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Amid the Uncertainty, Valuing the Joy

July 01, 2006

The following words are the first portion of the Alumni/ae Day Address presented at Harvard Divinity School on June 7, 2006, by Margaret R. Miles, Emeritus Professor of Historical Theology at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California, and a...

Scholarship in the Interest of Creating a Better World

June 25, 2006

It would not be a stretch to liken a seasoned and prolific academic to a major league ballplayer—someone sought after by the owners of opposing teams and even poised to break a few records. With 48 published books (one of them a Pulitzer nominee) and 5...

HDS, UUA Create New Professorship

June 16, 2006

Faith Healing

June 08, 2006

Watching her grandfather struggle with diabetes late in life, Enesha Cobb became convinced that the medical profession can do better.

Present in Specificity, and Well Poised at the Threshold

May 29, 2006

The following words are an address to HDS's graduating class of 2006, presented at the Commencement Worship Service in the Memorial Church on June 7, 2006, by Stephanie Paulsell, Houghton Professor of the Practice of Ministry Studies. Her text was...

Scholarship For a Better World: Joe Feagin Receives 2006 Alumni/ae Award

May 22, 2006

It would not be a stretch to liken a seasoned and prolific academic to a major league ballplayer—someone sought after by the owners of opposing teams and even poised to break a few records. With 48 published books (one of them a Pulitzer nominee) and 5...

Opening the Soul with Music

May 20, 2006

Theologians often characterize the rational mind’s embrace of religion as being a leap of faith, where the believer is courageous yet humble, passionate yet deferential to an acknowledged greater good. HDS graduate Nokuthula Ngwenyama, MTS ’02, uses...

Peter Gomes Receives Black Alumni/ae Award

May 16, 2006

The Harvard Divinity School Alumni/ae Association is pleased to announce that the Rev. Peter J. Gomes, Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church at Harvard University, has been named the 2006 recipient of the Preston N. Williams Black Alumni/ae Award. He will...

HDS Establishes Emerson Unitarian Universalist Association Professorship

May 15, 2006

On the 203rd anniversary of Ralph Waldo Emerson's birth, Harvard Divinity School (HDS) and the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) have announced the completion of funding for the Ralph Waldo Emerson Unitarian Universalist Association Professorship...

When the Moment Passes

May 14, 2006

This March, during spring break, 24 members of the HDS community traveled to Mississippi as part of the ongoing effort to rebuild a gulf coast region ravaged by Hurricane Katrina. The group—made up of students, faculty, and staff—spent a week living and...

Use Differences to Unite, Not Divide, Says Tillich Lecturer

May 11, 2006

Prominent theologian Letty M. Russell called for people to reach across national, religious, and ethnic boundaries Tuesday (May 9) and defeat attempts by world leaders to stay in power by dividing people against each other.

Audio: Encountering the 'Other' in a World of Difference and Danger

May 09, 2006

Delivered by Letty M. Russell, Professor of Theology, Emerita, at the Yale Divinity School. Professor Russell is a member of the first class of women to be admitted to Harvard Divinity School in 1955. The Tillich Lecture took place on Tuesday, May 9, 2006...

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