course employs trauma-informed teaching to handle sensitive topics in online teaching.
Coley, who is director of the Ormond Center, will co-lead a project funded by The Duke Endowment on strategic partnerships for energy equity in the Carolinas. Read more from Duke Faculty Advancement.
The grant from the Office of the Provost will support Dr. Wilson's project, which addresses the Black maternal health crisis in North Carolina by engaging bioethics, healthcare, and Black churches. Read more from the Duke Office of Interdisciplinary Studies.
Kevin Hart will be the Jo Rae Wright University Distinguished Professor and Aaron Griffith will be assistant professor of American church history.
Duke Divinity School celebrated its 98th Baccalaureate Service on May 11 with a total of 180 Duke Divinity School students graduating and celebrated graduates with a Closing Convocation Service and two Graduate Cross Services (hybrid and residential).
The Community of the Cross of Nails is a worldwide community of organizations dedicated to the ministry of reconciliation.
A unique program invited women scholars from the Majority World to undertake the Master of Theology program in preparation for doctoral studies.
A mixed-media gallery of works by DITA doctoral student Andrew Hendrixson, Th.D. '26, is installed in the 00 Westbrook Hallway. Learn about the gallery and the artist's journey to Duke Divinity School.
DITA hosted best-selling author Dr. Iain McGilchrist for a public conversation about the arts, theology, and brain hemisphere theory wih DITA Director Dr. Jeremy Begbie.