Yale Bulletin and Calendar

October 6, 2000

Volume 29, Number 5

Divinity School inviting all women
graduates to convocation

"Grace Amid Reconstruction" is the theme of this year's Divinity School Convocation, which literally will take place amid the sounds of construction and renewal in the Sterling Divinity Quadrangle Monday-Friday, Oct. 9-13.

The event coincides with the Berkeley Divinity School at Yale's Convocation on Wednesday, Oct. 11 (see related story).

The Divinity School Convocation will feature a reunion of women graduates from all classes, among other class reunions, as well as lectures by noted religious scholars, a discussion on the state of the school and an update on renovations, worship services, student panel discussions and workshops. All events take place at the Divinity School, 409 Prospect St.

The Convocation will officially begin with an opening worship and memorial service on Monday, Oct. 9, in Marquand Chapel. At 2:30 p.m., there will be a discussion on the state of the Divinity School and news of its current renovations in the auditorium (Rm. 200) of the Divinity School.

Beecher Lectures

Barbara K. Lundblad '79 DIV of Union Theological Seminary in New York City will deliver the Lyman Beecher Lectures, the longest-running lecture series on preaching in the United States and considered the most prestigious in religious scholarship. Her theme will be "Marking Time: Stories Remembered at the River's Edge." Centered around the real and metaphorical Jordan River, her lectures will evoke three biblical stories "to remember where we've been and where God is calling us in this particular time," Lundblad says.

Her three lectures will be held at 4 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. All lectures take place in Marquand Chapel.

Shaffer Lectures

The Shaffer Lectures will be presented by J. Louis Martyn, one of the world's premier New Testament scholars, who is retired from the faculty at Union Theological Seminary. The Shaffer lecture series, established in 1929, focuses on the life, character and teachings of Jesus. Martyn will focus on Pauline apocalyptic writings, "searching for God's disruptive idea of good news and God's inauguration of nothing less than the new creation," he says.

Martyn's three lectures will be at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in Marquand Chapel.

Other lectures

Noted ethicist Stanley M. Hauerwas of Duke University will deliver the Sorensen Lecture at 8 p.m. on Monday. His talk, titled "Enduring," will explore "how the church can go on in a world that no longer has a sense of what it means for the church to be the church," he says.

On Tuesday at 1:30 p.m., Carol Newsom of the Candler School of Theology will present the Chisolm Lecture on "Angelic and Human Desire and the Origin of Evil: I Enoch 6-16 in Conversation with Genesis 2-3." That same day, at 4 p.m., Guggenheim Fellow Barbara Newman will present the Bainton Lecture on the topic "Seeing, Imagining, Believing: Adventures in Visionary Theology."

Emilie M. Townes, a womanist ethicist and professor of Christian Ethics at Union Theological Seminary, will deliver the Bartlett Lecture on Thursday at 1:30 p.m. Her topic will be "Growing Like Topsy." On Friday at 9:30 a.m., Marie M. Fortune '76 DIV, who is renowned for her work aimed at the prevention of sexual and domestic violence, will deliver the Ensign Lecture on the topic "This Is Not About You: The Challenges of Ministry and Boundaries."

All lectures will take place in Marquand Chapel.

Celebrating women graduates

On Monday, there will be a reception at 5:15 p.m. in honor of the Divinity School's Women's Center, at which new faculty will be introduced. Following the reception, women graduates will attend a reunion dinner. A Feminist Studies Breakfast on Wednesday and a Women's Shalom Meal on Thursday evening will offer women graduates a time to remember and be renewed in their ministries. Advanced registration is required for all meals.

A complete schedule of Convocation events is available on the Divinity School's website at www.yale.edu/divinity/ne. A registration fee of $25 is required for the entire week's events. A donation by individuals attending only part of Convocation is requested. All lectures are free to members of the Yale community with a valid I.D.

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