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HDS Articles and Multimedia Relevant to the Boston Bombings

April 23, 2013

Harvard Divinity School has collected some thoughts and analysis from faculty, students, and colleagues relevant to the April 15 attack in Boston. Our hope is that these works give perspective on the events, bring the HDS community together, and/or...

A Reflection by HDS Dean Hempton on the Boston Marathon Bombings

April 23, 2013

Eerie puffs of smoke, loud bangs, screaming people, bloodied bodies, and debris-strewn sidewalks, followed almost immediately by remarkable acts of courage and compassion. This was Boston on Marathon Monday, April 15. I was reminded of another city and...

Faith in Boston After the Boston Bombings

April 17, 2013

HDS student Chris Lisee writes on how faith communities in Boston are responding to the violence that occurred at the Boston Marathon.

A Race, a Bomb, and a Dark Revelation

April 17, 2013

HDS alumnus Bill Bradford on his experience at the Boston Marathon bombings on April 15.

Harvard Responds to Boston Bombings

April 16, 2013

Harvard analysts, scholars discuss how the attack affects us all.

The Power of Dreams

April 12, 2013

HDS professor Kimberley Patton says the modern West tends to dismiss significance of dreams, perhaps missing a lesson from the ancients.

Video: 2013 Billings Preaching Prize Finals

April 10, 2013

Each spring, Harvard Divinity School's Office of Ministry Studies organizes the Billings Preaching Prize Competition, an annual preaching competition open to second- and third-year MDiv students. The finalists delivered their sermons at the Wednesday Noon...

Faculty Notes and Books - April 2013

April 09, 2013

Read about the latest news and publications from Harvard Divinity School faculty members. Cheryl A. Giles, Francis Greenwood Peabody Professor of the Practice in Pastoral Care and Counseling, presented 'Self, Other, and Culture in Psychoanalysis' in a...

Distinguished Gentleman

April 05, 2013

Bill Rainer planned to enter Harvard Divinity School in the fall of 1999 as a full-time student. At age 53, the successful finance industry executive had discovered a passion for the study of religion and looked forward to immersing himself in the...

On Spirituality at Harvard

April 05, 2013

Drew Faust, Dean Hempton discuss the role of religious studies and values at Leadership Day talk.

Slideshow: 2013 HDS Leadership Day

April 05, 2013

Nearly a hundred alumni and friends flocked to the HDS campus on Friday, April 5, for Leadership Day. Attendees heard from University President Drew Gilpin Faust and Dean David Hempton on the role of the study of religion at Harvard; cheered as Dean's...

Video: 2013 HDS Leadership Day Keynote Address

April 05, 2013

Jonathan Walton, Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church and Professor of Religion and Society, delivered the keynote address at Leadership Day, held on April 5, 2013. The topic of his talk was "Paideia and Piety...