Duke University campus
Divinity School
Use	Divinity School
Style	Gothic
Erected	1926
Location	West Campus
Namesake	None
Architect	Horace Trumbauer Julian Abele, Chief Designer
Addition	2005 by Hartman-Cox Architects
Website	Duke Divinity

The Divinity School at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina is one of thirteen seminaries founded and supported by the United Methodist Church. It has 39 full time and 18 part time faculty and over 500 full time students. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Gothic architecture characterizes any of the styles of European architecture, particularly associated with cathedrals and other churches, in use throughout Europe during the high and late medieval period, from the 12th century onwards. ... Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar). ... Julian Abele Julian Abele (April 30, 1881–April 23, 1950) was a prominent African-American architect, known best for his work on the Philadelphia Museum of Art. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Duke University is a private coeducational research university located in Durham, North Carolina, USA. Duke was founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day town of Trinity in 1838, moved to Durham in 1892. ... Nickname: Bull City, City of Medicine Location in North Carolina Country United States State North Carolina County Durham County  - Mayor Bill Bell Area    - City 245. ... A seminary is a specialised university-like institution for the purpose of training candidates for positions within a religious context. ... This article is about the current denomination in the United States. ...

It was founded in 1926 as the first graduate school at Duke, following a large endowment by James B. Duke, a tobacco magnate, in 1924. The Divinity School carries on from the original founding of Trinity College at the site in 1859, which provided free training for Methodist preachers in exchange for support from the church. Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar). ... James Buchanan Duke (1856 - 1925) was a U.S. tobacco industrialist. ... Species Nicotiana acuminata Nicotiana alata Nicotiana attenuata Nicotiana benthamiana Nicotiana clevelandii Nicotiana excelsior Nicotiana forgetiana Nicotiana glauca Nicotiana glutinosa Nicotiana langsdorffii Nicotiana longiflora Nicotiana obtusifolia Nicotiana paniculata Nicotiana plumbagifolia Nicotiana quadrivalvis Nicotiana repanda Nicotiana rustica Nicotianasuaveolens Nicotiana sylvestris Nicotiana tabacum Nicotiana tomentosa Ref: ITIS 30562 as of August 26, 2005...

The Divinity School building was recently renovated and also expanded. The Hugh A. Westbrook Building, which opened in 2005, is 53,000 square-feet. It also contains the 315-seat Bishop W. Kenneth Goodson Chapel with 55-foot-high ceilings, office space, a bookstore, cafe, outdoor patio, and a 177-seat lecture hall.

Academics and Programs

The Divinity School offers Master of Divinity, Master of Theological Studies, Master of Theology, Master in Church Ministries, and Master of Theological Studies degrees. A Ph.D. in religion is available through the Graduate School. A Doctor of Theology, or Th.D, program began in the fall of 2006. It focuses on areas of study like worship, evangelism, preaching, and the arts which are neglected by the Ph.D. program with the Graduate School. Master of Divinity is a common degree among theological seminaries and is considered the minimum academic requirement for ordination into pastoral ministry. ... The Master of Theological Studies (MTS) is a two-year graduate degree offered by many theological schools. ... Theology (Greek θεος, theos, God, + λογια, logia, words, sayings, or discourse) is reasoned discourse concerning religion, spirituality and God or the gods. ... Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. ... The Graduate School of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina is currently one of ten colleges and schools that comprise the university. ... A Th. ... Worship usually refers to specific acts of religious praise, honour, or devotion, typically directed to a supernatural being such as a god or goddess. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The arts is a broad subdivision of culture, composed of many expressive disciplines. ...

The recently completed Goodson Chapel, part of the Divinity School's latest addition.

The programs run through the school include[1]: Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 468 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 468 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...

• Anglican House
• Baptist House
• Black Church Studies
• Center for Reconciliation
• Center for Theological Writing
• Center for Wesleyan Studies
• Duke Institute on Care at the End of Life
• Duke Youth Academy for Christian Formation
• Ormond Center
• Pulpit and Pew
• Sustaining Pastoral Excellence
• Theology and Medicine

Notable Faculty

• Stanley Hauerwas, Gilbert T. Rowe Professor of Theological Ethics (1984- )
• Richard B. Hays, George Washington Ivey Professor of New Testament
• Geoffrey Wainwright, Robert Earl Cushman Professor of Christian Theology
• Richard Heitzenrater, William Kellon Quick Professor of Church History and Wesley Studies
• David C. Steinmetz, Amos Ragan Kearns Professor of the History of Christianity
• Randy Maddox, Associate Dean for Faculty Development; Professor of Theology & Wesleyan Studies
• Sam Wells, Dean of Chapel
• Warren Smith, Assistant Professor of Historical Theology
• Amy Laura Hall, Director of the Doctor of Theology Program; Professor of Theological Ethics
• Timothy Tyson, Visiting Professor of American Christianity and Southern Culture
• Lauren Winner, Visiting Lecturer
• Paul Neff Garber, Dean (1941-44), later Bishop of The Methodist Church

Dr. Stanley Hauerwas Stanley Hauerwas (b. ... Richard B. Hays is the George Washington Ivey Professor of New Testament at Duke Divinity School in Durham, North Carolina. ... Geoffrey Wainwright is a British Methodist theologian. ... This article is about a title or office in religious bodies. ... The Methodist Church was the name adopted by the methodist denomination fformed by the reunion in 1939 of the northern and southern factions of the American Methodist Episcopal Church with the Methodist Protestant Church. ...

Notable Alumni

The interior of Goodson Chapel

• Gregory V. Palmer (M.Div. 1979) - a Bishop of the United Methodist Church
• Randall Wallace (Did not graduate, but did attend) - Hollywood Screenwriter, producer and director, involved with Braveheart, The Man in the Iron Mask, Pearl Harbor, and We Were Soldiers
• Hugh Westbrook (M.Div. 1970) - Hospice Care pioneer
• Edwin Charles Boulton (M.Div. 1953) - a Bishop of the United Methodist Church

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External links

• Official Website
• The Founding of Duke Divinity School
• Duke University
• http://www.ats.edu/member_schools/dukeduke.asp accreditation information]

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