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Duke Divinity Partners with UMC for Western NC Disaster Relief
October 3, 2024
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.
Duke Divinity’s 98th Opening Convocation Welcomes New Students
September 11, 2024
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.”
William Turner, Jr. to Receive University Medal
September 10, 2024
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.

Feature Stories

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Meet Polly Ha, Transformative Ideas’ New Director
October 9, 2024
Ha is enthusiastic about the program, which focuses on interdisciplinary education for sophomore undergrads. Read more from the Trinity College of Arts & Sciences.
Meet the National Alumni Council
October 8, 2024
The National Alumni Council consists of alumni from different graduating years, backgrounds, denominations, and current ministry contexts, who are part of a strategic effort to connect the Divinity School to its alumni and the ministry networks in which they serve.
After Fifteen Years Learning and Teaching in Prisons, Rev. Dr. Louis Threatt is Even More Inspired
October 3, 2024
Threatt, M.Div. ’11, was inspired by transformative experiences at Duke Divinity School to teach and advise Duke Divinity faculty on teaching in prisons. Read more from the Kenan Institute.

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The Headlines Reinforce Babel, but We Are in Pentecost!
May 13, 2024
In the midst of overwhelming news of the world, three enduring and reassuring teachings of Pentecost should prevail, writes Dean Edgardo Colón-Emeric in Faith & Leadership.
Cynthia Hale preaches in Goodson Chapel
October 11, 2023
The Rev. Dr. Cynthia Hale argues that the church must develop a social justice ministry to be faithful to the call of Jesus.
Dean Edgardo Colón-Emeric stands in front of the Pentecost Window at Duke Divinity School.
March 9, 2023
The case for Christian unity and dreaming in line with Pentecost, writes Duke Divinity School Dean Edgardo Colón-Emeric.

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DIVINITY Magazine

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Fall 2023
Volume: 22
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Recent Videos and Podcasts

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Yale Center for Faith & Culture
In this episode of a podcast from the Yale Center for Faith and Culture, Evan Rosa welcomes Norman Wirzba to discuss his recent book, Love’s Braided Dance: Hope in a Time of Crisis.
Sounds of Faith Podcast
DITA Associate Director Dr. Daniel Train discusses The Saint John's Bible and Project with Duke Chapel's James Todd—as well as the vision for the volumes use in research, teaching, and community engagement at Duke University and beyond. "This is a book speaking to and for our time,” says Dr. Daniel Train.
Sounds of Faith Podcast
For more than ninety years, the walls of Duke Chapel have echoed with the Gospel proclamations, testimonies, and wisdom of a parade of preachers. Duke Divinity School student Spence Herrington has been examining that rich tradition through the Duke Chapel Recordings archive with guidance from Chapel Dean Luke Powery.

Faith & Leadership

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Eric Williams wearing black clothing and glasses sits in front of Durham Civil Rights mural with his arms folded

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