Duke Divinity School Library

04/11/2019

"But beware you be not swallowed up in books. An ounce of love is worth a pound of knowledge." (John Wesley, BX 8495.W5 .A3 1915)

03/13/2017

Available at: http://divinityarchive.com/handle/11258/17767

03/10/2017

12/10/2014

You did it! Congratulations on completing finals! Come rest your weary soul with some sweet treats from the Library Staff. We love you!

11/03/2014

Community Knitting Ministry
Sponsored by Basin & Towel
Monday, November 3, 10, 17
12:30 - 1:30pm
Baker Methodist Room Divinity School Library
[email protected]

The Divinity School Library and Basin & Towel will host a weekly lunch hour community crochet and knitting group for Divinity School students, staff, and faculty Mondays in November.

Hats, gloves, scarves and other projects will benefit Church World Service--Durham and St. John Missionary Baptist Church of Walltown. Bring your own yarn and needles or use ours! Tutorials will be provided for those new to yarn work.

We are also accepting donations of new and gently used scarves and hats throughout November in boxes by the library and the student lounge.

10/30/2014

Prospectus a graduate student journal seeking to create a space for learning and growth in ministry and academia for interdisciplinary graduate students and all of Christ’s witnesses wherever they are found.

For its inaugural issue, Prospectus is inviting essays offering theologically formed and/or interdisciplinary considerations regarding the role of persons with intellectual disabilities in the life and ministry of the Church. The following topics are of particular interest:

Ableism and the Imago DeiThe spiritual gifts of persons with intellectual disabilities and their roles in ministry
The Church’s historical understanding of and approaches to persons with intellectual disabilities
Theological anthropology of disability
Scriptural models for understanding and engagement of persons with intellectual disabilities


Prospectus is accepting article submissions, either academic papers or pastoral considerations, of 3,000-4,000 words, and book reviews or sermons approximately 1,000-2,000 words for review by our editorial staff. Other submission options, such as poems or works of art, will also be secondarily considered. Articles may be submitted electronically as Microsoft Word documents, with the author’s name and contact information on the title page only, and should follow the Chicago Manual of Style, 16th edition. Please e-mail articles to [email protected] by midnight December 19th, 2014.



Suggested Reading for research and review:

Amos Yong, The Bible, Disability, and the Church (2011)
Stanley Hauerwas and Jean Vanier , Living Gently in a Violent World (2008)
Molly Claire Haslam, A Constructive Theology of Intellectual Disability: Human Being as Mutuality and Response (2012)
Jeremy Schipper, Disability and Isaiah's Suffering Servant (2011)
John Swinton, Dementia: Living in the Memories of God (2012)
Nancy Eiesland, The Disabled God: Toward a Liberatory Theology of Disability (1994)
For an extended bibliography of recent studies for research and review, e-mail: [email protected]



Submissions deadline is December 19th, 2014

please send to: [email protected]

10/20/2014

Congratulations to the 2014-2015 Religion in North Carolina Digital Collection Special Grants Winners!
http://ncreligion.blogspot.com/2014/10/2014-2015-religion-in-north-carolina.html

The Religion in North Carolina Digital Collection seeks to bring together, preserve, and provide access to primary materials of religious bodies in North Carolina.