Comments on: Tips on Applying: Spotlight on Harvard Divinity School

By: jondh

jondh — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:08:09 +0000

One of my (LDS) friends is a PhD candidate at Chicago and another at Rice Studying with April DeConick. Shoot me an email and I can get you more info.

By: smallaxe

smallaxe — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 05:40:05 +0000

Please keep these spotlights coming. How about one for every major Div. school/Rel. studies program?

I’ve made requests from LDSs at several other programs and will post their responses when I get them, but if you know of anyone at the programs you mention (or recent graduates), please let me know.

By: Kevin Barney

Kevin Barney — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:36:29 +0000

David is a really good guy. You guys are very lucky to have him for your institute teacher.

By: Michael I.

Michael I. — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:34:02 +0000

Justin,

Thank you very much for that link. I had never seen that article before. It’s as if most of it were written yesterday. It would be interesting to see if the number of Mormons at divinity schools dropped in the 80s and 90s, and we are seeing a resurgence now, or if this has been the state of the field all along. It would seem to me if things continued to grow from the 70s, there would be many more Mormon scholars doing work in religious studies.

I also agree that these spotlights should continue.

By: oudenos

oudenos — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:13:21 +0000

Rice, Indiana, Notre Dame, BU, Virginia, Brown. Such an ongoing project would be really valuable to aspiring LDS scholars and insightful for those students who are curious about conditions in other schools around the country.

By: oudenos

oudenos — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:02:20 +0000

These posts are enjoyable. Please keep these spotlights coming. How about one for every major Div. school/Rel. studies program? Emory, Duke, Chicago, Vandy, Claremont, etc.

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:44:56 +0000

Thanks, Michael, for the interesting insights. This series reminds me of a Sunstone article on LDS divinity school students published 30 years ago.

By: The Yellow Dart

The Yellow Dart — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:41:48 +0000

Thanks very much for this writeup Michael!

TYD

By: Nitsav

Nitsav — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:08:22 +0000

Indeed it is, James.

By: Michael I.

Michael I. — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:06:31 +0000

James,

That’s the man.