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In the run-up to Commencement on May 18, YDS is sharing profiles of some of our graduating students. We continue today with Joan Lavaki '26 M.Div.! https://divinity.yale.edu/news/2026-04-14-meet-these-grads-2026

"Public theology is never just about cursing the darkness," says Bishop William Barber, Director of the Center for Public Theology/Public Policy at YDS. "It has to be about giving hope, giving answers, saying there’s another way, whether that way is accepted or not.”
Read our new story on the center's biannual conference, held in New Haven last week to address the moral and spiritual issues in the 2026 election.

"In Pope Leo’s world, what ultimately matters is not power but love. ... In Pope Leo’s world, each human is created as God’s image, and each is unconditionally loved by God. That divine love is the root of our inestimable worth, not the reach of our power, not the greatness of our wealth, not rank on any superiority scale."
—YDS Professor Miroslav Volf in his new piece for Maria Shriver's Sunday Paper.

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. https://vimeo.com/yaledivinityschool

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Video of the Powell Lecture given in NYC last week by Andrew McGowan of Berkeley and YDS, titled "The Tabernacle and the Streets: Reserving the Eucharist and Feeding the Poor." https://vimeo.com/1164544569

Remaining faithful in the face of religious nationalism. This article offers insight and perspective from pastor and scholar Tony Tian-Ren Lin of the Center for Public Theology/Public Policy at YDS. As the Rev. Dr. Lin puts it, "We are living in a time most of us thought we’d never be in.” https://

“Keep hope alive!” These are the words that the Rev. Jesse Jackson shouted four times at the conclusion of the electrifying speech he delivered at the 1988 Democratic National Convention. Yesterday his voice fell silent. https://divinity.yale.edu/news/2026-02

'Keep hope alive': Dean Greg Sterling's reflection on Jesse Jackson

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Congratulations to YDS student David Katibah '28 M.Div.! He is one of 10 Christian scholar-practitioners chosen for the inaugural cohort of the Good Neighbors Fellowship, aimed at modeling how evangelicals can contribute to and learn from a religiously pluralist U.S. society. https://www.