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Video: Divinity Dialogues: Cornelia Cannon Holden
On January 16, 2014, Cornelia Cannon Holden was the latest alumni guest invited to speak to students, alumni, and friends as part of the Divinity Dialogues series. Holden, who is the CEO, Mindful Warrior and Director, Core Leadership Portal at The...
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Visionary Investment
The scholars of Harvard Divinity School's Women's Studies in Religion Program (WSRP) have helped change the way societies around the world look at women and faith.

Sweet Hymns of Joy
HDS and Harvard had a role in several timeless holiday carols.
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The Art of Ministry
In a way, Arleigh Prelow's journey to HDS began with a car crash. One Sunday morning in 1992, Prelow, MDiv '13, and her two daughters were in a head-on collision with another vehicle on their way to church. The children were injured, but not critically...
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Nelson Mandela: 'Man of the People'
HDS professor Jacob K. Olupona writes about Nelson Mandela's impact on Harvard, Nigeria, and the wider world. I admire Nelson Mandela. He asked hard and troubling questions, particularly those pertaining to the conduct of the state and attitude of his...
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The Science of Spiritual Care
In 1990, Parameshwaran Ramakrishnan had no idea that he would one day be a divinity school student, let alone that he would find his calling bridging the worlds of spirituality and psychiatry as a multifaith hospital chaplain.

Video: Religions & Peace: Do Universities Have a Role?
On December 2, 2013, Harvard Divinity School convened a group of practitioners and scholars to explore the ways that people of different religions can work together to end violence—and what universities can do to facilitate this process. HDS professor...
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Universities as Peacemakers
by Colleen Walsh, Harvard Gazette Harvard Divinity School Dean David Hempton knows too well the cost of religious conflict. As a college student in Belfast in the 1970s, he witnessed the 'tragedies of violence' that marked 'The Troubles' between the...
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Video: Medicine and Religion: Dr. Alessandro de Franciscis
On November 12, 2013, the Science, Religion, and Culture program at HDS welcomed Dr. Alessandro de Franciscis, who spoke about his professional background and his experience as the president of the Lourdes Office of Medical Observations.
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