News Archive
The Mormon Homosexual: Caring and Curing from the 1970s to the Present
WSRP Research Associate Taylor Petrey delivers his talk, “The Mormon Homosexual: Caring and Curing from the 1970s to the Present.”
Humans of HDS: Acceptance in Religious Communities
Jeremy Sher, MDiv ’16, talks about his path to the rabbinate and how Jewish communities can be more inclusive.
Video: From India: The Rhythms of Life
Grammy-nominated tabla player Sandeep Das and sitar player Rajib Karmaker perform music from India. HDS professor Anne Monius offers remarks. Listen on SoundCloud
Mark Jordan Named One of Harvard's Top Professors
The Harvard Crimson has named Mark D. Jordan, a leading expert on Christian sexuality and sexual ethics, one the top 15 professors at the University.
Video: Speaking the Sikh Experience: Visible Difference in the Crucible of Change
This event was organized by the Religions and the Practice of Peace Colloquium and co-sponsored with the conference "Pluralism Project @ 25: Diversity and Inclusion in the American Crucible." The featured speakers were Sarbpreet Singh, playwright...
Video: Diversity and Inclusion in the American Crucible
For twenty-five years, the Pluralism Project at Harvard has studied the changing religious landscape of the United States. “The Pluralism Project at 25: Diversity and Inclusion in the American Crucible,” co-sponsored with the El Hibri Foundation, marks...
Hempton: Work Toward Peace Every Day
HDS Dean David N. Hempton is a social historian of religion with particular expertise in populist traditions of evangelicalism in Europe, North America, and beyond. On September 21, 2016, he spoke at the Morning Prayers service in Holden Chapel, Harvard...
Humans of HDS: Finding Community After Coming Out
Student River Olsen talks about how she didn’t know what community meant until she came out and allowed herself to be vulnerable and authentic.
The Sacred in Harry Potter
An online class on reading the Harry Potter books as sacred texts has proven a popular offering for the Humanist Hub at Harvard and a resulting podcast has since climbed as high as No. 2 on the iTunes top podcasts. It's led by Harvard Divinity School...
Peace, in Theory and Practice
Earlier this month, I was one of six Harvard Divinity School students sitting in the United Nations’ Security Council chamber listening to delegates from countries around the world talk about how faith and religion were both causes and solutions to peace...
Video: How We’ve Studied Religions at CSWR (1960– )
Former directors, residents, and students of the Center for the Study of World Religions discuss the different eras of the Center’s history of studying religion.
Examining U.S.-Mexico Ties In the Age of Trump
Professor Davíd Carrasco had strong words of his own for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's disparagement of Mexican immigrants, drawing on cultural and political history to make his case.
Highlighting Forgotten Histories
This summer, thanks to several generous gifts in support of Dean David N. Hempton’s campaign initiatives, HDS continued its ongoing effort to provide students with financial support so that they can serve communities locally and abroad through...
Convocation for a Bicentennial
Seriously and joyfully, HDS began the academic year, and celebration of its bicentennial year, with images and words that looked back with candor and respect and simultaneously propagated enthusiasm for the school’s colorfully bannered mission to...
Mother Teresa and Me (and You)
Professor Frank Clooney, director of the Center for the Study of World Religions, recalls his encounter with Mother Teresa, who will be canonized as a saint on Sunday, September 4.
Humans of HDS: Addressing Others' True Needs
Ashley Clements graduated with a master of divinity degree in May 2016. She will begin a hospital chaplain residency at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston this fall and is pursuing ordination as an interfaith chaplain.
Stepping Forward Into the Third Century
After reflecting on the formation of Harvard Divinity School in 1816, Harvard President Drew Faust looked out to the crowd of HDS faculty, students, staff, and friends gathered on the Campus Green and told them that their community not only embodies the...
Video: HDS Convocation 2016: Challenges for a Third Century
On August 30, former HDS Dean George Rupp delivered the 2016 Convocation address in which he encouraged HDS to focus on three areas of strength as it enters its third century. Harvard University President Drew Faust offered welcoming remarks. Audio...
Photos: ‘Faces of Divinity’ Kicks Off School's Bicentennial Year
HDS has undertaken an audacious project to combine critical thinking about religion with the training of religious leaders in the context of a research university.
Video: What is a Multireligious Divinity School?
A panel of HDS faculty launches the bicentennial of HDS by discussing the outcome of the 200-year history of the School: a multireligious divinity school. Audio
Michigan Court Drops Charges of Transgender Discrimination
Last week, a Michigan district court ruled to dismiss charges of discrimination against a Detroit-area funeral home, citing religious freedom as legitimate grounds upon which one can fire a transgender employee.
Politics Into Poetry
As we move into the campaigns’ last months, we need an antidote to the weightless, reckless words crowding the atmosphere, writes Professor Stephanie Paulsell.
Addressing Challenges for the Third Century
On August 30, George Rupp, former Dean of Harvard Divinity School, will deliver the keynote address during the School’s Convocation. The event, during which Harvard President Drew Faust will offer an introduction, also marks the kickoff to HDS’s...
Thought, Feeling, and Purpose
In Harvard Magazine, President Drew Faust pens a letter that discusses the importance of HDS's mission, and celebrates the School's upcoming bicentennial.
Professor Holland on Trump's Utah Problem
Donald Trump's " inwardly looking nativism clashes with the international instincts of the state's predominate faith," writes Professor David Holland.
Promoting Religious Literacy in a Digital Age
The Pamphlet is a new podcast devoted to the surprising history of Unitarian Universalism, including its connections to pirates in the colonial era and to Communist spies in the 1950s. HDS alumnus Sean Neil-Barron, MDiv ’15, who cocreated the podcast...
Called by the Woods
Katrina Peterson, MDiv '16, penned a personal essay that explores the relationship between humans, nature, and well-being.
Humans of HDS: On Faith and Scholarship
HDS professor and director of the CSWR Francis X. Clooney, S.J. discusses the importance of comparative religious study and his unique path from Brooklyn to Nepal to Cambridge.
Professor Jackson Pens The Work of Art
In its review, Publishers Weekly says Professor Michael Jackson's new book, The Work of Art, "p rovocatively challenges our understanding of the categories art and religion."
Bringing Faces of Divinity to Life
The history of Harvard Divinity School may not be what you think. To celebrate HDS’s bicentennial, Ann Braude, director of the Women’s Studies in Religion Program and Senior Lecturer on American Religious History, has worked for more than eight months on...
