Jennifer Garner is a successful actress, but she has always been interested in religion and spirituality. In a recent interview, she shared the deeply thoughtful reason she would like to go to divinity school.
“I grew up in a very religious household,” Garner said. “My parents were both devout Methodists, and I went to church every Sunday. I loved learning about the Bible and the teachings of Jesus Christ. I found it all very inspiring.”
“I would have really liked being a minister,” she told Allure. “My mom thinks I still will be.” Garner told the Allure writer that she often attends church with her three children, Violet, 17, Seraphina, 14, and Samuel, 11, the eldest of whom teaches Sunday school.
As Garner got older, she began to question her faith. “I went through a period of doubt,” she said. “I started to wonder if there was really a God, and if so, why did so much bad stuff happen in the world? I was struggling to find my way.”
Eventually, Garner found her way back to her faith. “I realized that religion is not about having all the answers,” she said. “It’s about asking the questions and trying to find meaning in life. It’s about connecting with something bigger than yourself.”
Garner’s interest in religion and spirituality has led her to consider going to divinity school.
“What I like about the study of religion, it reminds me of the study of theater—it’s really a liberal arts education,” Garner said. “You have to understand history, geography, literature. It’s art, it’s everything. I don’t know anything about Hinduism, Islam, so many other religions, and I wish I did. That feels like a sign of respect.”
Garner is not the only celebrity who has expressed an interest in divinity school. In recent years, a number of high-profile actors, musicians, and athletes have enrolled in divinity school. For example, actress Julia Roberts is a graduate of the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and singer Bono is a student at the Jesuit Weston Jesuit School of Theology in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Jennifer Garner is thinking about going back to Divinity school— Jared Ingle (@JaredIngle2022) May 10, 2023
