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Bundles of Hope
As someone who recently earned her master of theological studies degree, Mitul Daiyan never pictured herself playing a role in launching a social venture start-up, but the HDS graduate is doing exactly that. Daiyan, MTS '15, is one of the founders of...
Barakat Bundle

Engaging Pluralism Theologically in Melbourne
Professor Frank Clooney, the CSWR director, writes about nearing the end of a month-long visit to Melbourne and the Australian Catholic University, where he once again was a visiting research scholar and a kind of academic consultant in the Institute for...
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Collecting Artifacts and Knowledge
This summer, thanks to several generous gifts in support of Dean David N. Hempton's campaign initiatives, HDS launched a new effort to provide students with financial support so they can serve communities locally and abroad through organizations unable to...
Kaitlyn Justus

Audio: The 'Digital Cathedral'
These are challenging times for churches in the United States. Membership is dropping in virtually all Christian denominations, but especially mainline Protestantism. The “nones”— Americans unaffiliated with any religion—are on the rise: they now...
Rev. Keith Anderson MDiv '00, author of Digital Cathedral

Video: A Vibrant and Transforming Experience
"The classroom atmosphere is vibrant, the professors are some of the best in the world, and the field education experience is transformative." Upali Sramon, a 2013–14 Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Scholar with the Buddhist Ministry Program, discusses...
Upali Sramon, 2013–14 Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Scholar

Religious Freedom: Under Attack or Misunderstood?
Since June, when the Supreme Court of the United States issued a ruling that same-sex marriage is a constitutional right, assertions that religious freedom is " under attack" in the United States have gained prominence. Some of those fearful that...
Dudley Rose

Finding a Bridge between Public Health and Religious Studies
Benjamin Perkins is an HDS alumnus, a vice president for the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association (AHA/ASA), and an ordained minister. As if that wasn't enough, Perkins, MDiv '00, began serving in July as a member of the Fenway Health...
Benjamin Perkins

Audio: Islamic Hospitals in Medieval Egypt and the Levant
From Baghdad to Cairo to Edirne, hospitals were major and integral components of medieval and early modern Islamic cities. But what role did they play in these cities and their societies? In this podcast, Professor Ahmed Ragab examines the history and...
Ahmed Ragab

A Snapshot of the HDS Summer Language Program
"By the end of this week, I'll have you translating Goethe." This was the promise that Karin Grundler-Whitacre, director of the HDS Summer Language Program and lecturer on German, made to us on the first day of class. We looked back at her, incredulous....
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Finding a Home in Madurai
Jason Smith, ThD candidate, writes about studying Tamil at the American Institute of Indian Studies in Madurai, which he is doing with support from a grant from the Harvard South Asia Institute.
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Experience, Education, and a Chance to Make a Difference
This summer, thanks to several generous gifts in support of Dean David N. Hempton's campaign initiatives, HDS launched a new effort to provide students with financial support so that they can serve communities locally and abroad through organizations...
Erez Golan