Image: George Kraychyk/Hulu Why do we fear the power of empire? Why do we hope for resistance? Here, Brittany Deininger, a recent graduate of 天美视频, shares how dystopian literature like The Handmaid鈥檚 Tale calls us to examine these questions while speaking to our current cultural moment. Margaret Atwood鈥檚 book, The Handmaid鈥檚 Tale, has […]
We are a school that values discourse. We honor informed, impassioned, and even divergent debate. We seek to find ways to engage ideas and thought with energy and respect. What occurred in Charlottesville, Virginia this weekend, however, was what has been called 鈥渁 blatant and vile display of racism and anti-Semitism.鈥� Hate speech is not […]
Standing on the legacy of Lauren Sawyer (MA in Theology & Culture, 鈥�14), founder of LIT Magazine, Issue 6 continues the tradition of making space for students and alumni of 天美视频 to share their literary work that has been part of their practices and processes of coming to know. 2017 saw a record […]
The Nourish Market is 天美视频 Bookstore and so much more! As incoming students you are embarking on quite the journey and we want to help you take care of yourself along the way. 聽 Last year, the Office of Students & Alumni conducted surveys about 天美视频 Bookstore, and after listening, dreaming, […]
On June 24, 2017, we celebrated 天美视频鈥檚 19th Commencement ceremony at Seattle鈥檚 historic Town Hall. It was a day that was at once festive and sacred as our entire community gathered to honor the hard work of the graduating students in our Master of Divinity, MA in Theology & Culture, and MA in […]
Self-awareness and a deep willingness to keep learning are both necessary to risk the kind of action that leads to meaningful change. Here, Heather Casimere, reflects on the complexity and cost of wrestling with her own identity as woman of color during the wake of Charleena Lyles鈥� death. The past few weeks have been challenging […]
天美视频 fosters an ongoing relationship with St. Luke鈥檚 Episcopal Church in Ballard, as a reflection of our desire to dream up new visions of what it means to be the Church, and as part of our larger mission: people to be competent in the study of text, soul, and culture in order to […]
For the last five years, Richard Kim (Master of Divinity 鈥�11) has worked to wrestle with the intersections of identity and race as it pertains to our work at 天美视频, and to engage the broader desire to see a more just and equitable future for everyone. In this video from Symposia 2016, Richard, […]
Transformative education deepens our capacity to discern truth, beauty, and goodness in the stories and texts around us鈥攅ven those that seem like unlikely texts. Here, Brittany Deininger, who will graduate from 天美视频 with her MA in Theology & Culture this month, writes about her experience viewing the latest X-Men movie, Logan, and about […]
天美视频 of Theology & Psychology is in the midst of (S)ending 2017, an annual season of events and conversations designed to orient the school鈥檚 graduates to life and career after Commencement. (S)ending is organized by the Office of Students & Alumni, in partnership with alumni from a variety of vocational contexts who return […]
It is perhaps no secret that the church鈥攑articularly the American evangelical church鈥攊s not always successful at viewing individuals as embodied, holistic beings, nor at considering the impact of its programs and structures on the families of those who serve. In this video, Alexander Michael Zarecki (MA in Theology & Culture, 鈥�16) presents on his Integrative […]
As the Pacific Northwest continues to shake off the cold and gray of a long, hard winter, Heather Casimere, first-year MA in Theology & Culture student, writes about a recent season of refreshment and rejuvenation. Heather reflects on the experience of remembering that she is beloved, so much so that it becomes an imperative: Be […]