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Video: The Solutions to 38 Questions of Hildegard of Bingen

December 04, 2014

HDS professor Beverly Mayne Kienzle discusses her recent book, The Solutions to 38 Questions of Hildegard of Bingen, with two respondents, Catherine M. Mooney and Women's Studies in Religion Program (WSRP) Research Associate Alison More.

HDS professor Beverly Mayne Kienzle discusses her recent book on Hildegard of Bingen

Theology as Activity

December 03, 2014

A focus on basic composition is not something one would expect from a graduate course titled "Queer Theology, Queer Religions," but Professor Mark Jordan has good reason. Jordan, the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Christian Thought, says the "big books" on...

Slowly, Shifts at the Vatican

November 25, 2014

The pace of change has sped up at the Vatican in recent months as key shifts in both personnel and tone have signaled a push by Pope Francis toward a more inclusive Catholic Church. In September, the pope tapped the moderate Bishop Blase Cupich to head...

An Evangelist of Justice

November 21, 2014

Calling abuse and violence toward women and girls the most horrendous human rights issue on Earth, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter charged the hundreds who came to hear him talk at Harvard to stop the harm being done to half of the world's population...

A Separate Peace

November 21, 2014

What really goes on inside Harvard Divinity School? Boston Common magazine takes a look in an article that describes the School as a gem "not just in Boston but for the world."

Video: Jimmy Carter's Call to Action

November 19, 2014

Speaking to a capacity crowd inside Harvard's Memorial Church on November 19, former President Jimmy Carter enlightened those in attendance to the driving factors behind his latest book, A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power. During his...

Jimmy Carter: Still Driven

November 18, 2014

HDS hosted former U.S. President Jimmy Carter on November 19 at Memorial Church where he spoke about his new book. Before his visit to campus, he spoke at length with the Harvard Gazette about women, religion, violence, and power.

Alumni/ae Council Calls for Gomes Nominations

November 13, 2014

The HDS Alumni/Alumnae Council (AAC) today announced the opening of the nomination process for the 2015 cohort of recipients of the Peter J. Gomes STB '68 Memorial Honors. Inaugurated in 2013 and given annually, the award honors a small group of graduates...

Saving Ourselves to Save Our Children

November 13, 2014

"We have unknowingly sacrificed our children in order to feed Moloch," said author Russell Banks, describing Moloch—a Levantine god to whom children were sacrificed—as "god of capitalism." Considered one of America's most important fiction writers, Banks...

Spiritual and Sustainable

November 10, 2014

It's considered a serious threat to the future and it's what HDS Dean David N. Hempton called one of the topics of our lifetime. Climate change and its impact on the world are why HDS holds among its values a commitment to sustainability and being a good...

Serving in the Service

November 07, 2014

HDS alumna Rev. Cynthia L. G. Kane is a peace-loving pacifist and Unitarian Universalist minister. She is also a Lieutenant Commander in the Chaplain Corps of the United States Navy. As we celebrate Veterans Day on November 11 and honor those who risk...

Video: Spiritual and Sustainable: Religion Responds to Climate Change