Religion In The Arts And Contemporary Culture Program

Works by Nashville African American artist Samuel Dunson Jr. are featured in "Meet the Fergusons," an exhibition at Vanderbilt Divinity School Sept. 17 through Nov. 12. Read More

"Movimientos: Artworks by Jairo Prado" will open Thursday, Jan. 15, at Vanderbilt Divinity School. Read More

"A Work in Progress" is the title of artist and Fisk University professor Alicia Henry's lecture at Vanderbilt Divinity School Oct. 9. Read More

"Subjects With Objects" by Jonathan Richter and DKM will be on display at Vanderbilt Divinity School Sept. 4 through Nov. 13. Read More

Emory University church historian Roberta Bondi will discuss the importance of autobiographical writing in her life during a March 11 Vanderbilt Divinity School lecture presented by Religion in the Arts and Contemporary Culture. Read More

"Art, Advocacy and Action," a symposium on immigration reform, will be co-presented by Vanderbilt University Divinity School and the Cal Turner Program for Moral Leadership in the Professions Feb. 20-21. Read More

James Hudnut-Beumler sees a significantly larger, more diverse student population with much improved financial support at today's Vanderbilt Divinity School than he did when he arrived on campus 13 years ago. Read More

Vanderbilt University’s Religion in the Arts and Contemporary Culture program will host an art exhibition titled god:HEAD from Feb. 21 to April 26. Read More

Read about faculty, staff and student awards, appointments and achievements. Read More

Watch video of noted music journalist Alan Light discuss the improbable journey of “Hallelujah” from rejected to one of the most performed songs in rock history Jan. 15 at Vanderbilt Divinity School. Light is the author of The Holy or the Broken: Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley, and the Unlikely Ascent… Read More

The inaugural exhibition of biblical visionary paintings by self-taught Kentucky artist Helen LaFrance will be on display at Vanderbilt Divinity School through Nov. 16. Read More

Artistic meditations on the last actions of Jesus as created by Vanderbilt Divinity School students, faculty and staff will be featured April 4 at Benton Chapel for "Stations of the Cross: A Holy Week." Read More

Dave Perkins (John Russell/Vanderbilt) “For me, the creative life is a life of the spirit,” said Dave Perkins, musician, Vanderbilt Divinity School graduate and associate director of the school’s Religion in the Arts and Contemporary Culture program. “An animating force is given to you, and… Read More

Vanderbilt Divinity School’s Dave Perkins will debut the soundtrack for the new independent feature film Deadline on Feb. 3. The plot of Deadline, which premieres Feb. 15 in Nashville, is inspired by the true events of the unsolved murder of an African American teen in rural Alabama. Perkins, a… Read More

Click arrow above to listen to an InterVU with Deadline music composer Dave Perkins.   (poster image courtesy of Film House) A locally produced feature film premiering Feb. 15 has several Vanderbilt connections. Deadline, based on the novel Grievances by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Mark Ethridge, features several… Read More

Watch video of a lecture and performance by the Rev. Yvonne Gilmore-Essig. The Rev. Gilmore-Essig, who is a member of the D.C.-based Hip Hop group “Cornel West Theory,” spoke and performed Oct. 25 at Vanderbilt’s Divinity School. Her voice and thought are featured on the group’s recent release “The Shape… Read More

The Religion in the Arts and Contemporary Culture program at Vanderbilt Divinity School considers that question and visually explores the philosophical and theological meanings of the road in the arts in "Holy Road: A Photographic Essay on Transience and Journey." Read More

Vanderbilt Divinity School Dean James Hudnut-Beumler takes heart in the fact that when times are tough, his graduates offer comfort and guidance to an ailing world. Read More