In 1815, the Reverend William Ellery Channing laid out a vision for the graduates of the institution that would become Harvard Divinity School. In a fundraising circular written over the signature of Harvard President John T. Kirkland, Channing wrote that the new school’s alumni would be not only religious leaders who “speak to the conscience and heart with power,” but also scholars who “address our understandings with clearness” and “throw light over the obscurities of the sacred volume.”... Read more about 2019 Gomes Honors Emphasize Spiritual Innovation

In an era of rapid change in religious identity and practice, institutional leaders across America ask “to what are we faithful?” As affiliation declines and new communities emerge, we are torn between loyalty to what has been and a desire to be part of what is next.... Read more about ‘Faithful’ Looks Beyond Edges of Religious Traditions

Todne Thomas, an anthropologist who specializes in religion, race, and kinship, has been named Assistant Professor of African American Religions at Harvard Divinity School and a Suzanne Young Murray Assistant Professor at Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, effective July 1.... Read more about Todne Thomas Named Assistant Professor of African American Religions at HDS, Radcliffe

Both secular and faith-inspired international humanitarian organizations would benefit from a higher level of religious literacy to understand the religious dimensions of the contexts in which they work, concludes a new report by researchers from Oxfam and the Religious Literacy Project at Harvard Divinity School.... Read more about Religious Literacy: Critical for Both Secular and Faith-Inspired Humanitarian INGOs