Duke Divinity School
What to do about ordination? A gay divinity school student ponders her future
By Yonat Shimron — April 23, 2019
DURHAM (RNS) — Dozens of LGBTQ United Methodist seminary students will graduate next month from the 13 schools affiliated with the denomination. Like Spencer Cullom, who is a lesbian, they face an uncertain future.
Bishop Will Willimon on why no plan can unite United Methodists
By Yonat Shimron — February 26, 2019
(RNS) — "There are people, left and right, who just say, ‘This is it. We’ve waited. We’ve watched. We’ve tried. And now we can’t stay,'" said the retired bishop. "To me, that’s the story, more than which plan passes."
Duke Divinity School dean steps down as diversity struggle continues
By Yonat Shimron — August 3, 2018
DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) — Both African-American and LGBTQ students rallied for a more diverse faculty and inclusive attitudes during her term.
Denied admission because he’s black, civil rights leader urges Duke Divinity to confront its past
By Yonat Shimron — October 18, 2017
DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) — The Rev. Gil Caldwell attended Boston University’s School of Theology instead, and there met the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., who inspired him to work for racial justice.
3 people who see God working through Trump
By Emily McFarlan Miller — January 17, 2017
(RNS) Anne Severance, Michael L. Brown and Corie Wilkins all believe God is at work through Donald Trump, but they have different view as to what end.
Bruce Herman’s unconventional path to success as a Christian artist
By G. Jeffrey MacDonald — November 21, 2016
GLOUCESTER, Mass. (RNS) He bucks the stereotype of the introverted creator who makes art and then leaves it for others to sell and interpret.
Among M.Div. graduates, a new crop of transgender students
By Jesse James DeConto — May 26, 2016
(RNS) A small, but growing number of transgender students seek out divinity school precisely because it is a place where they can wrestle with questions about their place and purpose in the universe.
THE BEST OF RNS: Gil Caldwell, civil rights leader, turns his eye to LGBT rights
By Adelle M. Banks — May 5, 2015
DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) "There is a possibility that on gay rights and marriage equality, God is speaking more through the judiciary than God is speaking through the United Methodist Church,” he says.
Hundreds of Duke students rally with Muslims at Friday’s call to prayer
By Yonat Shimron — January 16, 2015
DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) The call to prayer was broadcast from a boxy public address system at the foot of the chapel, first in English, spoken by a woman, then in Arabic, recited in the familiar sing-song chant.
In WikiWorship, church members help edit the sermon
By Amanda Greene — March 14, 2014
WILMINGTON, N.C. (RNS) WikiWorship is a collaborative venture, where people take ownership of the content, in this case sermon ideas and responses.
Ellen Davis unearths an agrarian view of the Bible
By Yonat Shimron — October 28, 2013
(RNS) Ellen Davis' work makes the case that Christian theologians have for too long focused narrowly on the spiritual component of Scripture and in the process have overlooked the Bible’s material concerns.
Can online Communion be a substitute for the real thing?
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — October 10, 2013
(RNS) The idea of online Communion raises fundamental questions about the definition of community, individual participation, the role of tradition and basic theological understandings of the meaning of Communion.
Minister-turned-atheist Teresa MacBain loses Harvard job after inflating resume
By Kimberly Winston — September 27, 2013
AUSTIN, Texas (RNS) “I have committed a grave error in judgment that I deeply regret,” minister-turned-atheist Teresa MacBain wrote. “While I did not do anything with malice or with intention to harm others, my actions were still wrong.”
Theologian Richard Lischer tries to make sense of his son’s death
By Yonat Shimron — April 18, 2013
DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) Duke Divinity School Professor Richard Lischer has written a memoir about the death of his son to cancer more than seven years ago. While memoirs about grief are plentiful, Lischer's book is a testament to how people of faith grapple with loss and try to make sense of death.
Study: Pastors’ concerns for others may harm their own health
By Chris Lisee — July 3, 2012
(RNS) Studies of United Methodist pastors found high rates of chronic disease and depression, and researchers worry it can be difficult to convince clergy -- who tend to care for others first -- to seek help. By Chris Lisee.
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