Tag: Religion

Developing the #1 religion app in the world with Bryan Enriquez

Developing the #1 religion app in the world with Bryan Enriquez

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Yale SOM grad Bryan Enriquez ’21 discusses launching the Hallow prayer app, argues that technology and artificial intelligence are good for religion and religious practice, and responds to critics who say that the marketing of Hallow commercializes faith.

Transcript available here: https://divinity.yale.edu/news/quadcast-developing-1-religion-app-world-bryan-enriquez

Modern Immigration Ideology and the Book of Revelation with Professor Yii-Jan Lin

Modern Immigration Ideology and the Book of Revelation with Professor Yii-Jan Lin

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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

Sharing Sacred Spaces and Radical Hospitality with Vanessa Avery

Sharing Sacred Spaces and Radical Hospitality with Vanessa Avery

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YDS alumna Vanessa Avery shares lessons learned from decades of interfaith peacebuilding, how architecture can be used as a tool to bring people together, and the importance of radical hospitality.

https://divinity.yale.edu/news/quadcast-sharing-sacred-spaces-and-radical-hospitality-vanessa-avery

The Future of Theological Education with YDS Dean Gregory E. Sterling

The Future of Theological Education with YDS Dean Gregory E. Sterling

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Yale Divinity School Dean and Professor of New Testament Gregory E. Sterling discusses the future of theological education, overcoming polarization in America, and how the school’s new Living Village project is an ethical response to the climate crisis.

https://divinity.yale.edu/news/future-theological-education-yds-dean-gregory-sterling

Emotional Intelligence and Spirituality with Dr. Robin Stern

Emotional Intelligence and Spirituality with Dr. Robin Stern

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Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence co-founder Dr. Robin Stern discusses the role of spirituality and religion in understanding and managing emotions, the danger of suppressing emotions like anger, and her groundbreaking work on gaslighting.

For more information and a transcript of this conversation, please see: https://divinity.yale.edu/news/emotional-intelligence-and-spirituality-dr-robin-stern

On Gospel Music and New Approaches to Musicology

On Gospel Music and New Approaches to Musicology

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In this episode, Dr. Cory Hunter speaks with Sindy Yang (MAR ‘25) about his research on gospel music. They also discuss how his background training in music performance, religion, and theology brings innovation to his methodologies as a scholar. What results is a freshness brought to the discipline of musicology at large, and new ways in which these methodologies and approaches impact the broader scope of interdisciplinary studies of music, religion, and theology.

How the YDS Good Life Center Counters A Toxic Culture of Productivity

How the YDS Good Life Center Counters A Toxic Culture of Productivity

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YDS Associate Dean for Student Affairs Reverend Vicki Flippin discusses the new Good Life Center at YDS, her previous pastoral role that included sheltering people at risk of deportation, and how Malcolm X inspired her to pursue a career in ministry.

Leading a church for Black lives: Gabby Cudjoe Wilkes and Andrew Wilkes

Leading a church for Black lives: Gabby Cudjoe Wilkes and Andrew Wilkes

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Gabby Cudjoe Wilkes ’18 M.Div. and husband, Pastor Andrew Wilkes, discuss launching a Brooklyn-based church committed to Black lives and justice; their co-authored book, “Psalms for Black Lives”; and the challenges of being co-ministers and spouses.

How Christianity in Africa is changing global religion

How Christianity in Africa is changing global religion

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Dr. Kyama Mugambi, Professor of World Christianity at Yale Divinity School, discusses how Christianity in Africa is impacting the global religious landscape, why Christianity in Africa is not a ‘colonizer’ religion, and what Christianity has in common with African Traditional Religions.