Divinity

Community Breakfast sessions on liberation theology and black women will be held this spring at Vanderbilt Divinity School, on Feb. 12 and March 12 respectively. Also, the divinity school (411 21st Avenue South) is sponsoring a three-part class at West End United Methodist Church (2200 West End Ave.) on the history of marriage three consecutive Tuesday evenings in late March and early April. Read More

In a poor economic climate riddled with corporate scandals, good leadership can be hard to find. The Cal Turner Program for Moral Leadership in the Professions at Vanderbilt University will present a workshop about "Personal Responsibility and Moral Leadership in the Professions" on Saturday, Jan. 24, from 8 a.m. to noon in the Vanderbilt Divinity School's Reading Room. Read More

A portrait of civil rights leader and Vanderbilt University professor the Rev. James Lawson will be unveiled Nov. 13 at Vanderbilt. Read More

Randall Balmer, professor of American Religious History at Barnard College and visiting professor at Yale Divinity School, will deliver the annual Cole Lectures at Vanderbilt Divinity School. Read More

The role of homosexuals in the Christian Church will be examined at a three-day workshop at a Nashville church. The "Our Family Matters" workshop Oct. 22-25 will include a screening of the documentary God and Gays: Bridging the Gap, which inspired the conference. Read More

The New York Times best-selling author Stephen Mansfield and Vanderbilt Divinity School Dean James Hudnut-Beumler bring a discussion, "Race, Religion and Politics: Evangelicals, Conservatives and Liberals Look for Common Ground," to Vanderbilt University Wednesday, Oct. 1, at 6 p.m. Read More

Singers, artists, journalists and others will share insights into popular music and religious identity during a semester-long lecture series at Vanderbilt Divinity School. Read More

A session on life as an Arabic-speaking Jew and another on a premier archaeological site in Israel are the topics of the Fall 2008 Community Breakfasts sponsored by Vanderbilt Divinity School. Read More

Listen to students who traveled to India in 2007 as part of a Vanderbilt program to alleviate poverty. Graham Reside, executive director of the Cal Turner Program for Moral Leadership in the Professions, speaks and introduces several students who reflect on the Project Pyramid program that brought together the divinity and business schools at Vanderbilt. Read More