Yale Divinity School
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A graduate professional school of Yale University, offering programs of study leading to the degrees of Master of Divinity, Master of Arts in Religion, and Master of Sacred Theology.
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https://divinity.yale.edu/
Managed by the YDS Office of Communications
YDS professor Bruce Gordon with Christopher Pittenger and Anna Yusim from Yale Medicine are leading an effort to forge a stronger relationship between religion and psychiatry. Read our new story about this promising work. divinity.yale.edu/news/2026-02...
Divinity professor leads effort to strengthen connections between religion, psychiatry
Bruce Gordon: ““We want to create a culture where people can begin to talk about these issues and find out that there are ways of getting help.”
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February 11, 2026 at 6:14 PM
YDS professor Bruce Gordon with Christopher Pittenger and Anna Yusim from Yale Medicine are leading an effort to forge a stronger relationship between religion and psychiatry. Read our new story about this promising work. divinity.yale.edu/news/2026-02...
"From this universalist faith that God will redeem and bring back every one of his lost sheep, I gained the most surprising gift: the capacity to forgive my mother, the woman who murdered her, and myself."
—Julian Assele '26 M.A.R. in his powerful new piece in Commonweal buff.ly/sVm9ioW
—Julian Assele '26 M.A.R. in his powerful new piece in Commonweal buff.ly/sVm9ioW
Forgiving My Mother’s Killer
From the universalist faith that God will redeem everyone, I gained a surprising gift: the capacity to forgive my mother, the woman who murdered her, and myself.
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February 10, 2026 at 5:08 PM
"From this universalist faith that God will redeem and bring back every one of his lost sheep, I gained the most surprising gift: the capacity to forgive my mother, the woman who murdered her, and myself."
—Julian Assele '26 M.A.R. in his powerful new piece in Commonweal buff.ly/sVm9ioW
—Julian Assele '26 M.A.R. in his powerful new piece in Commonweal buff.ly/sVm9ioW
Announcing our Sorensen Lecture for 2026! Our speaker is the distinguished scholar Gary Dorrien of Union Theological Seminary and Columbia University.
Join us for the lecture on Tuesday, March 3, 5:30 p.m in Niebuhr Hall at YDS. vimeo.com/yaledivinity...
Join us for the lecture on Tuesday, March 3, 5:30 p.m in Niebuhr Hall at YDS. vimeo.com/yaledivinity...
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February 10, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Announcing our Sorensen Lecture for 2026! Our speaker is the distinguished scholar Gary Dorrien of Union Theological Seminary and Columbia University.
Join us for the lecture on Tuesday, March 3, 5:30 p.m in Niebuhr Hall at YDS. vimeo.com/yaledivinity...
Join us for the lecture on Tuesday, March 3, 5:30 p.m in Niebuhr Hall at YDS. vimeo.com/yaledivinity...
He's moved on to Harvard, but he'll always be a YDS alum. Read our new story on Anthony Campbell '09 M.Div. and his work to bring the Golden Rule to policing!
Alum pioneers community, human-centered policing
Anthony Campbell / photo by Harold Shapiro
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February 10, 2026 at 5:07 PM
He's moved on to Harvard, but he'll always be a YDS alum. Read our new story on Anthony Campbell '09 M.Div. and his work to bring the Golden Rule to policing!
Attridge. Berger. Streets. Hare. These are just some of the "big name" professors teaching YDS Summer Study courses this June!
Use link below to learn about the fascinating courses and stellar faculty and how you can enroll.
Summer Study running online June 1-5, open to all.
Use link below to learn about the fascinating courses and stellar faculty and how you can enroll.
Summer Study running online June 1-5, open to all.
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February 10, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Attridge. Berger. Streets. Hare. These are just some of the "big name" professors teaching YDS Summer Study courses this June!
Use link below to learn about the fascinating courses and stellar faculty and how you can enroll.
Summer Study running online June 1-5, open to all.
Use link below to learn about the fascinating courses and stellar faculty and how you can enroll.
Summer Study running online June 1-5, open to all.
"Theologies of friendship." Read our newly published piece by YDS Alumni Board member and Coast Guard Academy professor Melissa Matthes '09 M.Div.
Theologies of friendship
Editor’s Note: Melissa Matthes ’09 M.Div. is a member of the Yale Divinity School Alumni Board. This article is published as part of a collaboration between YDS and the Alumni Board to share board…
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February 10, 2026 at 5:06 PM
"Theologies of friendship." Read our newly published piece by YDS Alumni Board member and Coast Guard Academy professor Melissa Matthes '09 M.Div.
YDS is racing toward the finish line of the "We Are Called" fundraising campaign to support students. Read more about the amazing amount of good accomplished to date and the final steps to be taken before the campaign's conclusion on June 30.
YDS races toward finish line in fundraising campaign to support students
Greg Sterling, Dean of Yale Divinity School, and Barbara Sabia, Senior Director of Alumni Engagement and Development
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February 10, 2026 at 5:05 PM
YDS is racing toward the finish line of the "We Are Called" fundraising campaign to support students. Read more about the amazing amount of good accomplished to date and the final steps to be taken before the campaign's conclusion on June 30.
Wonderful to have Dr. AnneMarie Mingo with us last week to deliver our Parks-King Lecture for 2026, titled "The Courage to Imagine Freedom." Here's a video of the event if you could not join us or you want to relive the moment.
The Courage to Imagine Freedom with Dr. AnneMarie Mingo
AnneMarie Mingo is Associate Professor of Ethics, Culture, and Moral Leadership at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and the Director of the seminary’s Metro-Urban Institute.
Dr. Mingo’s research…
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February 10, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Wonderful to have Dr. AnneMarie Mingo with us last week to deliver our Parks-King Lecture for 2026, titled "The Courage to Imagine Freedom." Here's a video of the event if you could not join us or you want to relive the moment.
A message today by Greg Sterling, Dean of Yale Divinity School: 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 8:00 PM
A message today by Greg Sterling, Dean of Yale Divinity School: 🧵
Tomorrow night at YDS! Our annual Parks-King Lecture, to be given by Civil Rights Movement scholar AnneMarie Mingo, who will speak on "The Courage to Imagine Freedom.”
5:30 p.m. ET. vimeo.com/yaledivinity...
5:30 p.m. ET. vimeo.com/yaledivinity...
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February 2, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Tomorrow night at YDS! Our annual Parks-King Lecture, to be given by Civil Rights Movement scholar AnneMarie Mingo, who will speak on "The Courage to Imagine Freedom.”
5:30 p.m. ET. vimeo.com/yaledivinity...
5:30 p.m. ET. vimeo.com/yaledivinity...
ISM and YDS alumni Alexandra Barylski and Samuel Loncar are reshaping public scholarship through their leadership of Marginalia Review of Books.
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Building a Global Home for Ideas: Yale Alumni at the Heart of Marginalia Review of Books
ISM and YDS alumni Alexandra Barylski and Samuel Loncar are reshaping public scholarship through their leadership of Marginalia Review of Books.
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February 2, 2026 at 8:50 PM
ISM and YDS alumni Alexandra Barylski and Samuel Loncar are reshaping public scholarship through their leadership of Marginalia Review of Books.
ism.yale.edu/posts/2026-0...
ism.yale.edu/posts/2026-0...
Intending to apply for 2026-27 but not yet finished with your application? There's still time to act. Apply by day's end on Sunday, Feb. 1, and move a big step closer to joining our community of faith, scholarship, and action.
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How to Apply
Yale Divinity School welcomes applications from applicants all over the world who have earned a baccalaureate degree from an accredited national and international college or university.
divinity.yale.edu
January 29, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Intending to apply for 2026-27 but not yet finished with your application? There's still time to act. Apply by day's end on Sunday, Feb. 1, and move a big step closer to joining our community of faith, scholarship, and action.
divinity.yale.edu/admissions-a...
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A remembrance of the late-great Henri Nouwen, member of the YDS faculty from 1971 to 1981, on the anniversary of his untimely death. www.americamagazine.org/catholic-boo...
Henri Nouwen died 30 years ago—but he still speaks to the modern seeker’s soul
Whether writing on Christian spirituality, faith, psychology, pastoral care or another of his many interests, the Rev. Henri Nouwen always emphasized the importance of embracing one’s own…
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January 29, 2026 at 7:16 PM
A remembrance of the late-great Henri Nouwen, member of the YDS faculty from 1971 to 1981, on the anniversary of his untimely death. www.americamagazine.org/catholic-boo...
Registration now open for YDS Summer Study 2026! Use link below to learn about the fascinating courses and stellar faculty and how you can enroll.
Summer Study running online June 1-5, open to all.
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Summer Study running online June 1-5, open to all.
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Welcome | Summer Study at Yale Divinity School
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January 28, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Registration now open for YDS Summer Study 2026! Use link below to learn about the fascinating courses and stellar faculty and how you can enroll.
Summer Study running online June 1-5, open to all.
summerstudy.yale.edu
Summer Study running online June 1-5, open to all.
summerstudy.yale.edu
Now available for replay: video of last Friday's public conversation on "Creative Maladjustment" with Dr. Vonnetta West, a Senior Nonviolence Trainer and Instructor for the King Center in Atlanta.
Creative Maladjustment with Dr. Vonnetta West
Transformational Leadership Public Conversation featuring Dr. Vonnetta West, who is a Senior Nonviolence Trainer and Instructor for The King Center in Atlanta, in conversation with Rev. Tony Tian-Ren…
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January 28, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Now available for replay: video of last Friday's public conversation on "Creative Maladjustment" with Dr. Vonnetta West, a Senior Nonviolence Trainer and Instructor for the King Center in Atlanta.
The Rev. Margaret Fox '15 M.Div. gave a powerful sermon to her Minneapolis congregation on Sunday. Read about it here. pcusa.org/news-storyte...
Comforting words for a hurting city
LOUISVILLE — Few sermons preached by PC(USA) teaching elders receive a standing ovation, but that’s how the congregation at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Minneapolis responded Sunday following…
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January 28, 2026 at 6:54 PM
The Rev. Margaret Fox '15 M.Div. gave a powerful sermon to her Minneapolis congregation on Sunday. Read about it here. pcusa.org/news-storyte...
Interested in taking YDS-style courses online? Try our Summer Study program, open to the public; featuring renowned YDS faculty in small seminars that focus on the Bible or on a specialized topic in religion and theology. Courses are not for academic credit. buff.ly/wSfjUBG
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January 26, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Interested in taking YDS-style courses online? Try our Summer Study program, open to the public; featuring renowned YDS faculty in small seminars that focus on the Bible or on a specialized topic in religion and theology. Courses are not for academic credit. buff.ly/wSfjUBG
Just a reminder that there is one week left to submit your application. Learn more at our Admissions and Financial Aid page: buff.ly/6rU3lWc
January 26, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Just a reminder that there is one week left to submit your application. Learn more at our Admissions and Financial Aid page: buff.ly/6rU3lWc
"This is a mycelial movement of transformation—a tectonic shift from 'power-over' to 'power-with' bursting beneath the cracks of crumbling institutions."
Insight from Sam King '22 M.A.R. of the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology in his new piece "Reimagining the Law of the Jungle." buff.ly/6gqFkjq
Insight from Sam King '22 M.A.R. of the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology in his new piece "Reimagining the Law of the Jungle." buff.ly/6gqFkjq
Reimagining the Law of the Jungle
Mutualism in An Age of Collapse
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January 23, 2026 at 2:59 PM
"This is a mycelial movement of transformation—a tectonic shift from 'power-over' to 'power-with' bursting beneath the cracks of crumbling institutions."
Insight from Sam King '22 M.A.R. of the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology in his new piece "Reimagining the Law of the Jungle." buff.ly/6gqFkjq
Insight from Sam King '22 M.A.R. of the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology in his new piece "Reimagining the Law of the Jungle." buff.ly/6gqFkjq
A revised M.Div. program strengthening the School’s historic commitment to professional education in ministry while substantially updating it for a changing landscape—one of many great reasons to apply to YDS.
Learn more about the revised M.Div. program. Application deadline Feb. 1. buff.ly/8aWXsaW
Learn more about the revised M.Div. program. Application deadline Feb. 1. buff.ly/8aWXsaW
M.Div. revision strengthens YDS commitment to ministerial education while responding to changed landscape
Yale Divinity School has completed a major revision of its signature degree—the Master of Divinity (M.Div.)—strengthening the School’s historic commitment to professional education in ministry while…
divinity.yale.edu
January 23, 2026 at 2:56 PM
A revised M.Div. program strengthening the School’s historic commitment to professional education in ministry while substantially updating it for a changing landscape—one of many great reasons to apply to YDS.
Learn more about the revised M.Div. program. Application deadline Feb. 1. buff.ly/8aWXsaW
Learn more about the revised M.Div. program. Application deadline Feb. 1. buff.ly/8aWXsaW
Interview in The Dartmouth student newspaper with the Rev. Andi Lloyd '22 M.Div., who has returned to her undergraduate alma mater to serve as Co-Pastor of the Church of Christ at Dartmouth College. www.thedartmouth.com/article/2026...
Climate ecologist-turned-pastor reflects on return to campus
In a sit-down with The Dartmouth, Rev. Andi Lloyd ’89, who returned to campus this winter as co-pastor of the Church of Christ at Dartmouth College, discussed her careers in science and theology.
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January 23, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Interview in The Dartmouth student newspaper with the Rev. Andi Lloyd '22 M.Div., who has returned to her undergraduate alma mater to serve as Co-Pastor of the Church of Christ at Dartmouth College. www.thedartmouth.com/article/2026...
Congratulations to YDS student Tyler Fair! Part of our social-work dual-degree program, he has been selected as a Behavioral Health Scholar at UConn.
Divinity and social work are a potent pairing. Find out more about this and our other dual- and joint-degree programs here: buff.ly/ad3Ban1
Divinity and social work are a potent pairing. Find out more about this and our other dual- and joint-degree programs here: buff.ly/ad3Ban1
Joint Degree Programs
YDS encourages its students to pursue concurrent degree programs that lead to the receipt of more than one degree when such programs constitute a coherent and well-defined preparation for ministry.…
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January 22, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Congratulations to YDS student Tyler Fair! Part of our social-work dual-degree program, he has been selected as a Behavioral Health Scholar at UConn.
Divinity and social work are a potent pairing. Find out more about this and our other dual- and joint-degree programs here: buff.ly/ad3Ban1
Divinity and social work are a potent pairing. Find out more about this and our other dual- and joint-degree programs here: buff.ly/ad3Ban1
"Smallwood’s signature synthesis of the Black gospel tradition and a host of musical influences, especially classical traditions, made his pen one of the most distinct in musical history.”
—Braxton Shelley on the death of gospel music giant Richard Smallwood buff.ly/qBcTfAr
—Braxton Shelley on the death of gospel music giant Richard Smallwood buff.ly/qBcTfAr
Died: Gospel Legend Richard Smallwood - Christianity Today
The composer of “Total Praise” worked with numerous celebrities but put the gospel first.
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January 22, 2026 at 3:17 PM
"Smallwood’s signature synthesis of the Black gospel tradition and a host of musical influences, especially classical traditions, made his pen one of the most distinct in musical history.”
—Braxton Shelley on the death of gospel music giant Richard Smallwood buff.ly/qBcTfAr
—Braxton Shelley on the death of gospel music giant Richard Smallwood buff.ly/qBcTfAr
Dean of St. Philip's Cathedral in Atlanta, The Very Rev. Sam Candler ’82 M.Div. would rather bless than curse. "People learning how to pray together, serve together, get angry together, and love together—that’s what’s going to save the world,” he says.
Profile of Sam Candler buff.ly/9ZN3EDJ
Profile of Sam Candler buff.ly/9ZN3EDJ
YDS alum Sam Candler: Better to bless than to curse
Sam Candler: ““People learning to pray together, serve together, get angry together, and love together—that’s what’s going to save the world”
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January 22, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Dean of St. Philip's Cathedral in Atlanta, The Very Rev. Sam Candler ’82 M.Div. would rather bless than curse. "People learning how to pray together, serve together, get angry together, and love together—that’s what’s going to save the world,” he says.
Profile of Sam Candler buff.ly/9ZN3EDJ
Profile of Sam Candler buff.ly/9ZN3EDJ
"The natural world transmits its own data, a kind of counter language to what’s scrolling on our sleepless screens. It’s a relief to be reminded that we are part of that counterworld, which we might still plausibly call the real world."
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—Editor Ray Waddle buff.ly/1wbWL1w
From the Editor: Facts on the Ground | Reflections
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January 22, 2026 at 3:15 PM
"The natural world transmits its own data, a kind of counter language to what’s scrolling on our sleepless screens. It’s a relief to be reminded that we are part of that counterworld, which we might still plausibly call the real world."
—Editor Ray Waddle buff.ly/1wbWL1w
—Editor Ray Waddle buff.ly/1wbWL1w