benton chapel Archives
Good Friday Worship March 30 in Benton Chapel
Mar. 28, 2018—A Good Friday worship service will be held from 12:10 to 12:40 p.m. March 30 in Benton Chapel. All are welcome to attend.
CANCELED: 2018 Antoinette Brown Lecturer studies diverse families
Mar. 16, 2018—Ethicist Thelathia "Nikki" Young, whose research includes a focus on black, queer and transgender people, will deliver the Antoinette Brown Lecture at 7 p.m. March 22 in Benton Chapel.
Vanderbilt and civil rights pioneer Perry Wallace’s remarkable life celebrated Feb. 19
Feb. 22, 2018—The extraordinary courage that Distinguished Alumnus Perry Wallace displayed as the SEC's first African American basketball player was remembered during a celebration of life service Feb. 19.
Ash Wednesday services offered Feb. 14 in Benton Chapel
Feb. 9, 2018—The Office of the University Chaplain and Religious Life will offer Ash Wednesday services Wednesday, Feb. 14, in Benton Chapel from 12:10 to 12:30 p.m.
Celebration of life for Perry Wallace scheduled for Feb. 19 at Vanderbilt University
Feb. 6, 2018—A public celebration of the life of Vanderbilt alumnus Perry Wallace, who integrated Vanderbilt athletics and SEC varsity basketball, is scheduled for 11 a.m. Feb. 19 at Benton Chapel.
Cole Lectures to examine unorthodox religious practices in the borderlands
Oct. 23, 2017—Daisy L. Machado will examine what lived religion looks like in the borderlands, including unorthodox practices, when she delivers the Divinity School's Cole Lectures Oct. 26-27 at Benton Chapel.
Sept. 11 remembrance scheduled for noon Monday
Sep. 8, 2017—At noon on Monday, Sept. 11, four chimes will sound from the bell tower of Kirkland Hall symbolizing the four crash sites and solemnizing both the tragedy and the extraordinary heroism that define Sept. 11, 2001, as a day of both loss and unity.
Renowned preaching professor at Vanderbilt dies
Apr. 27, 2017—A memorial service will be held at noon April 29 in Benton Chapel for David Buttrick, a Vanderbilt Divinity School emeritus professor who was passionate about the art of preaching.
Good Friday service planned for Benton Chapel April 14
Apr. 11, 2017—The Office of the University Chaplain and Religious Life will host an ecumenical Good Friday service on April 14 in Benton Chapel.
Memorial service for Professor Vivien Casagrande set for April 12
Mar. 24, 2017—A memorial service for Professor Vivien Casagrande is planned for April 12 in Benton Chapel.
Black girlhood as a theological problem focus of Antoinette Brown Lecture
Mar. 21, 2017—Eboni Marshall Turman, a womanist scholar with a strong passion for helping black women rise above gender bias and racism, will deliver the Antoinette Brown Lecture March 23.
Interfaith activist Ingrid Mattson to deliver 2016 Cole Lectures
Oct. 3, 2016—Ingrid Mattson, a prominent Islamic studies scholar and Muslim religious leader, is the 2016 Cole Lecturer at Vanderbilt Divinity School.