The winter quarter features a full
New Fellowship Announced
The Disciples Divinity House seeks to prepare individuals to be the creative thinkers and courageous leaders the church, academy, and wider world need today. A new Fellowship in Theological Education Leadership extends DDH's ethos of engagement and learning by offering an immersive work-learning opportunity for individuals who have already attained significant graduate education and who are readying themselves for their next vocational steps. Two $40,000 stipend plus benefits fellowships will be awarded for 2022-23. Review of applications begins January 20, 2022. Learn about the opportunity and apply.
Jesus Springs. Will Schultz, Assistant Professor in the Divinity School, will speak at the DDH Forum on Monday, January 24. He is a historian of American religion with an interest in the intersection of religion, politics, and capitalism. His forthcoming book is Jesus in the Rockies: How Colorado Springs Became the Capital of American Evangelicalism.
Xu Xue, Visiting Professor of Buddhism at the Divinity School, will give the DDH Forum on January 31. Prof. Xue, has a broad range of interests including Buddhist-Christian dialogue in modern China, Mahayana Buddhism, Chinese Buddhism, and the theological and historical dimensions of Humanistic Buddhism. He is living at DDH this year.
Apply now for the winter session of Living Justice: An Anti-Racist Practicum. April Lewton and Ayanna Johnson Watkins will lead the five-week session, from January 19 - February 16. The Practicum, codirected by Sandhya Jha and Yvonne Gilmore, invites conversation, exploration, and inquiry that support individual and collective anti-racism work and also develop pedagogies and curricula.
Winter events. Forums, chapel services, Disciples History and Thought, and, if the pandemic allows, dinners together. Check out the full schedule of events.
Save the date. The Alumni/ae Council invites alumni/ae, friends, and students to gather in Chicago on June 10-11 for the presentation of the Distinguished Alumna/us Award. We'll gather to celebrate and reflect on the kind of goodness that comes even in times of trial and trouble.
Congratulations to Heike Springhart who was elected Bishop of the Evangelische Landeskirche of Baden on December 17. She is the former dean of the Theologische Studeinhaus of Heidelberg University (TSH) and current pastor in Pfzorheim. TSH and DDH shared two travel-study exchanges. Heike has been a regular visitor to DDH, most recently for the 125th Anniversary.
