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Dean Edgardo Colón-Emeric stands in front of the Pentecost Window at Duke Divinity School.

Christian Ecumenism and Extravagant Mercy

The case for Christian unity and dreaming in line with Pentecost, writes Duke Divinity School Dean Edgardo Colón-Emeric.

TMC Launches New Program for Mental Health Practitioners

The hybrid Certificate in Theology and Health Care will now offer a track that provides robust and practical theological formation for mental health professionals.

Bria Rochelle preaches in Goodson Chapel at Duke Divinity School

Duke Divinity School Receives Grant for $1 Million to Strengthen Preaching Program

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.

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Grant Wacker Receives Writing Award from Evangelical Press Association

Professor Wacker’s essay in Christianity Today reviewed a new book on charismatic healing evangelist Kathryn Kuhlman.

Will Willimon Selected to Give 2020 Lyman Beecher Lectures

Professor Willimon will deliver this year’s lectures for the most prestigious and historic lectureship on preaching in America at Yale Divinity School in October.

New Faculty Appointments Announced at Duke Divinity School

Duke Divinity School welcomes eight new faculty members in 2020.

Offering Hope and Help

Pandemic response requires more than words of encouragement for those who are suffering. It requires concrete steps to undo systemic injustices, writes the David Emmanuel Goatley, director of the Office of Black Church Studies at Duke Divinity School.

Dying Gives Us a Chance to Confront Truth

Since my wife entered hospice, we’ve grown closer together and deeper in our faith, writes Professor C. Kavin Rowe in the Wall Street Journal.

The ‘Tie That Binds’: Fellowship is Disrupted and Distanced, But Not Destroyed

We do not have to let social distancing disrupt or destroy “the tie that binds” and “the fellowship of kindred minds,” writes Professor David Emmanuel Goatley in Baptist News Global.

400 Years After the Transatlantic Slave Trade, Why Does It Matter to Christian Higher Education?

Professor David Emmanuel Goatley and alumnus Michael Battle took part in a panel discussion on the legacy of the transatlantic slave trade and its relevance for Christian higher education.

Being a Resurrection People in a Time of Death

Professor Valerie Cooper on how the black community in the United States has grown expert at enduring the unendurable.

Duke Awards 29 University Distinguished Professorships

Professors Luke Bretherton, Xi Lian, and C. Kavin Rowe are among those honored.

Duke Divinity Student Awarded Forum for Theological Exploration (FTE) Doctoral Fellowship

Th.D. student Aminah Al-Attas Bradford received the fellowship to support her doctoral work past the coursework stage.