Williams, who currently serves as curator of religion for the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, will assume the role on July 1.
A global leader in ecumenical dialogue and scholar of reconciliation theology, Colón-Emeric has been at the Divinity School since 2007.
He joins three other Duke faculty who are newly appointed to the prestigious 243-year-old institution.
The Very Rev. Timothy Kimbrough will also be appointed Jack and Barbara Bovender Professor of the Practice of Anglican Studies, effective July 1.
Professor Smith joins a group of more than 200 fellows whose work has informed scholarship and public understanding of complex ethical issues in health, health care, science, and technology.
The case for Christian unity and dreaming in line with Pentecost, writes Duke Divinity School Dean Edgardo Colón-Emeric.
A January conference on climate change hosted at Duke University brought young faith leaders together to learn from Duke faculty and others, look to their own faith traditions for guidance and hope, and share strategies for responding to the climate crisis.
The grant from the Lilly Endowment's Compelling Preaching Initiative will help launch the Transformative Preaching Lab to prepare theologically informed and culturally competent preachers.
Professor Norbert Wilson writes, "Reducing the solution of food insecurity to financial or charitable transactions fails to acknowledge the complexity of the food system."
Fellows from all ACC institutions will meet throughout the year to engage with peers across the ACC and discuss academic leadership and issues in higher education.
Professor of Theology Peter Casarella met with Pope Francis as part of the Baptist-Catholic International Dialogue.
This Advent, the Duke Divinity community is spending time in shared reflection and joy-filled traditions with faculty devotions, decorated hallways, and cookie recipes.
Campbell was honored by the Academy of Homiletics for his lifetime of work focusing on the biblical, theological, and ethical dimensions of preaching.
Edgardo Colón-Emeric invites Christians to take up the work of reconciliation.
The award honors his work in building bridges of understanding between Jews and Muslims and for promoting peace and religious tolerance.
Professor Peter Casarella attended the conference in Bogotá in person, and Dean Edgardo Colón-Emeric addressed the group via video.
The Prison Engagement Initiative will bring together faculty, staff, students, and community members seeking to engage prisons, the people affected by prisons, and the politics and pathways surrounding mass incarceration.
Wirzba won the award for his book This Sacred Life, which advocates embracing God's gift of life and seeking a harmonious life with creation and God.
Dean Colón-Emeric and Dr. Jung Choi meet with Pope Francis in the Vatican alongside other members of the Methodist-Roman Catholic International Commission (MERCIC).
Professor Emeritus Hays has been awarded the medal by the British Academy for his internationally recognized and influential work on the Gospels, the letters of Paul, and New Testament ethics.