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Yale Divinity School is a professional school at Yale University
Yale University

Yale University is a private university in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1701 as the Collegiate School, Yale is the Colonial Colleges institution of higher education in the United States and is a member of the Ivy League....
, in New Haven, Connecticut
Connecticut

Connecticut is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. The state borders New York to the west and south , Massachusetts to the north, and Rhode Island to the east....
, U.S.
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 preparing students for ordained or lay ministry. The nonsectarian school's mission is “To foster the knowledge and love of God
God

God is a deity in theism and deism religions and other belief systems, representing either the sole deity in monotheism, or a principal deity in polytheism....
 through critical engagement with the traditions of the Christian
Christian

A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a Monotheism#Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus and interpreted by Christians to have been prophesied in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament....
 churches in the context of the contemporary world.” The school grants the Master of Divinity
Master of Divinity

In Christianity theology, the Master of Divinity is both the first professional degree and also the terminal degree in Divinity in North America and is a common academic degree in theology seminary....
 (M.DIV.), Master of Arts in Religion (M.A.R.), and Master of Sacred Theology
Master of Sacred Theology

The Master of Sacred Theology is a second level professional degree conferred by seminaries and theological colleges.One must normally have an Master of Divinity or an Master of Arts in a religious or theological field before being admitted to study for the S.T.M....
 (S.T.M.) degrees.






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Yale Divinity School is a professional school at Yale University
Yale University

Yale University is a private university in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1701 as the Collegiate School, Yale is the Colonial Colleges institution of higher education in the United States and is a member of the Ivy League....
, in New Haven, Connecticut
Connecticut

Connecticut is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. The state borders New York to the west and south , Massachusetts to the north, and Rhode Island to the east....
, U.S.
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 preparing students for ordained or lay ministry. The nonsectarian school's mission is “To foster the knowledge and love of God
God

God is a deity in theism and deism religions and other belief systems, representing either the sole deity in monotheism, or a principal deity in polytheism....
 through critical engagement with the traditions of the Christian
Christian

A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a Monotheism#Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus and interpreted by Christians to have been prophesied in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament....
 churches in the context of the contemporary world.” The school grants the Master of Divinity
Master of Divinity

In Christianity theology, the Master of Divinity is both the first professional degree and also the terminal degree in Divinity in North America and is a common academic degree in theology seminary....
 (M.DIV.), Master of Arts in Religion (M.A.R.), and Master of Sacred Theology
Master of Sacred Theology

The Master of Sacred Theology is a second level professional degree conferred by seminaries and theological colleges.One must normally have an Master of Divinity or an Master of Arts in a religious or theological field before being admitted to study for the S.T.M....
 (S.T.M.) degrees. Both the M.Div. and the S.T.M. - being terminal degrees - earn the graduate the right to wear the Yale blue doctoral gown.

The main mission of Yale College at its founding in 1701 was religious training, serving the Congregationalist churches of Connecticut. In its charter, it was designed as a school "wherein Youth may be instructed in the Arts & Sciences who through the blessing of Almighty God may be fitted for Publick employment both in Church & Civil State." A professorship of divinity was established in 1746 and in 1822, a separate department developed, later known as the Yale Divinity School.

The Georgian
Georgian architecture

Georgian architecture is the name given in most English-speaking world to the set of architectural styles current between 1720 and 1840. It is eponymous for the first four Monarchy of the United Kingdom of the House of Hanover—George I of Great Britain, George II of Great Britain, George III of the United Kingdom, and George IV of the...
 style campus, The Sterling Divinity Quadrangle, designed by Delano & Aldrich, was built in 1932, modeled, in part, on the University of Virginia
University of Virginia

The University of Virginia is a public university research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, founded by Thomas Jefferson. Conceived by 1800 and established in 1819, it is the only university in the United States to be designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, an honor it shares with nearby Monticello....
. It was named after Yale Law alumnus and benefactor John William Sterling
John William Sterling

John William Sterling was a philanthropist, corporate attorney, and major benefactor to Yale University....
, name partner at the New York law firm Shearman & Sterling
Shearman & Sterling

Shearman & Sterling LLP is a law firm headquartered in New York City with 19 offices located in major financial centers around the world founded in 1873....
. The school formerly occupied East and West Divinity Hall (1870-1931) designed by Richard Morris Hunt
Richard Morris Hunt

Richard Morris Hunt was a well-known American architect of the nineteenth century and a preeminent figure in the history of American architecture....
. Since razed, this site is now occupied by Calhoun College
Calhoun College

Calhoun College is a residential college of Yale university....
.

The Berkeley Divinity School
Berkeley Divinity School

Berkeley Divinity School, founded in 1854, is an official seminaries of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, based in New Haven, Connecticut....
 affiliated with Yale Divinity School in 1971. While Berkeley retains its Episcopal Church connection, its students are admitted by and fully enrolled as members of Yale Divinity School.

Recent years have seen the Divinity School develop a specialty in various aspects of narrative theology
Narrative theology

Narrative theology began as a late 20th-century development in Christian Theology. Unlike many approaches to theology throughout church history, Narrative Theology supports the idea that the Church's use of the Bible should focus on a narrative presentation of the faith as regulative for the development of a systematic theology....
, or postliberalism. Many if not most leaders of this movement are YDS graduates.

Notable alumni/ae

  • Diogenes Allen
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  • Lyman Beecher
    Lyman Beecher

    Lyman Beecher was a Presbyterian clergyman, temperance movement leader, and the father of many noted leaders, including Harriet Beecher Stowe, Henry Ward Beecher, Charles Beecher, Edward Beecher, Isabella Beecher Hooker, and Catharine Beecher, and a leader of the Second Great Awakening of the United States....
  • Gregory A. Boyd
    Gregory A. Boyd

    Gregory A. "Greg" Boyd is an evangelicalism pastor, Christian theologian, and author. He is Senior Pastor of the Woodland Hills Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, United States and is President of Christus Victor Ministries....
  • Frederick Buechner
    Frederick Buechner

    Frederick Buechner , full name Carl Frederick Buechner, is a Presbyterian PCUSA minister and an United States author.Buechner graduated from Lawrenceville School in 1943, where he befriended future poet James Merrill....
  • Will D. Campbell
    Will D. Campbell

    Will D. Campbell is a Baptist minister, activist, author, and lecturer. Throughout his life, he has been a notable white supporter of civil rights in the Southern United States....
  • William Ragsdale Cannon
    William Ragsdale Cannon

    William Ragsdale Cannon was an United States Bishop of the United Methodist Church, elected in 1968....
     (Bachelor of Divinity
    Bachelor of Divinity

    In Western culture universities, a Bachelor of Divinity is usually an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course taken in the study of divinity or related disciplines, such as theology or, rarely, religious studies....
    , 1940; Ph.D.
    Ph.D.

    Ph.D. or PHD may stand for:* Doctor of Philosophy, an academic degree* Ph.D. , a 1980s British group* Piled Higher and Deeper, a web comic strip...
    , 1942), Professor
    Professor

    The meaning of the word professor varies. In some English-speaking countries, it refers to a senior academic who holds a departmental chair, especially as head of the Academic department, or a personal chair awarded specifically to that individual....
     and Dean
    Dean (education)

    In academic administration, a dean is a person with significant authority over a specific Academia unit, or over a specific area of concern, or both....
    , Candler School of Theology
    Candler School of Theology

    Candler School of Theology, Emory University, is one of 13 seminary of the United Methodist Church. Founded in 1914, the school was named after Warren Akin Candler, a former President and Chancellor of Emory University and a Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South....
    , Emory University
    Emory University

    Emory University is a private university located in the metropolitan area of the city of Atlanta, Georgia in western unincorporated area DeKalb County, Georgia, Georgia , United States....
    ; Bishop
    Bishop

    A bishop is an ordination or consecration member of the Clergy#Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight....
     of the United Methodist Church
    United Methodist Church

    The United Methodist Church is a Christian Church that understands itself to be a part of the one Holy catholic Church of Jesus Christ and the Communion of Saints....
  • Roy Clyde Clark
    Roy Clyde Clark

    Roy Clyde Clark is a retired United States Bishop of the United Methodist Church, elected in 1980....
    , a Bishop
    Bishop

    A bishop is an ordination or consecration member of the Clergy#Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight....
     of the United Methodist Church
    United Methodist Church

    The United Methodist Church is a Christian Church that understands itself to be a part of the one Holy catholic Church of Jesus Christ and the Communion of Saints....
  • William Sloane Coffin
    William Sloane Coffin

    Rev. William Sloane Coffin, Jr. was a Liberal Christianity Christianity clergyman and long-time peace activist with international stature. He was ordained in the Presbyterian church and later received ministerial standing in the United Church of Christ....
  • Joan Bates Forsberg
  • John Danforth
    John Danforth

    John Claggett "Jack" Danforth is a former United States Ambassador to the United Nations and former Republican Party United States Senate from Missouri....
  • John T. Fitzgerald
  • Hans Wilhelm Frei
    Hans Wilhelm Frei

    Hans Wilhelm Frei is best known for work on biblical hermeneutics, especially on the interpretation of narrative. His 1974 book, The Eclipse of Biblical Narrative is an influential history of eighteenth- and nineteenth century biblical hermeneutics in England and Germany; The Identity of Jesus Christ tried to show what kind of the...
  • Paul Vernon Galloway
    Paul Vernon Galloway

    Paul Vernon Galloway was an American Bishop of The Methodist Church , elected in 1960.He died 5 August 1990 at the St. John Medical Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma....
    , a Bishop of The Methodist Church
  • Gary Hart
    Gary Hart

    Gary Hart is an United States politician, lawyer, author, professor and commentator. He formerly served as a Democratic Party United States Senate representing Colorado , and ran in the U.S....
  • Stanley Hauerwas
    Stanley Hauerwas

    Stanley Hauerwas is a Christian theologian and ethicist. He has taught at the University of Notre Dame and is currently the Gilbert T. Rowe Professor of Theological Ethics at Duke Divinity School with a joint appointment at the Duke University School of Law....
  • Richard B. Hays
    Richard B. Hays

    Richard B. Hays is the George Washington Ivey Professor of New Testament at Duke Divinity School in Durham, North Carolina. Hays received B.A from Yale College and Masters of Divinity from Yale Divinity School, and a Ph.D from Emory University....
  • Sen Katayama
    Sen Katayama

    Sen Katayama , born Yabuki Sugataro , was an early member of the American Communist Party and co-founder, in 1922, of the Japan Communist Party....
  • Helmut Richard Niebuhr
  • Reinhold Niebuhr
    Reinhold Niebuhr

    Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr was an United States theology. A Protestant, he is best known for his study of the task of relating the Christian faith to the realities of modern politics and diplomacy....
  • William C. Placher, scholar and Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Wabash College
    Wabash College

    Wabash College is a small, private, Liberal arts colleges in the United States for Men's colleges in the United States, located in Crawfordsville, Indiana....
    .
  • Clark V. Poling
    Clark V. Poling

    Clark V. Poling was a Minister of religion in the Reformed Church in America and a lieutenant in the United States Army. He was one of the Four Chaplains who gave their lives to save other soldiers during the sinking of the USAT Dorchester during World War II....
  • Adam Clayton Powell, Sr.
    Adam Clayton Powell, Sr.

    Adam Clayton Powell, Sr. was a prominent clergyman, author, and father of United States Congress Adam Clayton Powell, Jr....
  • George Rupp
  • Ron Sider
    Ron Sider

    Ronald James Sider is a Canada-born United States theologian and Christian activist. He is often identified by others with the Christian left, though he personally disclaims any political inclination....
  • John Silber
    John Silber

    John Robert Silber is an United States academic and politician. He had a controversial career serving as the president of Boston University and unsuccessfully ran as the Democratic Party candidate for governor of Massachusetts in the Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 1990, with a American conservatism platform and lost to the moderate...
  • R. Kendall Soulen, professor of Systematic Theology, Wesley Theological Seminary
    Wesley Theological Seminary

    Wesley Theological Seminary is a United Methodist?affiliated theological seminary located in Washington, D.C.. The school was founded in 1882. It is a member of the Washington Theological Consortium and is accredited by the Association of Theological Schools....
  • William Willimon
  • John W. Traphagan, professor of Religious Studies and Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin
    University of Texas at Austin

    The University of Texas at Austin is a public university research university located in Austin, Texas, Texas, United States, and is the flagship#University campuses institution of University of Texas System....
  • Anne Stanback
    Anne Stanback

    Anne Stanback is an coming out lesbian LGBT rights activist and the founder and Executive Director of Love Makes a Family , which is a statewide non-profit advocacy organization working for equal marriage rights for same-sex couples in Connecticut....
  • Parker T. Williamson
    Parker T. Williamson

    Parker T. Williamson is editor emeritus of the Presbyterian Layman newspaper. He earned the Master of Divinity at Union Theological Seminary & Presbyterian School of Christian Education in Richmond, VA ....
  • Sharon Watkins
  • Chester Wickwire
    Chester Wickwire

    Chester "Chet" L. Wickwire was chaplain emeritus of the Johns Hopkins University. He was a prominent fighter for civil rights and an international peace activist....


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