Belmont University
In dark times, our institutions can offer hope, help us flourish
By L. Gregory Jones — October 18, 2022
(RNS) — Institutions such as churches, nonprofits and schools provide a space for people to come together and imagine a better future.
Duke Divinity School dean tapped as Belmont University president
By Yonat Shimron — February 1, 2021
(RNS) — L. Gregory Jones, longtime dean of Duke Divinity School, will become the new president of Nashville's booming, nondenominational Belmont University.
Christian university says it is open to hiring non-Christian art faculty in merger
By Bob Smietana — February 5, 2020
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (RNS) — A Christian university says it is open to hiring non-Christian faculty from an art school it recently acquired. Belmont University's provost had made headlines for saying the school would not hire non-Christians.
Luke Putney testifies to the healing power of music, helping others
By Bob Smietana — December 11, 2019
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (RNS) — Aspiring musician Luke Putney hopes to help others while recovering from a brain tumor and stroke that left him unable to walk and play his guitar or bass. Earlier this fall, he walked a modified marathon — a mile a day for 26 days — to raise money for his charity, which helps provide funds for music therapy.
Christian university expels student after racial social media post
By Emily McFarlan Miller — September 20, 2016
CHICAGO (RNS) A Belmont University student who sent out a racist Snapchat about three African-American football players who had protested the treatment of minorities in America is 'no longer is a student' at the Christian college.
What a Presbyterian professor is teaching me about the culture wars
By Jana Riess — May 11, 2016
(RNS) "Don’t blame Jesus or the Jewish prophets or the whole of any sacred tradition for the bad and limited reading of that tradition which hurt you," says writer David Dark.
More thoughts on civil disobedience, gay marriage, & all those lawsuits
By David P. Gushee — July 10, 2015
Differences of opinion over matters of religion and religious ethics are to be expected. Can we not flex a bit to learn how to accommodate each other?
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