Everything about Yale Divinity School totally explained
Yale Divinity School is a professional school at
Yale University, in
New Haven,
Connecticut,
U.S. preparing students for ordained or lay ministry. The nonsectarian school's mission is “To foster the knowledge and love of
God through critical engagement with the traditions of the
Christian churches in the context of the contemporary world.” The school grants the
Master of Divinity (M.DIV.),
Master of Arts in Religion (M.A.R.), and
Master of Sacred Theology (S.T.M.) degrees. Both the M.Div. and the S.T.M. - being terminal degrees - earn the graduand the right to wear the Yale blue doctoral gown.
The main mission of Yale College at its founding in 1701 was religious training. 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 style campus, The Sterling Divinity Quadrangle, designed by
Delano & Aldrich, was built in 1932, modeled, in part, on the
University of Virginia. It was named after Yale Law alumnus and benefactor
John William Sterling, name partner at the New York law firm
Shearman & Sterling. The school formerly occupied East and West Divinity Hall (1870-1931) designed by
Richard Morris Hunt. Since razed, this site is now occupied by
Calhoun College.
The
Berkeley Divinity School 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, or postliberalism. Many if not most leaders of this movement are YDS graduates.
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