Benton Chapel, dedicated in 1959, at Vanderbilt University Divinity School, Thursday, July 6, 2023. "The Word of God" window is south-facing to allow the longest exposure to the sun to illuminate it.

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Marla F. Frederick is the first woman and first Black female named dean of Harvard Divinity School in its 207-year history. Frederick currently serves as a professor of religion and culture at Emory ...

A cultural anthropologist of the Black religious experience has been named dean of the Harvard Divinity School beginning January 1. Marla Frederick, a professor of religion and culture at Emory ...

Harvard Divinity School announced last week it was pausing its Religion, Conflict and Peace Initiative, a program that focused on Israel-Palestine as a case study. On Wednesday (April 2), it cut the ...

Prof. James T. Robinson has been appointed dean of the University of Chicago Divinity School, President Paul Alivisatos and Provost Ka Yee C. Lee announced. The new term will begin Dec. 1, 2022.

At a celebration marking the Yale Divinity School’s (YDS) bicentennial this summer, Yale President Peter Salovey spoke of the school’s enduring imprint on campus and beyond — and how it has come to ...

The origins of Harvard Divinity School and the study of theology at Harvard can be traced back to the very beginning of Harvard College. From 1636, when it was established by vote of the General Court ...

The New Year will come with a new seat for this religious scholar. Leading ethnographer Marla Frederick is next in line to become the dean of Harvard Divinity School on Jan. 1. According to Harvard ...

About a quarter of divinity students nationwide will lead congregations. The rest will take a different path. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — It's more than likely that the people who lead our local ...