The students will join more than 100 Christian leaders in the GLI network to explore how the theology of reconciliation can build peace in the Great Lakes region of East Africa.
Duke Divinity students spent a week in Japan, where they worshipped together and attended seminars in order to enrich their understanding of reconciliation.
Two Th.D. students are part of a project on employing methodological tools from the social sciences to better understand how cultural groups talk about holy figures and navigate ritual engagement with the sacred.
Churches partnering with Duke Divinity School to limit clergy debt have raised more than $100,000 for student scholarships, an increase over the previous year.