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The thing with feathers: “What do you say when people ask you about divinity school?”
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Divinity School
His real name is Christian, and before this last spring semester ended, I often imagined describing Vanderbilt Divinity School to him— a person with the spiritual capacity for the whole answer but would likely get annoyed if I rambled on too long deconstructing the jargon.
Sometimes, when I tell patrons I’m studying theology at a divinity school, they act surprised, but the surprise is a two-fold assumption that, one, I’m going on to be ordained, and two, I’m a Christian.
I’m often surprised at the avians that leave my throat when certain people ask— who knew birds could look and sound like that?
When people ask me about divinity school, answering feels disingenuous because I want to give certainty, especially to the ones I love.
program at Vanderbilt Divinity School.