Alumni News and Profiles

Divinity Dialogues: Lama Rod Owens on Love, Rage, and Freedom

June 10, 2021

Continuing Divinity Dialogues—a special edition podcast series from Harvard Divinity School that puts conversations on faith, purpose, and bearing witness at the center of today’s most pressing issues. ... Read more about Divinity Dialogues: Lama Rod Owens on Love, Rage, and Freedom

Joshua Eaton, MDiv ’10, investigative journalist and 2021 Gomes Honoree.

Divinity Dialogues: Investigative Journalist Joshua Eaton on the 'Hot Take Industrial Complex'

June 4, 2021

Introducing Divinity Dialogues—a special edition podcast series from Harvard Divinity School that puts conversations on faith, purpose, and bearing witness at the center of today’s most pressing issues.... Read more about Divinity Dialogues: Investigative Journalist Joshua Eaton on the 'Hot Take Industrial Complex'

Video: HDS Gomes Honors Alumni Program

May 26, 2021

HDS celebrated the 2021 Peter J. Gomes STB '68 Distinguished Alumni Honors on May 4. This year's alumni honorees are: Joshua Eaton, MDiv ’10; Dr. Omar Sultan Haque, MTS ‘04, MD ’08; Robin Coste Lewis, MTS '97; and Lama Rod Owens, MDiv ’17.... Read more about Video: HDS Gomes Honors Alumni Program

Pastor Puts Entrepreneurial Skills to Work This Time to Get People Vaccinated

May 11, 2021

Dallas pastor Richie Butler, MTS '96, has blazed a trail through the worlds of real estate and ministry in Texas and nationwide, developing more than $500 million in urban properties, leading iconic Black churches and launching initiatives to combat racism and deliver COVID-19 testing and vaccinations to communities of color.

Monks take part in a demonstration against the military coup in Myanmar. Photo by Getty

Beyond the Coup in Myanmar: Don’t Ignore the Religious Dimensions

May 4, 2021

HDS Fellow in Religion and Public Life Susan Hayward explains the history of religious political action in Myanmar and why this time is different.

Zion Church in Iowa. Photo by Getty Images

Fewer Americans Belong to a House of Worship. What's Filling the God Gap?

April 14, 2021

"As people are leaving formal institutions—they're no longer members of a congregation—it doesn't mean that their spirituality no longer exists. They're still looking for community. They're still looking for mentorship and intergenerational connection. And for most of them they still believe in God or a higher power," says Casper ter Kuile, HDS Ministry Innovation Fellow.

Courage and Compassion in a Volatile World

April 8, 2021

In a year unlike any other, HDS celebrates the diversity of alumni impact in the public sphere with the 2021 Gomes Honors.... Read more about Courage and Compassion in a Volatile World

Humans of HDS: A View from the Inside

March 30, 2021

Johnna Loreen, MTS '18, works as an education navigator, advocating for and advising people who want to start or continue their education upon their release from incarceration.... Read more about Humans of HDS: A View from the Inside

After Harvard, Young Chicagoan Has New Campaign to Change Black Church Attitudes toward LGBTQ People

March 15, 2021

With a $40,000 grant, Don Abram, MDiv '19, has embarked on a project he calls “Pride in the Pews.” He plans to collect 66 stories of Black queer Christians—66, he notes, is the number of books in the Bible—in the hopes that the stories will open closed minds.

Man sits alone in church sanctuary / Photo: Catholic Church of England and Wales

Podcast: Religion in the Time of Pandemic

March 12, 2021

Religious life, like everything else in life, has been drastically impacted by the COVID-19 global pandemic.... Read more about Podcast: Religion in the Time of Pandemic

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Alumni News and Profiles

Divinity Dialogues: Lama Rod Owens on Love, Rage, and Freedom

Divinity Dialogues: Investigative Journalist Joshua Eaton on the 'Hot Take Industrial Complex'

Video: HDS Gomes Honors Alumni Program

Pastor Puts Entrepreneurial Skills to Work This Time to Get People Vaccinated

Beyond the Coup in Myanmar: Don’t Ignore the Religious Dimensions

Fewer Americans Belong to a House of Worship. What's Filling the God Gap?

Courage and Compassion in a Volatile World

Humans of HDS: A View from the Inside

After Harvard, Young Chicagoan Has New Campaign to Change Black Church Attitudes toward LGBTQ People

Podcast: Religion in the Time of Pandemic

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