Graduate Profile: Khadija Ali Amghaiab, MTS '21

May 17, 2021

HDS communications reached out to our 2021 graduating students to hear from them in their own words about their experiences at HDS, the people who've helped and inspired them along their grad school journeys, and their plans for the future.... Read more about Graduate Profile: Khadija Ali Amghaiab, MTS '21

Video: Follow-up Panel on Abuse of Power in Alternative and Emerging Spiritual and Cultural Organizations

April 20, 2021

In the wake of our February 25 Virtual Panel, “Abuse of Power in Alternative and Emerging Spiritual and Cultural Organizations,” many people have expressed a desire to continue the conversation. Therefore, we are launching an ongoing discussion on our platform around this complex and sensitive topic.... Read more about Video: Follow-up Panel on Abuse of Power in Alternative and Emerging Spiritual and Cultural Organizations

A Poem for Venus

April 16, 2021

HDS student Suzannah Omonuk wrote a poem imagining what life was like for an enslaved woman who lived and worked on campus in the 18th century.... Read more about A Poem for Venus

Humans of HDS: Forming Identity, Finding Belonging

April 7, 2021

“I had one interaction with a patient who had trouble talking and had to communicate by writing on notebook paper. And as she struggled to write, she told me that she was preparing to be her husband’s co-caretaker now that they were both in a place of poor health. As a chaplain, to receive that note and see the love that was poured into it was beautiful. That is what ‘holy’ is. I still carry that specific note with me, almost as one would a prayer card,” says Steven Fisher, MDiv '21.... Read more about Humans of HDS: Forming Identity, Finding Belonging

The Vision Continues: Reflections on the 5th Annual BRSCC

March 29, 2021

The following essay was written by Kayla J. Smith, third-year MDiv student and President of Harambee: Students of African Descent.

The 5th annual Black Religion, Spirituality, and Culture Conference (BRSCC) at Harvard, hosted by Harambee: Students of African Descent at HDS, occurred February 11-12, 2021.... Read more about The Vision Continues: Reflections on the 5th Annual BRSCC

Committed to the Pursuit of Learning

March 24, 2021

Madeline Levy, MTS ’21, reflects on her time at HDS and the growth she's experienced over the last two years.

MTS candidate Rebecca J. Nunziato holding her cat

A Crash Course in Decolonizing—From an RV

March 11, 2021

When Rebecca J. Nunziato—the creator behind the “Decolonize Everything” podcast and a first-year graduate student at the Harvard Divinity School—thought about living in a recreational vehicle, she envisioned it would progress naturally from her growing interests in leading a nomadic lifestyle.

Carlito Ortiz hugs Lisa Loughlin, a Common Cathedral chaplain, after she prayed with him in Back Bay Station. Photo by Boston Globe

Chaplains and the Rise of On-Demand Spiritual Support

March 9, 2021

HDS student Steven Salido Fisher and Senior Lecturer Cheryl Giles discuss how people are increasingly turning to a different kind of pastor when and where they’re needed.

Keona Wynne, PhD candidate at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Humans of HDS: The Place of Spirituality in Public Health Discourse

March 2, 2021

"Taking the HDS course 'Change, Adversity and Spiritual Resilience' opened my eyes to the extent of the spiritual crisis that people are walking through whenever they are undergoing change, whether positive or negative," says Keona Wynne, PhD candidate at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.... Read more about Humans of HDS: The Place of Spirituality in Public Health Discourse

Exploring Death, Music, and Spirituality in Field Education

February 10, 2021

HDS MDiv candidate Julia Reimann discusses her field education work with Harps of Comfort, a group of palliative musicians offering virtual music sessions to isolated COVID-19 patients, and how it allowed her to dream up and produce a podcast to further develop her pastoral voice and investigate the intersections of end of life care, spirituality, and music.

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Student Activities and Interviews

Graduate Profile: Khadija Ali Amghaiab, MTS '21

Video: Follow-up Panel on Abuse of Power in Alternative and Emerging Spiritual and Cultural Organizations

A Poem for Venus

Humans of HDS: Forming Identity, Finding Belonging

The Vision Continues: Reflections on the 5th Annual BRSCC

Committed to the Pursuit of Learning

A Crash Course in Decolonizing—From an RV

Chaplains and the Rise of On-Demand Spiritual Support

Humans of HDS: The Place of Spirituality in Public Health Discourse

Exploring Death, Music, and Spirituality in Field Education

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