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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.”

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...

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.

"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

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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...

Alum pioneers community, human-centered policing Anthony Campbell / photo by Harold Shapiro

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!

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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.

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…

"Theologies of friendship." Read our newly published piece by YDS Alumni Board member and Coast Guard Academy professor Melissa Matthes '09 M.Div.

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

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.

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…

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 refusal of the president to apologize for sharing a blatantly racist caricature of one of his predecessors and his wife —whether it was the president himself or a staff member who posted the video on social media—is morally reprehensible and beneath the dignity of anyone holding that office. /🧵

A message today by Greg Sterling, Dean of Yale Divinity School: 🧵

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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...

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.

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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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.

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...

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…

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...

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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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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…

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.

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…

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...

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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

Reimagining the Law of the Jungle Mutualism in An Age of Collapse

"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

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…

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

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.

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...

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.…

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

Died: Gospel Legend Richard Smallwood - Christianity Today The composer of “Total Praise” worked with numerous celebrities but put the gospel first.

"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

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”

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

From the Editor: Facts on the Ground | Reflections

"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

How to Breathe in Uncharted Times: A Case Study | Reflections

"Crisis feels so confident, so precise. And yet. I believe the space between hope and dread is an invitation."
—Anna Thurston ’19 M.A.R./M.E.M. writing in the new issue of Reflections, in her piece titled "How to Breathe in Uncharted Times: A Case Study" reflections.yale.edu/article/fait...

School Board Leaders Reelected - New Haven Independent As Board of Ed keeps Yarborough, Wilcox, and Joyner in charge.

Proud of what our students do while studying at YDS. Case in point: first-year Divinity student OrLando Yarborough (2nd from left in photo), who was just re-elected President of the New Haven Board of Education! www.newhavenindependent.org/2026/01/13/s...

Admissions & Aid Yale University Divinity School is a graduate professional school within a world-class research university and is both a rigorous academic institution and an ecumenical community of faith. We stand…

Did you know that YDS provides full-tuition scholarships and help with living expenses for all students with demonstrated need?
Learn more and apply here. Application deadline Feb. 1.
divinity.yale.edu/admissions-aid

A Climate of Hope Where Religion, Ecology, and the Arts Meet | Reflections

"Even in 'modern' contexts, people do find in nature and in natural processes, quite routinely, an eternal (and often cyclical) story of hope. There is a kind of redemption in seeing heaven in a wildflower."
—Lav Kanoi ’24 Ph.D. buff.ly/qNm3QZ1