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((more citations needed|date=September 2019))((Infobox university
| name = Duke Divinity School
| image = DukeDiv.jpg
| caption = Duke Divinity School Gray Building
| type = Private
| established = ((Start date and age|1926))
| parent = [[Duke University]]
| religious_affiliation = [[United Methodist Church]]
| dean = Edgardo Colón-Emeric
| city = [[Durham, North Carolina|Durham]], [[North Carolina]]
| website = ((url|divinity.duke.edu))
))

The '''Divinity School''' at [[Duke University]] in [[Durham, North Carolina]], is one of ten graduate or professional schools within Duke University. It is also one of thirteen [[seminaries]] founded and supported by the [[United Methodist Church]]. It has 39 regular rank faculty and 15 joint, secondary or adjunct faculty, and, as of 2017, an enrollment of 543 [[full-time equivalent]] students. The current dean of the '''Divinity School''' is the Rev. Dr. Edgardo Colón-Emeric, who assumed the deanship on Aug. 31, 2021. Former deans include the prominent New Testament scholar Richard B. Hays, who stepped down in 2015.

==History==
The '''Divinity School''' was founded in 1926 as the first graduate school at Duke,<ref>((Cite web|title = The Founding of Duke Divinity School ((!)) David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library|url = https://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/uarchives/history/articles/divinity|website = library.duke.edu|access-date = 2016-02-09))</ref> 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 in 1859, which provided free training for Methodist preachers in exchange for support from the church.  Though the school is affiliated with the United Methodist Church, it is also ecumenical in outlook and has both faculty and students from a variety of denominations.

The Divinity School consists of three buildings: the original Gray Building, the Langford Building, and the Westbrook Building. The most recent building is the Hugh A. Westbrook Building, which opened in 2005 and is ((convert|53000|sqft|m2)).  It also contains the 315-seat Bishop W. Kenneth Goodson Chapel with ((convert|55|ft|m|adj=on))-high ceilings, office space, a bookstore, cafe, outdoor patio, and a 177-seat lecture hall.

[[Stanley Hauerwas]], considered one of the leading exponents of postliberal and narrative approaches to theology, was a longtime professor at Duke Divinity School, serving as the Gilbert T. Rowe Professor of Theological Ethics. ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine named Hauerwas "America's Best Theologian" in 2001.<ref>Elshtain, Jean Bethke. [http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/americasbest/TIME/society.culture/pro.shauerwas.html CNN/Time – America's Best]. ''Time.'' Retrieved on May 30, 2007. ((webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070523140559/http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/americasbest/TIME/society.culture/pro.shauerwas.html |date=May 23, 2007 ))</ref> Hauerwas retired in 2013, but continues to write and speak at Duke as a senior research fellow.<ref>((cite web|title = How to (Not) Retire Theologically ((!)) Reflections|url = http://reflections.yale.edu/article/test-time-art-aging/how-not-retire-theologically|website = reflections.yale.edu|access-date = 2016-02-13))</ref> 

Duke Divinity also benefits from the resources of [[The Duke Endowment]], providing an outlet for this fund's support of higher education and the rural church in North Carolina. Resources from the Charlotte, NC–based endowment go to underwrite Divinity School programs for field education, continuing education, the Thriving Rural Communities Initiative, and Hispanic Ministries. The Divinity School also receives support from the Ministerial Education Fund of the United Methodist Church for student financial aid, faculty support, and other core mission programs of the school.

== Deans ==

* 1926–1928: Edmund Davison Soper
* 1928–1941: Elbert Russell
* 1941–1944: Paul Neff Garber
* 1944–1946: Harvie Branscomb
* 1946–1947: Gilbert T. Rowe (acting)
* 1947: Paul E. Root (died before assuming office)
* 1947–1950: Harold A. Bosley 
* 1950–1951: James Cannon III (acting)
* 1951–1958: James Cannon III
* 1958–1971: Robert Earl Cushman 
* 1971–1981: Thomas A. Langford
* 1981–1982: Jameson Jones
* 1982–1997: Dennis M. Campbell
* 1997–2010: [[L. Gregory Jones]]
* 2010–2015: [[Richard B. Hays]]
* 2015–2016: [[Ellen F. Davis]]
* 2016–2018: Elaine Heath<ref>((Cite web |title=Deans |url=http://divinityarchive.com/handle/11258/13738 |access-date=2023-04-24 |website=divinityarchive.com))</ref><ref>((Cite web |last=Shimron |first=Yonat |date=2018-08-03 |title=Duke Divinity School dean steps down as diversity struggle continues |url=https://religionnews.com/2018/08/03/duke-dean/ |access-date=2023-04-24 |website=Religion News Service |language=en-US))</ref>
* 2018–2021: L. Gregory Jones<ref>((Cite web |last=Hefner |first=April |title=Duke Divinity Dean Dr. L. Gregory Jones Appointed President of Belmont University ((!)) Belmont University News & Media |url=https://news.belmont.edu/duke-divinity-dean-dr-l-gregory-jones-appointed-president-of-belmont-university/ |access-date=2023-04-24 |language=en-US))</ref>
* 2021–present: Edgardo Colón-Emeric

==Notable faculty==
[[File:Divinitychapelduke.jpg|thumb|250 px|The exterior of Goodson Chapel, the worship space at Duke Divinity School.]]
*[[David Aers]], James B. Duke Professor of English and Historical Theology
*[[Jeremy Begbie]], Thomas A. Langford Distinguished Professor of Theology and director of the Duke Initiatives in Theology and the Arts
*[[Kate Bowler]], Associate Professor of American Religious History
*[[Luke Bretherton]], Robert E. Cushman Distinguished Professor of Moral and Political Theology
*[[Ellen F. Davis]], Amos Ragan Kearns Distinguished Professor of Bible and Practical Theology
*[[Stanley Hauerwas]], Gilbert T. Rowe Gilbert T. Rowe Professor Emeritus of Divinity and Law
*[[Richard B. Hays]], Former dean and George Washington Ivey Professor Emeritus of New Testament
*[[Frederick Herzog]], systematic theologian and champion of civil rights, on the faculty from 1960 to 1995
*[[Willie James Jennings]], Former Associate Professor of Theology and Black Church Studies
*[[L. Gregory Jones]], Dean of the Divinity School as well as Ruth W. and A. Morris Williams Jr. Distinguished Professor of Theology and Christian Ministry (also a Duke University alumnus)
*[[Richard Lischer|Richard Alan Lischer]], James T. and Alice Mead Cleland Professor Emeritus of Preaching
*C. Kavin Rowe, George Washington Ivey Distinguished Professor of New Testament
*[[Timothy Tyson]], Former Visiting Professor of American Christianity and Southern Culture
*[[Geoffrey Wainwright]], Robert Earl Cushman Professor Emeritus of Christian Theology
*[[Sam Wells (priest)|Samuel Wells]], research professor of Christian ethics at Duke Divinity School from 2005 to 2012
*[[Lauren Winner]], Associate Professor of Christian Spirituality
*[[William Willimon]], Professor of Practice of Christian Ministry as well as former United Methodist Church bishop 
*Norman Wirzba, Gilbert T. Rowe Distinguished Professor of Christian Theology as well as Senior Fellow at the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University

==Notable alumni==
[[File:InsideGoodsonChapel.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The interior of Goodson Chapel]]
* [[William Barber II]] ([[M.Div.]] 1989) - a civil rights activist and professor at [[Yale Divinity School]]
* [[Edwin Charles Boulton]] ([[M.Div.]] 1953) – a [[bishop]] of the [[United Methodist Church]]
* Kenneth H. Carter Jr. ([[M.Div.]]) – a [[bishop]] of the [[United Methodist Church]] and Bishop-in-Residence at Duke Divinity School<ref>((cite web |title=Kenneth H.. Carter Jr |url=https://faithandleadership.com/authors/kenneth-h-carter-jr |website=Faith & Leadership |publisher=Duke University |access-date=8 December 2021))</ref>
* [[Finis Alonzo Crutchfield Jr.]] (1940) – bishop of the United Methodist Church (1972–1974)
* [[Ernest A. Fitzgerald]] (B.D. degree, 1951) – retired bishop of the United Methodist Church
*[[Amile Jefferson]] (MA in Christian Studies 2017) – [[NBA]] player with the [[Orlando Magic]], first Duke basketball player to be a 4 time All-ACC Academic All-Star.
*[[Vergel L. Lattimore]] ([[M.Div.]] 1977) – [[Air National Guard]] brigadier general
*[[Deidre Palmer]], president of the [[Uniting Church in Australia]] from 8 July 2018
*[[Gregory V. Palmer]] ([[M.Div.]] 1979) – former president of the United Methodist Council of [[Bishops]] (2008–2010)
*[[Andrew Purves]] (Th. M. degree) – holds the Hugh Thomson Kerr Chair in Pastoral Theology at [[Pittsburgh Theological Seminary]]
*[[Mack B. Stokes]] (B.D. degree, 1935) – retired 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''
*[[Roy Kinneer Patteson Jr.]], Th.M, 1964; Ph.D graduate studies in religion 1967. Noted ancient language scholar, authority on the origin of the alphabet and former president of [[Southern Virginia University]] and [[King University|King College]]
*Sandra Steiner Ball (M.Div. 1987) – a [[bishop]] of the [[United Methodist Church]]
*[[Jacob C. Martinson Jr.]] (1957) – former president of [[Andrew College]], [[Brevard College]], and [[High Point University]]
*[[Beverly Roberts Gaventa]] (Ph.D. degree) – distinguished professor of New Testament interpretation at [[Baylor University]] and Helen H.P. Manson Professor of New Testament Literature and Exegesis Emerita at [[Princeton Theological Seminary]]
*Hugh A. Westbrook  (M.Div., 1970) – hospice pioneer and co-founder of Hospice Care, Inc (later [[VITAS Healthcare]])

== Awards and prizes ==
Among its student awards, the Divinity School awards a prize for Excellence in Writing in honor of the American theologian and writer, [[Frederick Buechner]]. Winners of the prize are selected by faculty in recognition of their significant achievements in these areas.

Other annual student awards include the Award for Excellence in Bible, the Hoyt Hickman Award for Excellence in Liturgics, and the Jameson Jones Preaching Award.<ref>((Cite web|date=May 24, 2018|title=News: School Celebrates 92nd Baccalaureate Service|url=https://divinity.duke.edu/news/school-celebrates-92nd-baccalaureate-service|access-date=July 18, 2020|website=Duke Divinity School))</ref>

==References==
((Reflist))

==External links==
* ((Official website|http://www.divinity.duke.edu/))
*[http://www.duke.edu/ Duke University]
*[https://archive.org/details/ncreligion The Religion in North Carolina Digital Collection]


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