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Video: Comparative Natural Theology
Wesley J. Wildman, Professor of Philosophy, Theology, and Ethics at Boston University, presented the second and final comparative theology lecture of the 2013–14 academic year at the Center for Study of World Religions. Traditional natural theology...
Wesley J. Wildman delivered the CSWR comparative theology lecture on April 10, 2014

Memorial Minute for François Bovon
At a faculty meeting on April 7, 2014, HDS professors Karen L. King and David D. Hall presented the following 'Memorial Minute' to pay tribute to their late friend and colleague. New Testament scholar and religious historian François Bovon passed away...
Francois Bovon

Do More, or Do Better?
HDS professor Emily Click on how faculty, students, and alumni from across Harvard engage with public service.
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Hempton Lays Out Bold Vision for HDS
HDS Dean David N. Hempton launched the Campaign for Harvard Divinity School on April 4, 2014, with an address that laid out a bold vision that builds on the School's tradition of religious education, service, and scholarly excellence. What follows is the...
Dean David N. Hempton at launch of Campaign for HDS

Harvard Divinity School Launches Capital Campaign
Dean David N. Hempton and Harvard President Drew Faust gathered with faculty, students, and alumni on the HDS campus April 4 to celebrate the launch of the Divinity School’s capital campaign. The festivities included panel discussions on religion and the...
Dean David N. Hempton and Harvard President Drew Faust

Video: Divinity Dialogues: 2014 Gomes Honorees

On April 3, the alumni recipients of the Peter J. Gomes STB '68 Memorial Honors spoke at the final Divinity Dialogues event of the 2013-14 academic year. The panelists were: Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe, MTS '84; Simon Xavier Guerrand-Hermès, MTS '93...
Peter J. Gomes

Video: Women's Peace-building in Bosnia and Herzegovina
On April 2, 2014, Zilka Spahic Siljak, WSRP Research Associate and Visiting Lecturer, spoke about the subject of her book, "Shining Humanity: Life Stories of Women Peace-builders in Bosnia and Herzegovina," which was published in Bosnia last year and will...

Video: Religion and the Media Symposium
On April 1, 2014, Harvard Divinity School hosted a symposium on Religion and the Media. The symposium featured Harvard's Jean Comaroff, Jacob Olupona, and Marla Frederick as well as Brian Goldstone (Columbia University), Simon Coleman (University of...
Marla Frederick

The Spirit of Social Justice
Jared Oubre, MTS candidate, spent much of his summer in 2013 with children who live on the streets of Managua, Nicaragua. The recipient of a Dana McLean Greeley International Internship from HDS's Center for the Study of World Religions, Oubre says he...