Religion

The Golden Rule - "Love thy neighbor as thyself" - is at first appearance self-explanatory. In his new book, Vanderbilt University philosopher Lenn E. Goodman probes the roots of the Golden Rule and comes up with some surprising conclusions. Read More

An initiative uniting divinity school and business students at Vanderbilt University to help address poverty will be discussed at a community breakfast this month. Read More

A series of musical performances, panel discussions, the release of a double CD of religious music and a conference to sum it all up will mark a semester-long investigation of "God in Music City" at Vanderbilt University. Read More

Read this op-ed by Vanderbilt Professor of Law and Political Science Carol Swain on the complexities involved in the case of a teacher being jailed in the Sudan because the name her students chose for a teddy bear offended many Sudanese Muslims. Read More

Carol Swain, professor of political science and law, comments on the recent endorsement of Republican presidential candidate Rudy Guiliani by televangelist Pat Robertson. Read More

Roger Gottlieb, a leading proponent of religious environmentalism, will speak on the subject at Vanderbilt University Nov. 15. Read More

"Abraham's Bridge," a dialogue about Jewish-Muslim relations,led by interfaith activist Jacob Bender and Wayne State University lecturer Saeed Khan is coming to Vanderbilt University Tuesday, Oct. 16. Read More

The roles of government, the wealthy and God in combating poverty will be examined during the Conference on Religion and Economy: A Focus on Poverty at Vanderbilt University. Read More

The growing numbers of Jewish students at Vanderbilt have an important ally in their efforts to maintain their cultural identity in an atmosphere where they are a minority. Read More

The longest running Holocaust Lecture Series at an American university marks its 30th year with lectures and films this October and November spanning subjects from the life of children in Nazi Germany to genocide in Iraq and ethnic cleansing in the United States. Read More

Author Mark Noll, named one of America's 25 most influential evangelicals by Time magazine, will deliver two lectures on "The Bible in American Public Life"as this year's Cole lecturer at Vanderbilt Divinity School. Read More

The role of lesbians and gays in the Christian church will be addressed at Vanderbilt University in the inaugural lecture of Ellen T. Armour as the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Associate Professor of Feminist Theology. Read More

Protestant leaders are on an endless quest to make their worship rituals relevant while keeping sight of traditions. During a three-part Relevant Religion workshop beginning Sept. 25, two Vanderbilt Divinity School professors will consider the effectiveness of various new worship styles. Read More

The dean of Vanderbilt Divinity School will speak on religion and the 2008 presidential election on Sept. 20 in the school's first community outreach of the fall semester. Read More

Vanderbilt University has established the Eugene Greener Jr. Chair in Jewish Studies, and the first holder will be David J. Wasserstein, director of the university's Jewish Studies program. Read More

Harmon L. Wray, an instructor at Vanderbilt Divinity School and a longtime anti-death penalty activist and proponent of restorative justice, died Tuesday at Saint Thomas Hospital, a day after suffering a brain hemorrhage. Read More

William Carrington Finch, the dean of Vanderbilt Divinity School in the early 1960s and president of two other universities during his career, died June 13 in Nashville. He was 97. Read More

A $2.9 million gift by businessman Cal Turner Jr. to Vanderbilt Divinity School will result in 21 new United Methodist ministers and professional development seminars for pastors and lay leaders in Middle and West Tennessee. Read More

The last of a series of Vanderbilt University lectures dealing with the nature of consciousness and how it affects our views of religion, science, and philosophy has been moved to accommodate the overflow crowds that attended the first two. Read More

Atheism is a religion and it is dominating public schools, says a British philosopher who will speak at Vanderbilt University. Roger Scruton will be the fourth and last speaker in the "Democracy and Moral Conviction" lecture series. Read More