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The Chair and the collapse of the humanities
Who, exactly, should preside over meaning-making?
by Claire Miller Colombo
Claremont School of Theology ordered to offer land to neighboring colleges
by Sam Hodges
Ammie Davis to lead Turner Theological Seminary
by Dawn Araujo-Hawkins
Hartford Seminary changes name to reflect focus on interreligious peacemaking
by Mark Wingfield
Emma Jordan-Simpson named president of Auburn Seminary
Karen Mosby promoted to dean of student life at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary
Fighting for the humanities at church-related colleges
“What good is a Methodist college that doesn't have religion professors?” asks one student.
by Jeannine Marie Pitas
Edgardo Colón-Emeric begins tenure as dean of Duke Divinity School
Lenny Duncan joins Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary
Chanequa Walker-Barnes joins Columbia Theological Seminary
Cornel West denied tenure, leaves Harvard
by Alejandra Molina
Candace M. Lewis is first woman to lead Gammon Theological Seminary
by Yonat Shimron
G. Sujin Pak named dean of Boston University's School of Theology
by G. Jeffrey MacDonald
Willie Jennings’s plea to create a new kind of theologian
After Whiteness is urgent reading for any institution that purports to care about God and race.
by Jason Byassee
Divinity school professors among participants in ‘scholar strike’ for racial justice
by Adelle M. Banks
Jerry Prevo named interim president of Liberty University
by Sarah Rankin and Elana Schor
Why the “for all” in “free college for all” matters
The advantages of a universal program
What if classrooms were shaped by a restorative justice sensibility?
Creating space for a different kind of engagement
by Debra Dean Murphy