THE YALE DIVINITY SCHOOL NEWSOURCE
November 9, 2008
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
*FREE* Accordance
Bible Software Training Seminar at YDS!
Library Exegesis
Sessions for both OT and NT
Black and Green:
A Panel Discussion (and free facials)
Classics Lecture:
Greek Rationality and the Roman Tradition
Annand Workshop:
Strategies for Successful Small Groups
Survivor's Day
Conference, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention-
Pulitzer Prize
winning author to give lecture on Henry Ward Beecher.
ISM Liturgy
Symposium: “I Hate, I Despise Your Festivals: Christian Worship and the Divine
Polemic”
Middle Passage
Conversations on Black Religion in the African Diaspora Conference Videos all
online
Lecture: “Dust
Wheel in the Ruins: Katherine Dunham's A Touch of Innocence”
Episcopal Bishop
of El Salvador Visiting
60th
Anniversary Celebration of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights
“Moments of
Rejoice, Prayer, and Reflection.” – CORE and YBS Week of Events
Women’s
Pre-Doctoral Mentoring Panels
Academic
Information
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Fall Semester
Deadlines
To: YDS Faculty and students
From: Emilie Townes, Dean of Academic Affairs
Date: November 10, 2008
Re: Deadlines
All work for the first semester is due by the end of the semester, Friday, December 19, unless the instructor specifies an earlier date.
Extensions:
1. In exceptional circumstances, such as illness or family crisis, the instructor may grant an extension of time beyond the end of the semester, but no extension can be given beyond Monday, February 9, 2009.
2. No work from the first semester can be accepted by a faculty
member after that date.
Additional Extensions
1 A student may appeal to the Professional Studies Committee for an additional extension. Such an appeal must be made in writing before February 9 on a form provided by the Registrar’s office.
2. Extensions will be considered by the
Committee only in exceptional circumstances, such as those indicated above.
Final Exam Schedule
First Semester, 2008-2009
Monday, December 15
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9-12 noon |
Rel. 600 |
O.T. Interpretation (Collins) |
Niebuhr Hall |
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Rel. 600 |
O.T. Interpretation (Collins) |
Latourette S223 |
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Rel. 600 |
O.T. Interpretation (Collins) |
S212 |
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Rel. 601 |
N.T. Interpretation (Hultin) |
Niebuhr Hall |
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Rel. 601 |
N.T. Interpretation (Hultin) |
Latourette S223 |
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Rel. 815 |
Biblical Interp.. Midrash & Theology (Bar Asher) |
Broholm S202 |
Tuesday, December 16
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9-12 noon |
Rel. 726 |
Systematic Theology (Volf) |
Niebuhr Hall |
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Rel. 726 |
Systematic Theology (Volf) |
Latourette S223 |
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Rel. 726 |
Systematic Theology (Volf) |
RSV S200 |
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Rel. 791 |
UCC Polity (Townsley) |
S101 |
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Rel. 618 |
Intermediate Greek (Gundry) |
Broholm S202 |
Wednesday, December 17
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9-12 noon. |
Rel. 731 |
Advanced Medieval/Renaissance Latin (Johnson) |
S101 |
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9-12 noon. |
Rel. 739 |
Evangelicalism (Balmer) |
Niebuhr Hall |
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Rel. 605 |
Elementary N.T. Greek (Brand) |
S100 |
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Rel. 604 |
Elementary Hebrew (Kim) |
S104 |
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Rel. 728 |
Beginning Medieval Latin (Johnson) |
S101 |
Thursday, December 18
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9-11 a.m. |
Rel. 720 |
History of Xn. Theol. to 451 (Beeley) |
Niebuhr Hall |
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Rel. 679 |
Greek Exegesis of Galatians (Hultin) |
S101 |
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Rel. 674 |
Intermediate Hebrew (Hoffer) |
S212 |
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Rel. 676 |
Adv. Biblical Hebrew: Prose ( |
Broholm S202 |
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Rel. 798 |
Anglican Theol/Hist II ECUSA/Anglican (Britton) |
S100 |
Friday, December 19
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9-11 a.m. |
Rel. 700 |
History of Western Christianity (Gordon) |
Niebuhr Hall |
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Rel. 700 |
History of Western Christianity (Gordon) |
S101 |
*FREE* Accordance Bible Software Training
Seminar at YDS!
Please register with Suzanne.Estelle-Holmer@yale.edu so we know how many people to expect (we want to have adequate refreshments). You can register for the morning or the afternoon session or both. This is a wonderful opportunity to learn the program with the people who developed it and know it best. For more information on Accordance including demos visit: www.accordancebible.com
- Morning: Interface concepts and basic searching
- Afternoon: Advanced Searching, Greek & Hebrew tools, and Graphic resources
Saturday, November 15 (9:00AM – 5:00PM)
Niebuhr Hall,
Library Exegesis Sessions for both OT and NT
Designed for students with little or no knowledge of Hebrew or Greek. Learn how to access BibleWorks and Logos, view a passage in parallel versions/translations, and carry out various types of word study. Introduction to basic exegetical tools: concordances, Bible dictionaries, lexicons, interlinears, and commentaries. Contact: Suzanne.Estelle-Holmer@yale.edu, (203) 432-6374.
Tuesday, November 11 (12:30PM)
Wednesday, November 12 (12:30PM)
Tuesday, November 18 (12:30PM)
Thursday, November 20 (12:30PM)
All sessions will be held in the YDS Library Computer Classroom, L-107 and are approximately 45 minutes.
Lectures and Events
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Black and Green: A Panel Discussion (and free
facials)
A panel discussion: “Working for a Healthier
Mind, Body, Soul, and Planet” followed by all-natural facials using fresh
fruits, vegetables, and herbs.
Co-sponsored by the Afro-American Cultural Center at Yale, the Pi Alpha
Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, the Yale Sustainable Food Project, the
Coalition for a Safe & Healthy
Monday November 10 (7:00PM)
Afro-American
Cultural Center,
Classics Lecture: Greek Rationality and the
Roman Tradition
Jörg Rüpke, chair of the Department of
Comparative Religion at the
Thursday, November 20 (5:00PM)
Phelps Hall, Room 407
Annand Workshop: Strategies for Successful
Small Groups
Small groups are increasingly viewed as key
components of healthy and thriving congregations. Join Annand mentor, Bari Dworken, to discuss
these questions and more in a workshop examining successful formation and leadership
of small groups.
Tuesday, November 18 (6:00-9:00 PM).
Survivor's Day Conference, American
Foundation for Suicide Prevention-
The
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) is holding its tenth annual
survivor's day conference on Saturday, November 22. There will be a live broadcast from
If you’d like to carpool down, contact: kate.spelman@yale.edu.
Pulitzer Prize
winning author to give lecture on Henry Ward Beecher.
Pulitzer Prize-winner Debby Applegate will deliver a presentation on the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher. The presentation is jointly sponsored by the Church and The Mark Twain Library of Redding. The event is free and open to the public. A reception and book-signing will follow the lecture. Contact: greggriffin@optonline.net.
Sunday, November 16 (4:00PM)
Queer Faith Film Series at Yale
You are enthusiastically invited to join the community at Yale for a week-long Queer Faith Film series featuring three films, an evening with director Parvez Sharma, and a panel discussion and celebratory reception. All events are free. You are welcome to invite friends and colleagues. Flyers for each event are available at www.yale.edu/chaplain/queerfaithfilm. For campus locations, please see business.yale.edu/map. Questions may be directed to Nat DeLuca, the Program Coordinator of the Yale University Chaplain’s Office, nathaniel.deluca@yale.edu.
- Movie Screening: For the Bible Tells Me So
Monday, November 10 (7:00PM)
Linsly-Chittenden
Hall 317,
- Movie Screening: Hineini: Coming Out in a Jewish High School
Tuesday, November 11 (7:00PM)
Linsly-Chittenden
Hall 211,
- Master’s Tea with Director of “Jihad for Love” Parvez Sharma
Wednesday, November 12 (4:00PM)
Pierson College Master’s House,
- Movie Screening: A Jihad for Love (CT Premier); Q&A to Follow with the Director
Wednesday, November 12 (7:00PM)
- Panel Discussion & Celebratory
Reception. Panelists include Mina
Trudeau, Director of Al-Fatiha, a Global LGBT Muslim Organization; Lina
Zerbarini, Associate Rabbi of the
Thursday, November 13 (7:00PM)
Linsly-Chittenden Hall
102,
ISM Liturgy
Symposium: “I Hate, I Despise Your Festivals: Christian Worship and the Divine
Polemic”
ISM
presents a Liturgy Symposium with Matthew M. Boulton, Assistant Professor of
Ministry Studies,
Monday, November 10 (4:30PM)
ISM Great Hall
Middle Passage
Conversations on Black Religion in the African Diaspora Conference Videos all
online
The 8 panel sessions from the Middle Passage Conversations conference held this past April are now available online at http://www.yale.edu/divinity/video/middlepassage.shtml The conference featured over 40 senior African American, Afro-Brazilian, Afro-Caribbean, and Afro-British scholars and was held April 3-5 here at the Divinity School, the Whitney Humanities Center, St. Thomas More Center, and the Afro-American Cultural Center.
Lecture: “Dust
Wheel in the Ruins: Katherine Dunham's A Touch of Innocence”
Initiative on Race, Gender and Globalization
and the Department of African American studies present Anthony Foy,
Scholar-in-Residence,
Although renowned as a dancer, choreographer, anthropologist, and activist, the late Katherine Dunham is less well-known as an autobiographer. 'Dust Wheel in the Ruins' situates Dunham's under examined narrative, A Touch of Innocence (1959), in critical relation to the racial uplift conventions that dominated the production of black autobiography for much of the twentieth century. Drawn from Dr. Foy's current book project, Black Ideography: Autobiography, Ideology, Image, this talk argues that Dunham's narrative represents a significant shift in the discursive assumptions of black autobiography after World War II.
November 10, 2008 (4:30PM)
Ministry Resource
Center
The Ministry Resources
center invites you to prepare for upcoming events:
- Advent worship, studies, drama,
retreats, and more. We have
resources that you can adapt to your situation with all age groups and
locations. Ask about it and SAVE
TIME while having quality.
- Climate change, global warming,
following though on "faith and politics"--resources for action,
study groups, and more….
- DVDs for your entertainment, for bible
studies with youth and adults, for background for your courses…do a search
or ask us to do it to show you the wide array of resources that can keep
us all thinking and growing!
- Thanksgiving--worship resources,
community events for all ages--we have what you need to plan quickly and
appropriately to accomplish your goals!
Episcopal Bishop of
El Salvador
Bishop Martin Barahona,
bishop of the Episcopal Anglican Diocese of
Brown
Bag Lunch: Wednesday, November 12 (12:30PM)
Location TBA
Bilingual
Community Eucharist: Wednesday, November
12 (6:00PM)
Marquand Chapel
60th
Anniversary Celebration of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights
The Connecticut Coalition
for Human Rights is pleased to present…. “Fulfilling the Promise of Human
Rights: the Universal Declaration at 60” -- a statewide conference marking the
60th anniversary of the UDHR, featuring U.S. Representative John Conyers, Jr., Chairman
of the House Judiciary Committee and Dean of the Congressional Black Caucus. You are invited to take part in this day-long
event of compelling workshops and network-building. Workshops include: “Connecting Human Rights
to a Living Wage;” “Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor: the Universal Right to Cross
Borders;” “The Peace Economy: Key to Sustainability.” Register online now at http://www.udhr.net
The registration fee for
each participant is $25; Students only have to pay $10
Saturday,
December 6 (8:30 – 4:00PM)
Writing as Ministry
The Rev. Dr. Richard H.
Schmidt, director of Forward Movement Publications, has served as editor and
director of Forward Movement, a publishing house of the Episcopal Church, since
2005. He is the author of "Glorious Companions: Five Centuries of Anglican
Spirituality," and "God Seekers: Twenty Centuries of Christian
Spiritualities."
- Luncheon and lecture, “Writing and
Publishing as
Tuesday,
November 11 (12:30PM)
S-100
- Book- signing
Wednesday,
November 12 (2:30-4:00PM)
YDS
Bookstore
“Moments of
Rejoice, Prayer, and Reflection.” – CORE and YBS Week of Events
The Committee on Racial
Equality (CORE) and the Yale Black Seminarians (YBS) invite the entire YDS
community to join us for a week of events, entitled “Moments of Rejoice, Prayer
and Reflection.” Tuesday, November 4,
2008 was a day of great celebration for millions around the world, who were
deeply moved and humbled by the gift of living to witness Barack Obama become
the first African-American president-elect of the
- CORE November Meeting to discuss: 1) Raising racial literacy/dialogue and
strengthening community cohesiveness 2) Recruitment and retention of
Students of Color 3) Recruitment
and support of Faculty of Color 4) Curriculum Reform
Monday,
November 10, 2008 (12:30PM)
JE
Dining Room
- “11 Hours on the 11th: Prayers for All
Nations on Veteran’s Day” -- The chapel will be open and reserved for
prayer and meditation for all matters that may be on your heart and mind
related to this moment in history. This is a time to lift up our families,
this nation, the world, and our country’s new leadership in prayer and meditation.
We will do this on Veteran’s Day in remembrance of those who have given
their lives for various struggles and who are still fighting today, as our
country remains at war.
Tuesday,
November 11, 2008 (11:00AM -10:00 PM)
Nouwen
Chapel
- The Launch of the “CORE Matters”
Conversation Series: CORE invites the entire YDS community to the launch
of this series. The first will focus on the question "1968-2008: Has
Obama Fulfilled, Reawakened or Deferred the Dream?”
Thursday, November 13, 2008 (12:30PM)
RSV Room
Women’s Pre-Doctoral Mentoring Panels
- “Balancing Work/Family/Life in the Academ” -- Come hear YDS's own Professor Adela Yarbro Collins, as well as beloved doctoral student Christiana Peppard and (from the WGSS department downtown) Professor Melanie Boyd, and (from Quinnipiac University) law Professor Jennifer Brown! These women are brilliant scholars who have been intentional about balancing work and family, as well as other commitments like faith and social justice.
Tuesday, November 11 (5:30-7:00PM)
RSV Room
- “Women and the Academy, teaching in different countries, and anything/everything else” -- A lunchtime conversation with Dr. Christl Maier, former YDS Hebrew Scriptures professor.
Monday, November 10 (12:30-1:115PM)
ROOM S-100
All are welcome! Bring friends and come talk with this brilliant scholar! Questions? Feel free to contact Heather (heather.vermeulen@yale.edu) or Mary Emily (maryemily.wells@yale.edu).
This Week in Marquand
- Monday: “Rejoice in the Lord Always!” A Service of Liturgical Dance led by Kathleen Turner with the Connecticut Liturgical Dance Network and Yale Divinity School Liturgical Dance Choir.
- Tuesday: A Service of the Word with graduating student Rachel Valente preaching.
- Wednesday: Sung Morning Prayer: Many are the Tongues We Speak.
- Thursday: “Many Parts, One Body” led by the Yale Committee for Social Justice.
- Friday: Holy Communion led by the Methodist Society with Tom Ogletree, Frederick Marquand Professor of Ethics and Religious Studies, preaching and Jan Holton, Assistant Professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling, presiding.
Services begin at 10:30am. All are Welcome!
Classifieds
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Needed/Lost and Found
ISO:
Espresso Machine
The Holy Grounds’ espresso machine is broken. While it’s being repaired, HG would love to borrow an espresso machine from someone in the community. In return, we will give you many many free drinks at Holy Grounds, and post a picture of you on our menu, with halos all over your head and lipstick kisses on your face. The picture's face, not your real face. Contact: frederica.ghesquiere@yale.edu.
Employment
Family Assistant/Child Care
Ideally, the position will begin as soon as possible and run
through the school year. This summer, a
If interested, please send email to paul.gewirtz@yale.edu.
Worship Opportunities
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University
Church
All are welcome to worship at the
- Sunday, November 16th: An ecumenical service of Word and Table with The Rev. Ian B. Oliver, Pastor, preaching.
- Sunday,
November 16th, 2:30 pm in Battell Chapel: A Service of Installation for
The Rev. Ian B. Oliver as Pastor of the
- Evening Prayer each Wednesday evening at 9:15 pm in Dwight Chapel on Old Campus. This information service of scripture, prayer and singing lasts about 30 minutes and is a great way to find a quiet space for God in the midst of a busy week. Dessert served following worship - All are welcome!
To be added to the