“The idea of Shabbat—the way that I’ve always taken it to heart, or what makes me feel better when I’m so overwhelmed with work and asking, “How can I take a day off?”—is the guiding principle that you spend six days changing the world and then one day letting the world change you.”—Shira Telushkin, MDiv '18... Read more about Humans of HDS: Something I'm Proud Of

Professor Catherine Brekus takes listeners on a journey through the history of American chosenness and how the concepts relate to our understanding of American exceptionalism today during The Faith Angle Forum in May.

On Thursday, Dec. 8, Dean Baquet, the executive editor of the New York Times, lamented the dearth of good religion journalism in an NPR interview with Terry Gross. On the very same day, the Times's religion reporter, Laurie Goodstein, echoed his concerns at the Religious Literacy in Journalism symposium at HDS.

Through the Religious Literacy and the Professions Initiative, Senior Lecturer Diane Moore hopes to enhance understanding of religions to undercut bigotry and prejudice.