About Rivendell

 

Our mission to explore the intersection of Christian faith and contemporary scholarship brings into focus two vital considerations. How does Christian faith still speak to the ideas, issues, and concerns of contemporary society as these are formulated in our colleges and universities? How can our academic institutions become places where voices of faith are heard as conversation partners in the formation of a new generation of scholars and leaders?

We founded the Rivendell Institute to take up and explore these and other questions as servants to and within Yale University. In our research, writing, and teaching we aim to cultivate an intellectually responsible, and responsive, Christian faith that will stimulate others in their own scholarly work. Through the various lectures and forums that we host, we seek to enrich the environment on campus by providing opportunities for thoughtful engagement with issues of the age from a faith perspective, and to do so in the spirit of a public conversation. Our numerous spiritual formation activities—our training seminars, small group studies, retreats, and personal mentoring—aim to nurture the faith of Christian students and faculty as they undertake the challenge of living out their convictions in their personal and professional lives.

 

Exploring the Intersection of Christian Faith and

 

 

Contemporary Scholarship

 Research                              Spiritual Formation               Public Conversation

 

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