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Building Relationships That Matter

September 25, 2020

Georgette Ledgister, Visiting Lecturer on Women's Studies and African Religions and a 2020-21 Women's Studies in Religion Program Research Associate, discusses issues of storytelling and relationship and community building with NPR affiliate Blue Ridge...

Constance Buchanan, Former Director of HDS’s Women’s Studies in Religion Program, Passes Away

September 22, 2020

Constance Buchanan, a former director of the Women’s Studies in Religion Program at Harvard Divinity School who developed the program into a permanent part of the School and University, died September 16, 2020. She was 73. A faculty member and associate...

Networks, Nodes and Nuclei: Towards a New Theory of Religious Change

September 21, 2020

Dean David N. Hempton delivered the 2020 McCosh Lecture, organized by Queen's University Belfast. His lecture was titled "Networks, Nodes and Nuclei: Towards a New Theory of Religious Change."

Welcoming Our New Director of Admissions, Odeviz Soto

September 18, 2020

HDS's new director of admissions, Odeviz Soto, MDiv '11, answers a few questions about his background, admissions philosophy, and advice for prospective students.

Page Turners: September Books of the Month

September 16, 2020

Just because the summer has come to an end shouldn’t mean we stop looking for interesting, important books to add to our reading queue. As we here at HDS settle into the new semester, and into our continued new virtual reality, we offer a sampling of what...

Preparing Grad and Professional Schools for Remote Fall

September 14, 2020

“HDS faculty are committed to teaching topics and adapting new pedagogies in order to be more attentive than ever to our current global crises,” said Professor Janet Gyatso.

Rosh ha-Shanah and the Binding of Isaac

September 10, 2020

In this 12-minute video, Jon Levenson, Albert A. List Professor of Jewish Studies, speaks about the Akedah with BINA, an educational project of the Jewish Community Center of Palo Alto, California.

Prof. David Hall on Mary Baker Eddy and the Puritans

September 09, 2020

How should we view the Puritans and their religious and cultural legacy? HDS Professor David Hall spoke about this question on the Seekers and Scholars podcast from the Mary Baker Eddy Library.

Between Solitude and Community

September 09, 2020

The following sermon was delivered by Stephanie Paulsell, Interim Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church of Harvard University , and Susan Shallcross Swartz Professor of the Practice of Christian Studies at HDS. In three more days, the last students to...

Video: White Supremacy in the Study and Practice of Ministry

September 02, 2020

In conjunction with the HDS Committee on Racial Justice and Healing and in cooperation with the courses "Theories and Methods in the Study of Religion" (T&M) and "Introduction to Ministry Studies" (IMS), Professors David Holland and Matthew Potts hosted a...

Convocation 2020: George and Jesus: Policing an Insurrection of Hope

September 02, 2020

Delivering this year's Convocation address will be Cornell William Brooks, Visiting Professor of the Practice of Prophetic Religion and Public Leadership at HDS and Professor of the Practice of Public Leadership and Social Justice at Harvard Kennedy...

The Cost of Discipleship

August 31, 2020

"Dietrich Bonhoeffer reminds us that the world desperately needs honest followers of Christ who speak truth to power, risk their necks to help those in trouble, refuse to play it safe when fundamental human values have been scorned and pushed aside, when...