News From the Yale Divinity School

YDS goes to Memphis to explore living the MLK legacy today Before a racially and religiously mixed crowd of 550 people in a Memphis synagogue, Yale Divinity School hosted a panel discussion on living the Martin Luther King legacy today. YDS has Yale’s most diverse faculty In a front-page story, the Yale Daily News explored how YDS came to have Yale’s most diverse faculty.   A gift much larger ‘than we ever thought possible’ When Dodie Younger died on Christmas Day 2017 at the age of 93, her community and world lost an inspiring and effective leader. But thanks to a series of gift annuities purchased with her husband in the 1990s, the New Jersey resident left a gift of nearly $580,000 that will support divinity students in perpetuity.   One God, many religions: Quadcast explores interfaith dialogue In the latest episode of the “Quadcast,” Greg Mobley of Andover Newton at YDS joined Rabbi Or Rose and Emily Judd ’18 M.A.R. for a discussion revolving around a crucial question: If there is only one God, why so many religions? A decade of enthusiasm for Jonathan Edwards at YDS Summer Study This summer 30 people of diverse backgrounds and educational experiences will come to YDS to study America’s original philosophical theologian: Jonathan Edwards. Read the article and learn more about Summer Study 2018, running June 4-8 and June 11-15.   Yale’s rare manuscripts bring Divinity School class to life YDS Professors Joel Baden and Bruce Gordon used the Beinecke Library’s manuscript collection as the basis for their fall semester course on Jews, Christians, and Renaissance Bibles. ‘Repairers of the Breach’ service at Battell Chapel March 27 As part of their “Repairers of the Breach”tour of university campuses, William Barber and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove will lead a service at Yale’s Battell Chapel at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 27. All alumni and the general public welcome. People Notes The University of Mainz has awarded its prestigious Gutenberg Research Award to Adela Yarbro Collins, Buckingham Professor Emerita of New Testament Criticism and Interpretation, and John J. Collins, Holmes Professor of Old Testament Criticism & Interpretation. Read more about the people of YDS Upcoming Events Convocation & Reunions 2018, October 17-19—Highlight Faculty talk featuring Joel Baden ’99 B.A. Prof. Joel Baden is a specialist in the Pentateuch, Biblical Hebrew, and disability theory in biblical studies. He is the author, most recently, of Bible Nation: The United States of Hobby Lobby (with Candida Moss ’02 M.A.R.). Classes Celebrating Reunions:  Class of  '58 - 60th Reunion Class of  '63 - 55th Reunion Class of  '68 - 50th Reunion Classes of  '82, '83, '84 - 80's Cluster Reunion Class of  '93 - 25th Reunion Classes of  '02, '03, '04 - Cluster Reunion Classes of  2014 - 2018—Recent Grads Reunion Have ideas for your class reunion? Please e-mail gail.briggs@yale.edu   Early-bird discount for Summer Study 2018 ends March 16. Register today! Register by March 16 to enjoy the $50 early-bird discount. Summer Study is open to the public and runs in two sessions, June 4-8 and June 11-15. Participants have full access to program professors and the abundant resources of Yale University. Inspire - Church in the 21st Century, April 4-6 Join us on campus for this special three-day theological conversation on the future of the church. There a few spots left for this event, but registration will end soon! More news from around the Quad Berkeley Divinity School Yale Alumni Magazine looked back on the Berkeley campus that was—now the site of Yale’s new residential colleges. Institute of Sacred Music Registration is open for the 2018 Congregations Project Conference, “As Creation Groans: Worshiping God on Holy Ground.”   Andover Newton Seminary at YDS Thanks to donors, 10 students connected with the Andover Newton program were able to travel to Woodstock, Vermont, for the first annual retreat of Andover Newton Seminary at YDS.   YDS Announces 2018 Class Gift Co-Chairs Amanda Tatlock ’18 M.Div. and Qadry Harris ’18 M.Div. invite you to join them in making your gift to the YDS Annual Fund.  www.yale.edu/givedivinity or (800) 395-7646. Gifts of a Lifetime initiative The Gifts of a Lifetime initiative at YDS can help provide financial certainty. With a life-income gift benefiting YDS, such as a charitable gift annuity, you can receive guaranteed quarterly payments from Yale during your lifetime. To learn more about this, other Planned Giving options, and about remembering YDS in your will, please visit our website or call 203-432-5358/800-445-6086 Plan Your Legacy Now