YA L E D I V I N I T Y S C H O O L
S P E C T RUM
Volume 12 Number 1 2013 Yale Divinity School, 409 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511 Spectrum, a magazine for graduates and friends of Yale Divinity School, Berkeley Divinity School at Yale, and the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, is published once per year by the YDS Office of Communications and Media. All correspondence regarding Spectrum should be addressed to divinity.alumni@yale.edu or at the School’s mailing address 409 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511.
2013
PUBLISHER Gregory E. Sterling, Dean EDITOR Gustav Spohn ’73 M.A.R. DESIGNER Jared Gilbert ’12 M.Div. Cover photo of Dean Gregory E. Sterlng by Michael Marsland, Yale University Photographer.
Faculty Books Class Notes
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24
Year in Review:
Alumni Books
In Memoriam
YDS on the global map
46
54
Election Year 2012: taking stock of American values, spiritual politics
preaching on the internet, communion on the dirt track, caring for outer space, securing LGBT rights, going after big oil, and more . . .
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18
Innovation and expansion at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music
59
With Creativity and Passion, Berkeley Students Are “Out Ahead”
Honor Roll of Donors
67
Gifts of Leadership
75
11
Contemporary ministry:
Graduating Students
Planning for Diverse Careers
6
60
A note from the Office of Alumni Relations
61
The Dean’s Perspective: preparing students for a new Christian era
63
Race and Inclusion Initiative creates momentum to improve campus culture
65
YDS by the Numbers 5
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Financial Report
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