Perspective

  • Doctor of Pastoral Music Research Showcase

    Perkins School of Theology invites you to join faculty, students and alumni at 6 p.m. on April 9, in Bridwell Library. The Sacred Music program at Perkins will host the second Doctor of Pastoral Music (D.P.M.) Research Showcase. The event will include academic presentations by current visiting scholar Jose Luis Manrique and Joshua Taylor, a…


  • Hindemith’s “Das Marienleben (The Life of Mary), op. 27 to be performed March 25.

    Hindemith’s “Das Marienleben (The Life of Mary), op. 27 to be performed March 25.

    Hindemith’s cycle “Das Marienleben” sets to music Rainer Maria Rilke’s 15 poems written under the same collective title. The poetry appeared in 1912, Hindemith’s setting in 1923. In 1948, Hindemith revisited the music and produced a revised version, the one most performed today. This concert offers the seldom-heard original work of 1923. Performers: Alissa Ruth…


  • Perkins mourns loss of Dr. Chuck Aaron

    Perkins mourns loss of Dr. Chuck Aaron

    Rev. Dr. Charles Aaron, co-director of the Perkins Intern Program since 2017, passed away unexpectedly on Nov. 29. After undergraduate studies at Lambuth College and earning a Master of Counseling from Memphis State University, Chuck received his Master of Divinity from Perkins in 1985 and a Ph.D. in Old Testament from Union Theological Seminary in…