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History as Compassion

November 29, 2012

HDS professor Ahmed Ragab was a medical student at Cairo University in the early 2000s when he first walked into Egypt's 700-year-old Mansuri Hospital. A 1992 earthquake that had left thousands wounded or dead also forced the closure of Mansuri, an...

Charles Stang Named Recipient of Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise

November 28, 2012

Charles Stang, Associate Professor of Early Christian Thought at Harvard Divinity School, has been named a recipient of the 2013 Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise, formerly known as the John Templeton Prize for Theological Promise. The...

Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza Receives Marty Award for Public Understanding of Religion

November 15, 2012

The Public Understanding of Religion Committee of the American Academy of Religion (AAR) has named Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, Krister Stendahl Professor of Divinity at Harvard Divinity School, the recipient of the 2012 Martin E. Marty Award for the...

Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, Krister Stendahl Professor of Divinity

Riding on the Past

November 15, 2012

HDS student and former U.S. surfing champion Mary Setterholm is helping women reclaim their lives from poverty and exploitation.

'Nuns on the Bus' Tour Visits HDS

November 15, 2012

Sister Simone Campbell identified her Faithful Budget as "reasonable revenue for responsible programs."

Video: Religion and American Public Life Series, Featuring Sr. Simone Campbell

November 14, 2012

Sr. Simone Campbell, co-organizer of the 'Nuns on the Bus' campaign and resounding speaker at the 2012 Democratic National Convention, spoke at HDS on November 14 on faith and politics. The event was part of the Religion and American Public Life Series...

Memories and Beginnings

November 12, 2012

Harvard President Drew Faust installs Jonathan Walton as Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church.

HDS Alum Helps Revolutionize Obama Campaign's Ground Game

November 09, 2012

The New Yorker writes about President Obama's 2012 re-election campaign and how Jeremy Bird, MTS '02, was a key member of the effort.

Video: Ministry in 'Paradise'

November 09, 2012

Stephanie Paulsell, Houghton Professor of the Practice of Ministry Studies, spoke on November 9 as part of the series "Have Mercy: The Religious Dimensions of the Writings of Toni Morrison." Toni Morrison, the Robert F. Goheen Professor in the Humanities...

Video: The Violence of Naming

November 08, 2012

Shaun Marmon, Associate Professor of Religion at Princeton University, delivered this presentation as part of the 2012–13 colloquium series Science, Religion, and the Body. Science, Religion, and the Body will explore themes of gender and sexuality in...