To celebrate Opening Convocation, Duke Initiatives in Theology & the Arts hosted fine art, lectures with renown historians and theologians, and a musical performance that featured over thirty musicians from top orchestras in the nation.
The event will feature lectures and workshops from pastors, scholars, activists, and organizers.
The Duke Endowment funds internships in rural church settings that provide hands-on experience in ministry for Duke Divinity students and support for the communities they serve.
Duke’s doctoral programs in religion and theology have received a two-year $30,000 grant to promote pedagogical formation.
Forty-three Duke Divinity School students have received scholarships totaling $175,000.
Twelve Divinity School students have received grants from the Keesee Fund to support their education in the 2017-18 school year.
David Stark will gain hands-on classroom experience at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary.
Alexandra Tranvik will participate in an international summer program with the Fellowships at Aushwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics.
The Reverend Ernest Andrew Brooks III, M.Div. '11, named president of the Academy of Preachers, an organization that seeks to support young people in their call to preaching.
The program, part of the Clergy Health Initiative, has led to improvements in health markers that have lasted over 24 months.
Graduate Student Training Enhancement Grants aim to help students extend their training beyond their core discipline.
The Academy of Parish Clergy has named Professor Stephen Chapman's latest book the 2016 Reference Book of the Year.
The grant will help identify future leaders and support them through a variety of formational opportunities.
Professor Grant Wacker is among acclaimed religious historians selected to write on the history of American evangelism.
The grant will fund the fourth wave of the National Congregations Study, led by Professor Mark Chaves.
The new certificate aims to help students appreciate and articulate the mutual enrichment of theology and arts and to create opportunities for relating the arts to local churches and communities.
Joelle Hathaway was among 19 graduate students from five schools at Duke who received Graduate Student Training Enhancement Grants last spring for training beyond their core disciplines. Read an update on the Interdisciplinary Studies blog.
Events include the Closing Convocation worship service, community lunch, and panel discussion.
Duke Initiatives in Theology and the Arts is partnering with the Nasher Museum of Art and Duke Chapel to host an exhibition of Miserere et Guerre, a series of 58 intaglio prints by French artist Georges Rouault (1871–1958).
Three Duke Divinity students will attend the conference in South Korea May 29 to June 2.