“Our species is one of millions that have evolved on this planet. To treat the rich and diverse lives of other species as if they are just an expendable resource is to live unjustly – in relation to other species but also, in many cases, in relation to other humans as well.”…
By Pressley Peters Carolyn Sharp ’94 M.A.R., ’00 Ph.D. is a professor of homiletics at YDS and has been a member of the faculty since 2000. In addition to her Yale and YDS degrees, she holds a B.A. in Religious Studies from Wesleyan University. Professor Sharp is also an Episcopal priest. As a professor, she…
By Kim Lawton Willie James Jennings often tells his students that “if you don’t value water, then you can’t say you value life.” Jennings, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Systematic Theology and Africana Studies, believes that life and water are morally and spiritually bound together. He says the Living Village project currently under construction on…
Published by Yale Alumni Magazine. Author By Mark Alden Branch ’86 Excerpt: Last summer, the divinity school broke ground for a new building just north of the iconic Sterling Divinity Quadrangle. The site: the school’s main parking lot. Workers got busy clearing the asphalt and preparing for the construction of a new 51-bed residence hall,…
March 27, 2024 YDS Dean Greg Sterling made the following announcement today. —— I am happy to announce that Ryan Darr ’19 Ph.D. has been appointed to the YDS faculty position in environmental ethics. Dr. Darr will join our faculty next year as Assistant Professor of Religion, Ethics, and Environment. Ryan Darr is currently a…
On April 25, YDS dedicated its newly remodeled entrance hall and celebrated the donors whose support made it possible: Sam Croll ’75 M.A.R. and his wife, Ann Croll. A new plaque marks the opening of the hall, bearing the inscription “Croll Family Entrance Hall: Gift of Samuel W. Croll III ’75 M.A.R. and Ann G….
A reflection on the Divinity School’s Living Village By David Sokol David Sokol ’01 B.A. is a New York–based writer and editor whose work focuses on the contemporary built environment. He is a frequent contributor to Architectural Digest and Dwell magazines, and his recent books include Hudson Modern and Hamptons Modern, both of which were published…
Yale Divinity School on Wednesday broke ground on an ambitious residence hall that is expected to give back more to the environment than it takes. Read the full article at the Yale University site: https://news.yale.edu/2023/10/12/yale-breaks-ground-historic-living-village-project…
Greg Sterling, The Reverend Henry L. Slack Dean of Yale Divinity School and the Lillian Claus Professor of New Testament, and President Peter Salovey discuss the Living Village Project, which will be a landmark on Yale’s campus and a replicable example for divinity schools, places of worship, and academic institutions to follow worldwide. To learn…
New Haven, Conn. — Yale Divinity School (YDS) will break ground on Wednesday, Oct. 11, on a building that is unprecedented in American higher education: a living-building residence hall that will house students in a way that gives back to the environment more than it takes. “The Living Village” is designed to meet the exacting…
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