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.
https://divinity.yale.edu/
Managed by the YDS Office of Communications
https://divinity.yale.edu/
Managed by the YDS Office of Communications
November 7 at YDS! Public conversation with the Rev. Matthew Laferty '11 M.Div., Director of the Methodist Ecumenical Office Rome with responsibility for representing the World Methodist Council to the Holy See.
7 p.m., upper Common Room, open to all.
7 p.m., upper Common Room, open to all.
November 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM
November 7 at YDS! Public conversation with the Rev. Matthew Laferty '11 M.Div., Director of the Methodist Ecumenical Office Rome with responsibility for representing the World Methodist Council to the Holy See.
7 p.m., upper Common Room, open to all.
7 p.m., upper Common Room, open to all.
Next Thursday at YDS! Scholar of ancient philosophy David Runia giving the Classics-Divinity Lecture. Dr. Runia's lecture is titled "On the Indestructibility of the Cosmos: Philo of Alexandria’s Most Controversial Work."
5:30 p.m. Niebuhr Hall, reception to follow. Open to all.
5:30 p.m. Niebuhr Hall, reception to follow. Open to all.
November 3, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Next Thursday at YDS! Scholar of ancient philosophy David Runia giving the Classics-Divinity Lecture. Dr. Runia's lecture is titled "On the Indestructibility of the Cosmos: Philo of Alexandria’s Most Controversial Work."
5:30 p.m. Niebuhr Hall, reception to follow. Open to all.
5:30 p.m. Niebuhr Hall, reception to follow. Open to all.
Considering seminary or divinity school? We are having an open house for prospective students on October 27. Learn about our offerings, meet faculty, staff, and students, and gain an insider's perspective on YDS.
Learn more and start your application process here: buff.ly/KkNstIE
Learn more and start your application process here: buff.ly/KkNstIE
September 16, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Considering seminary or divinity school? We are having an open house for prospective students on October 27. Learn about our offerings, meet faculty, staff, and students, and gain an insider's perspective on YDS.
Learn more and start your application process here: buff.ly/KkNstIE
Learn more and start your application process here: buff.ly/KkNstIE
Earlier this morning the first student moved into Carol B. Bauer Hall at the Living Village—Karen Phan ‘27 M.A.R. from Plymouth, Mass. Welcome to Karen & all the other students moving today and tomorrow!
Learn more about this new regenerative student residence hall.
livingvillage.yale.edu
Learn more about this new regenerative student residence hall.
livingvillage.yale.edu
August 25, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Earlier this morning the first student moved into Carol B. Bauer Hall at the Living Village—Karen Phan ‘27 M.A.R. from Plymouth, Mass. Welcome to Karen & all the other students moving today and tomorrow!
Learn more about this new regenerative student residence hall.
livingvillage.yale.edu
Learn more about this new regenerative student residence hall.
livingvillage.yale.edu
Congratulations to Prov. Braxton Shelley of YDS and ISM! He is appointed to the George Washington Williams Chair, named for the first African American to graduate from Newton Theological Institution (today Andover Newton Seminary at YDS).
Read about YDS faculty accomplishments. buff.ly/yeJ4D4E
Read about YDS faculty accomplishments. buff.ly/yeJ4D4E
June 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Congratulations to Prov. Braxton Shelley of YDS and ISM! He is appointed to the George Washington Williams Chair, named for the first African American to graduate from Newton Theological Institution (today Andover Newton Seminary at YDS).
Read about YDS faculty accomplishments. buff.ly/yeJ4D4E
Read about YDS faculty accomplishments. buff.ly/yeJ4D4E
Yale Divinity School has received a record number of applications for next fall’s entering class, reflecting the School’s outstanding reputation and advances in financial aid as well as society’s renewed interest in theological education and religious/spiritual formation.
buff.ly/AfN1Rf2
buff.ly/AfN1Rf2
May 16, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Yale Divinity School has received a record number of applications for next fall’s entering class, reflecting the School’s outstanding reputation and advances in financial aid as well as society’s renewed interest in theological education and religious/spiritual formation.
buff.ly/AfN1Rf2
buff.ly/AfN1Rf2
YDS Dean Greg Sterling on the election of the new Pope.
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May 9, 2025 at 6:27 PM
YDS Dean Greg Sterling on the election of the new Pope.
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They've always had the best name; now they're the best team, too. Congrats to the YDS soccer team the Paracleats, the newly crowned champions of the Yale grad schools IM league! They beat the School of Management 4-1 in Sunday's championship following the5-1 thrashing of Medicine in the semifinal.
May 8, 2025 at 6:56 PM
They've always had the best name; now they're the best team, too. Congrats to the YDS soccer team the Paracleats, the newly crowned champions of the Yale grad schools IM league! They beat the School of Management 4-1 in Sunday's championship following the5-1 thrashing of Medicine in the semifinal.
Statement by Teresa Berger, Professor of Liturgical Studies and Thomas E. Golden Jr. Professor of Catholic Theology at YDS/ISM.
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May 8, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Statement by Teresa Berger, Professor of Liturgical Studies and Thomas E. Golden Jr. Professor of Catholic Theology at YDS/ISM.
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How will the next #pope be chosen? YDS/ISM professor Teresa Berger explains the process in this new "Rose Walk and Talk" prepared by Yale University's communications office. news.yale.edu/2025/04/25/r...
April 29, 2025 at 7:48 PM
How will the next #pope be chosen? YDS/ISM professor Teresa Berger explains the process in this new "Rose Walk and Talk" prepared by Yale University's communications office. news.yale.edu/2025/04/25/r...
What an honor and thrill to have the great gospel musician Kirk Franklin with us at YDS and the ISM last week!
April 29, 2025 at 7:47 PM
What an honor and thrill to have the great gospel musician Kirk Franklin with us at YDS and the ISM last week!
Record number of applications for next fall's entering class! Find out more in this new article at YDS News. divinity.yale.edu/news/record-...
April 29, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Record number of applications for next fall's entering class! Find out more in this new article at YDS News. divinity.yale.edu/news/record-...
Statement by Dean Greg Sterling.
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Like many around the world, I am deeply saddened by the death of Pope Francis. I am grateful, too, for all he did to advance currents of Christianity that are too seldom seen today...
Read the rest of the statement on Facebook: buff.ly/aOgxbMS
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Like many around the world, I am deeply saddened by the death of Pope Francis. I am grateful, too, for all he did to advance currents of Christianity that are too seldom seen today...
Read the rest of the statement on Facebook: buff.ly/aOgxbMS
April 22, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Statement by Dean Greg Sterling.
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Like many around the world, I am deeply saddened by the death of Pope Francis. I am grateful, too, for all he did to advance currents of Christianity that are too seldom seen today...
Read the rest of the statement on Facebook: buff.ly/aOgxbMS
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Like many around the world, I am deeply saddened by the death of Pope Francis. I am grateful, too, for all he did to advance currents of Christianity that are too seldom seen today...
Read the rest of the statement on Facebook: buff.ly/aOgxbMS
As we approach Commencement, YDS is sharing profiles of some of our graduating students. Like Sunny McMillan ’25 M.Div.!
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April 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
As we approach Commencement, YDS is sharing profiles of some of our graduating students. Like Sunny McMillan ’25 M.Div.!
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To celebrate the holy day, we we share this treasure from the Yale University Art Gallery: a leaf from an Antiphonary depicting the Resurrection and Three Marys at the Tomb. Artist: Master of San Giovanni Fuorcivitas.
Happy #Easter!
artgallery.yale.edu/collections/...
Happy #Easter!
artgallery.yale.edu/collections/...
April 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM
To celebrate the holy day, we we share this treasure from the Yale University Art Gallery: a leaf from an Antiphonary depicting the Resurrection and Three Marys at the Tomb. Artist: Master of San Giovanni Fuorcivitas.
Happy #Easter!
artgallery.yale.edu/collections/...
Happy #Easter!
artgallery.yale.edu/collections/...
In observance of #GoodFriday, we share this etching by Rembrandt, "The Crucifixion," part of the vast collection in the Yale University Art Gallery.
Wishing you a blessed and peaceful holy day.
artgallery.yale.edu/collections/...
Wishing you a blessed and peaceful holy day.
artgallery.yale.edu/collections/...
April 18, 2025 at 12:45 PM
In observance of #GoodFriday, we share this etching by Rembrandt, "The Crucifixion," part of the vast collection in the Yale University Art Gallery.
Wishing you a blessed and peaceful holy day.
artgallery.yale.edu/collections/...
Wishing you a blessed and peaceful holy day.
artgallery.yale.edu/collections/...
They’re back! The blossoms are coming out on the YDS magnolia tree to make sure we know it’s spring again.
April 2, 2025 at 1:58 PM
They’re back! The blossoms are coming out on the YDS magnolia tree to make sure we know it’s spring again.
Congratulations to Dr. Kyle Brooks '12 M.Div., '15 M.A.R.! The University of San Diego has appointed him Assistant Professor in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies and in the Africana Studies program. jbhe.com/2025/03/thre...
March 13, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Congratulations to Dr. Kyle Brooks '12 M.Div., '15 M.A.R.! The University of San Diego has appointed him Assistant Professor in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies and in the Africana Studies program. jbhe.com/2025/03/thre...
The Bible Through Art and Artifact III, taught by Julie Faith Parker ’02 S.T.M., ’09 Ph.D. One of the great classes at YDS Summer Study, happening online June 2-6. Open to all! buff.ly/BhZW9P3
March 7, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The Bible Through Art and Artifact III, taught by Julie Faith Parker ’02 S.T.M., ’09 Ph.D. One of the great classes at YDS Summer Study, happening online June 2-6. Open to all! buff.ly/BhZW9P3
SAVE THE DATE for the Living Village Grand Opening and YDS Convocation and Reunions next fall! Living Village festivities Oct. 6. Convocation Oct. 6-8.
Be on the lookout for more details and a registration link in the coming weeks/months.
Be on the lookout for more details and a registration link in the coming weeks/months.
March 6, 2025 at 8:50 PM
SAVE THE DATE for the Living Village Grand Opening and YDS Convocation and Reunions next fall! Living Village festivities Oct. 6. Convocation Oct. 6-8.
Be on the lookout for more details and a registration link in the coming weeks/months.
Be on the lookout for more details and a registration link in the coming weeks/months.
Just in time for #Lent! The brand-new episode of the YDS podcast, featuring an interview with Yale SOM graduate Bryan Enriquez, co-founder of what has become the world's No. 1 religion app, Hallow. buff.ly/96lpt8q
March 5, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Just in time for #Lent! The brand-new episode of the YDS podcast, featuring an interview with Yale SOM graduate Bryan Enriquez, co-founder of what has become the world's No. 1 religion app, Hallow. buff.ly/96lpt8q
Check out the fascinating new exhibit in the Latourette Learning Center in the YDS Library, "Ephemeral Legacies of World Missions." Exhibit runs through May 30.
Here's the exhibition description. 🧵
Here's the exhibition description. 🧵
February 20, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Check out the fascinating new exhibit in the Latourette Learning Center in the YDS Library, "Ephemeral Legacies of World Missions." Exhibit runs through May 30.
Here's the exhibition description. 🧵
Here's the exhibition description. 🧵
Hosted by our Lutheran Studies program: This upcoming presentation by Simon Awad, Executive Director of the Environmental Education Center of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land.
Noon, March 24, RSV Room at YDS. Open to all!
Noon, March 24, RSV Room at YDS. Open to all!
February 18, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Hosted by our Lutheran Studies program: This upcoming presentation by Simon Awad, Executive Director of the Environmental Education Center of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land.
Noon, March 24, RSV Room at YDS. Open to all!
Noon, March 24, RSV Room at YDS. Open to all!
Applause for artists Yeabsera Agonfer '26 M.A.R. and Shantel Miller '26 M.A.R., who have curated (and contributed their own art to) a student exhibition at YDS in honor of #BlackHistoryMonth, titled "Between Earth & Sky."
February 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Applause for artists Yeabsera Agonfer '26 M.A.R. and Shantel Miller '26 M.A.R., who have curated (and contributed their own art to) a student exhibition at YDS in honor of #BlackHistoryMonth, titled "Between Earth & Sky."
A snowy day on the back quad. Photo by Elaine Ranciato.
February 12, 2025 at 4:44 PM
A snowy day on the back quad. Photo by Elaine Ranciato.