Channel Title: Yale Divinity School Channel Description: Through online lectures and other events, Yale Divinity School offers a rich array of resources for faith formation, religious education, and personal and professional enrichment. Visit the YDS website to learn more about advanced degree and certificate programs in religious studies like the Master of Divinity, Master of Arts in Religion, Master of Sacred Theology, and more. <video> 2024 ANS Simpson Hewitt Lecture with Prof. Emmanuel Akyeampong Description: As part of the 2024 Convocation activities, Dr. Emmanuel K. Akyeampong (ANTS MDiv 14) presents the Simpson Hewett-Lecture: “United Church of Christ, Race Relations, and Political Liberation in Southern Africa.” Professor Akyeampong joined the History faculty at Harvard upon receiving his Ph.D. in African History from the University of Virginia in 1993. He received his master’s degree at Wake Forest University in North Carolina in 1989, where he concentrated on English labor history, and his bachelor’s degree in History and Religions from the University of Ghana at Legon in 1984. Professor Akyeampong has been awarded several research fellowships, and from 1993 to 1994, he was the Zora Neale Hurston Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study and Research in the African Humanities at Northwestern University. He was named a Corresponding Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 2002, and was nominated to be a Fellow of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2018 he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws by the University of Ghana. At Harvard, Professor Akyeampong is a faculty associate for the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs and a member of the executive committee of the Hutchins Center. As a former chair of the Committee on African Studies, he has been instrumental, along with Professor Gates, in creating the Department of African and African American Studies. He currently serves as the Oppenheimer Faculty Director of the Center for African Studies. </video> <video> The Gift of Life: Willie Jennings on Water, Theology, and the YDS Living Village Description: In this time of climate crisis, YDS is building a regenerative student residential complex. Giving back to the environment more than it takes, the Living Village dares to answer one of the most profound theological challenges of our time and sets new standards for sustainability. The Divinity School’s Living Village will be the largest living-building residential complex on a university campus. Designed to meet the Living Building Challenge, the most aggressive standard for sustainable buildings today, it serves as a key component of Yale’s Planetary Solutions initiative. Learn more at: https://livingvillage.yale.edu/ </video> <video> Beecher Lecture III, “The Critical Homiletics of Genre: Case Studies for Reflection” Description: Presenting the Beecher lecture series this year is the distinguished homiletics scholar John McClure of Vanderbilt Divinity School. Dr. McClure speaks on “Renewing Preaching Through a Critical Homiletics of Genre.” His three lectures are: • Lecture One (Oct. 7): “Critical Homiletics and Analysis of the Congregational Sermon as Genre” • Lecture Two (Oct. 8): “Genre and Style: Homiletical Options for the Renewal of Preaching” • Lecture Three (Oct. 9): “The Critical Homiletics of Genre: Case Studies for Reflection” </video> <video> 2024 Alumni Awards Description: Congratulations to our 2024 Honorees: Distinction in Theological Education Shelly Rambo ‘99 S.T.M. Distinction in Congregational Ministry David W. Good ‘75 M.Div. William Sloane Coffin Award for Peace and Justice Melanie S. Morrison ‘78 M.Div. Lux et Veritas Horace Ballard ‘10 M.A.R. October 9, 2024 </video> <video> Hope and Fear in an Election Year Description: Hope and Fear in an Election Year with the Rev. Dr. Allen Hilton Election seasons have become excruciating lately in the U.S. and this 2024 run may be the hardest yet. Families, friend groups, co-workers, and churches are all feeling anxiety about voting and about finding ways to stay together when they plan to vote for different people. What does it look like to be faithful in this context? Don’t give up hope! Dr. Allen Hilton will offer strategies for sanity and practices that maintain community – even when our nation and neighborhood are divided. He will draw on wisdom gleaned from years spent facilitating and mediating in Red-Blue contexts to help us navigate our own walk. </video> <video> Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove on white poverty, race myths, and the reconstruction of American democracy Description: Yale Divinity School Lecturer Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove offers insights on the upcoming presidential election – drawing from his latest book with Bishop William Barber, ‘White Poverty’; discusses how a peacemaking trip to Iraq during the US invasion transformed his life; and talks about his work helping lead the new Center for Public Theology and Public Policy at YDS. https://divinity.yale.edu/news/quadcast-jonathan-wilson-hartgrove </video> <video> Thank you to our generous donors Description: In this season of gratitude, we send our warmest thanks for all you do for Yale Divinity School and our students. Please enjoy this brief video featuring Blake Long '27 M.Div. </video> <video> An Ecotheological Statement: Dean Greg Sterling on the Moral Imperative of the YDS Living Village Description: In this time of climate crisis, YDS is building a regenerative student residential complex. Giving back to the environment more than it takes, the Living Village dares to answer one of the most profound theological challenges of our time and sets new standards for sustainability. The Divinity School’s Living Village will be the largest living-building residential complex on a university campus. Designed to meet the Living Building Challenge, the most aggressive standard for sustainable buildings today, it serves as a key component of Yale’s Planetary Solutions initiative. Learn more at: https://livingvillage.yale.edu/ </video> <video> Modern Immigration Ideology and the Book of Revelation with Professor Yii-Jan Lin Description: YDS Associate Professor of New Testament Yii-Jan Lin discusses how American immigration ideology and policy has been influenced by the Book of Revelation; COVID-19 and patterns of xenophobia in America; and modern political discourse on immigration. https://divinity.yale.edu/news/quadcast-modern-immigration-ideology-and-book-revelation-professor-yii-jan-lin </video> <video> Beecher Lecture II, “Genre and Style: Homiletical Options for the Renewal of Preaching” Description: Presenting the Beecher lecture series this year is the distinguished homiletics scholar John McClure of Vanderbilt Divinity School. Dr. McClure speaks on “Renewing Preaching Through a Critical Homiletics of Genre.” His three lectures are: • Lecture One (Oct. 7): “Critical Homiletics and Analysis of the Congregational Sermon as Genre” • Lecture Two (Oct. 8): “Genre and Style: Homiletical Options for the Renewal of Preaching” • Lecture Three (Oct. 9): “The Critical Homiletics of Genre: Case Studies for Reflection” </video> <video> Cheney Lecture 2024 - "Conscience & Character" Description: The Rev'd Dr. William Lamb Vicar of the University Church of St. Mary the Virgin, University of Oxford Presented by Berkeley Divinity at Yale as part of Convocation & Reunions 2024. </video> <video> 2024 Alumni Award Winners Panel Discussion Description: This year's Alumni Award winners lead a panel discussion covering a variety of topics ranging from theological education, congregational ministry, social justice activism, and the spiritual significance of storytelling. Panelists: Melanie Morrison '78 M.Div. & Shelly Rambo '99 S.T.M. Moderator: Barbara Rossing '81 M.Div. </video> <video> Beecher Lecture I, “Critical Homiletics and Analysis of the Congregational Sermon as Genre” Description: Presenting the Beecher lecture series this year is the distinguished homiletics scholar John McClure of Vanderbilt Divinity School. Dr. McClure speaks on “Renewing Preaching Through a Critical Homiletics of Genre.” His three lectures are: • Lecture One (Oct. 7): “Critical Homiletics and Analysis of the Congregational Sermon as Genre” • Lecture Two (Oct. 8): “Genre and Style: Homiletical Options for the Renewal of Preaching” • Lecture Three (Oct. 9): “The Critical Homiletics of Genre: Case Studies for Reflection” </video> <video> Beacon of Hope: Student Gov. Pres. Mary E. Marquardt on the Significance of the Living Village Description: In this time of climate crisis, YDS is building a regenerative student residential complex. Giving back to the environment more than it takes, the Living Village dares to answer one of the most profound theological challenges of our time and sets new standards for sustainability. The Divinity School’s Living Village will be the largest living-building residential complex on a university campus. Designed to meet the Living Building Challenge, the most aggressive standard for sustainable buildings today, it serves as a key component of Yale’s Planetary Solutions initiative. Learn more at: https://livingvillage.yale.edu/ </video> <video> Countercultural: The Important Work that Begins When Church Doesn’t Easily Fit into the Culture Description: Countercultural: The Important Work that Begins When Church Doesn’t Easily Fit into the Culture with the Rev. Dr. Gil Rendle Organizationally and economically congregations no longer fit with the American culture which puts future viability into question. That’s the good news. In this webinar we’ll explore the practical aspects of being countercultural and what our changed cultural purpose as communities of faith may be. </video>

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Through online lectures and other events, Yale Divinity School offers a rich array of resources for faith formation, religious education, and personal and professional enrichment. Visit the YDS website to learn more about advanced degree and certificate programs in religious studies like the Master of Divinity, Master of Arts in Religion, Master of Sacred Theology, and more.

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