Tag: Religion

Professor Jamil Drake: Can Religion Play a Healthy Role in American Politics?

Professor Jamil Drake: Can Religion Play a Healthy Role in American Politics?

YDS alumna Emily Judd speaks to Assistant Professor of African American Religious History Jamil Drake about whether religion can play a healthy role in US politics; which political issues are being emphasized among Black church communities today; and how one survey in Virginia in the 1800s continues to negatively shape perceptions of Black Americans.

Leading Washington National Cathedral through pandemic and politics

Leading Washington National Cathedral through pandemic and politics

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Dean Randy Hollerith of Washington National Cathedral, ’90 M.Div., discusses presiding over presidential inaugural prayer services for Donald Trump and Joe Biden, why religious leaders should play a central role in healing divisions in America, and finding hope and faith during the coronavirus pandemic.

Exploring the Unitarian Universalist tradition with Tisa Wenger and Tasha Brownfield

Exploring the Unitarian Universalist tradition with Tisa Wenger and Tasha Brownfield

This is the third and final podcast in the Fireside Chat series that the Spiritual Formation Committee has sponsored this year. In this podcast, you will hear Professor Tisa Wenger and MDiv student Tasha Brownfield interview each other about their faith stories related to the Unitarian Universalist tradition.

ISM Fellows in Conversation: Ep. 1: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Studying Augustine

ISM Fellows in Conversation: Ep. 1: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Studying Augustine

Marie-Ange Rakotoniaina, a liturgical scholar whose work focuses on early Christianity, discusses how Augustine re-envisioned the Sabbath in a wealth of spiritual imageries with Jake Cunliffe, a Master of Divinity student at Yale Institute of Sacred Music and Yale Divinity School.

Exploring Muslim Identity with Abdul-Rehman Malik

Exploring Muslim Identity with Abdul-Rehman Malik

The Spiritual Formation and the Practice of Faith Committee is continuing the practice of Fireside Chats through inviting members of the community to share their spiritual journeys. Since we cannot conduct these chats by the actual fireside in the Common Room this year, we are offering them as podcasts instead. In this episode, student Christy Stang interviews Abdul-Rehman Malik on his experience of spirituality and his Muslim faith.

YDS Fireside Chat – Exploring Jewish Identity with Jacqueline Vayntrub and Ora Weinbach

YDS Fireside Chat – Exploring Jewish Identity with Jacqueline Vayntrub and Ora Weinbach

The Spiritual Formation and the Practice of Faith Committee is resuming the practice of Fireside Chats, whereby members of the community share a little bit about their spiritual journeys. Since we cannot conduct these chats by the actual fireside in the Common Room this year, we are offering them as podcasts instead. Listen to this first episode to hear Professor Jacqueline Vayntrub and M-Div student Ora Weinbach share stories about their Jewish identity and practice, and their experience of being Jewish at a predominantly Christian divinity school.