Join Rev. Todd Maberry and Dr. Nina Balmaceda, Consulting Faculty and Associate Director for the Center for Reconciliation (CFR) at Duke Divinity School as they talk about her life and work. Dr. Balmaceda has contributed to the legal profession in Peru and she is the current president of Peace and Hope International. She instructs Divinity students through her work with the CFR and also as a professor in and co-director of the Certificate in Faith-based Organizing, Advocacy, and Social Transformation. Find the book she mentions, Forgiveness and Reconciliation: Religion, Public Policy, and Conflict Transformation edited by Helmick and Peterson here https://templetonpress.org/books/forgiveness-and-reconciliation/. Stream The Chair on Netflix.

Learn more about the Center for Reconciliation, their programing, and global impact on their website: https://divinity.duke.edu/initiatives/cfr

More information on international Field Education opportunities for Residential Master of Divinity students can be found here: https://divinity.duke.edu/formation/field-education/international-field-education

Join us for our next faculty conversation between Rev. Maberry and Dr. Ron Rittgers. They cover topics such as, the value of having space to ask all your questions and what it means to be a theologian of the cross. Dr. Rittgers explains his scholarship broadly as taking what we have learned from the past and applying it to the present day. He explores the delight in unearthing texts and engaging previous generations of Christians. And, perhaps most importantly, they answer the question: can you be cool and a Christian at the same time?

Dr. Rittgers recent publication, A Widower's Lament: The Pious Meditations of Johann Christoph Oelhafen, can be found here. Find a copy of the book Dr. Rittgers recently read, Josef Pieper's, Faith, Hope, and Love, online. You can stream Picard on Paramount+.

Learn more about the Duke Divinity student body on our website: https://divinity.duke.edu/admissions/our-students

If you have just started thinking about graduate theological education, this episode will be a resource for you! "Start Here" features the three Duke Divinity School recruiters discussing basic questions like:

What is graduate school?

What are the degree options at Duke?

What are some tips for successfully starting this process?

We hope that you will enjoy this conversation and learn a little about where to start.