Programs

EDS will honor the work, theology, and enduring activism of Ruby Sales ’98, a preeminent Freedom Fighter, public theologian, and EDS alum in a “Passing of the Torch” ceremony the evening of Friday, May 29, 2026 at the Lesley University South Campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

We welcomed alums and friends of EDS back to Cambridge for the 2026 Kellogg Lecture & Alum Weekend.

For our second colloquium for our course Palestinian Liberation Theology with Rev. Dr. Fadi Diab, we welcomed Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb, a prolific voice in contemporary Palestinian Christian thought and a key architect of the Kairos Palestine document. This session delves into the "Pedagogy of Hope" within a context of occupation and injustice.

Join us in learning a bit more about Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and praying for those who were stolen, and those impacted, as we seek to end the violence.

For our first colloquium for our course Palestinian Liberation Theology with Rev. Dr. Fadi Diab, Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac offers an invitation to "step into the other side of the wall" to listen to the stories and perspectives of the "Living Stones" of the Holy Land.

This course, taught by the Rev. Dr. Fadi Diab, a leading Palestinian theologian and advocate for justice and peace, introduces students to Palestinian Liberation Theology as it has emerged from the lived experience of Palestinian Christians under conditions of dispossession, military occupation, and displacement.

A course with Dr. Kwok Pui Lan and Julian Davis Reid to cultivate a spirituality of resilience living into the liberatory Gospel of Jesus Christ

Designed to support, connect, and sustain women and nonbinary clergy, the Women Clergy Gathering at EPN 2026, sponsored by Episcopal Divinity School, offers a powerful space for courage, wisdom, and shared leadership.

Continuing to emphasize theology as a kind of story/telling, Dr. Hill explored how an artist's viewpoint creates opportunity for theological truth-telling.

A meaningful conversation about faith, money, and justice. The Rev. Dr. Elizabeth Mae Magill, Coordinator of Community Life at EDS, will be in conversation with President and Dean Lydia Bucklin to discuss her new book, "When Did We See You? A Lenten Exploration of Poverty and Wealth."

Offered in conjuction with the Iona Collaborative at Seminary of the Southwest, the Rev. Dr. Elizabeth Mae Magill, will teach this virtual course where participants will explore how churches of all sizes can respond to today’s social, civic, and spiritual challenges through meaningful community engagement, service, and advocacy.

Emphasizing theology as a kind of story/telling, Dr. Tyler will highlight how theopoetics provides a creative way one can think and talk about the divine.

EDS Alums and former faculty and staff who have engaged with Visions Training and/or the EDS-Cambridge Foundations for Theological Praxis course are invited to join this virtual training series to refresh your memory and consider applications of VISIONS guidelines in your current unique context.

At a moment when the hard-won gains of the Civil Rights Movement are under renewed threat, Riverside Church, in partnership with the Episcopal Divinity School, calls the city—and the nation—to remember, recommit, and rise.

Join EDS for a special community book read and virtual conversation with Dean Lydia Bucklin and one of The Episcopal Church’s leading thinkers around 21st-century ministry and mission, who we’re proud to call an EDS alum, the Rev. Canon Dr. Stephanie Spellers ’04. We’re diving into her latest book, "Church Tomorrow?"