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Eat, Pray, at Lefty’s

Master’s degree in religion, check. Dissertation for a doctoral degree (involving ethnographic study of people raised in the fundamentalist Christian tradition who ultimately broke away from it through arts intervention), check. Organic sandwich cart...
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HDS Students Receive Prestigious National Fellowship

Jeremy D. Battle, Willie D. Francois, Helen J. Kim, and Alissa J. Oleson, master of divinity students at Harvard Divinity School, have been recognized as young leaders who demonstrate exceptional gifts for ministry by The Fund for Theological Education...
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'My Hope Is That I Can Share My Passion'

Rachelle Sam, who graduated from Harvard Divinity School on May 27 with a master of divinity degree, came to HDS, like many of her classmates, with a wide range of interests. Through the flexibility of the master of divinity degree curriculum, including...
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When the Past is Present

"Language is identity, language is history, language is culture, language is education, and language is a bridge between the past, present, and future," said Marcus Briggs-Cloud, a graduating master's student at Harvard Divinity School, addressing a...
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The Future of Faith

Harvard University was founded in 1636 with the aim of advancing learning and developing an educated ministry that could help guide communities in North America. The Harvard Divinity School (HDS) was established in 1816 to help further that mission.
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'Ministry Was the Missing Piece'

Jasmine Beach-Ferrara, who will soon graduate from the Divinity School with a master of divinity degree, has many passions and pursuits. A recipient of a 2010 National Endowment for the Arts literature fellowship, she will spend the coming year expanding...
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With Bumps Along the Road, Helping to Pave Smooth Career Paths

For some HDS graduates and students, trying to find employment in the midst of the current economic climate is proving to be a harsh test of patience and perse­verance. Even getting one's foot in the door has become more difficult than in previous years...
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HDS Honors Alumnus and Businessman Thomas M. Chappell

Harvard Divinity School has announced that alumnus Thomas M. Chappell received the Dean's Distinguished Service Award on Thursday, April 8, 2010, during the annual meeting of the School's Leadership Council. A 1991 graduate of the School, Chappell is the...
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Celebrating a Green Campus

"We at Harvard must be a model. . . . It is true that the climate change and the challenge of sustainability are global problems. But climate change is also a local problem. Solving it begins with each of us. Every person at Harvard—student, faculty...
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Bringing Faiths Together

It is fondly referred to as God’s motel. And the two-story building on Francis Avenue, with its apartment-style residences and idyllic courtyard, has long hosted religious scholars from near and far.
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'Walden' for the 21st Century

Can a man who once refused the gift of a doormat — because, as he wrote, "It's best to avoid the beginnings of evil" — continue to inspire people in how to live simply? The answer is yes, but with stipulations, said scholar Lawrence Buell at a Harvard...
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