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Studying the DIV to Fight HIV

Barber looks at the way religion shapes HIV transmission, treatment, and prevention Darius (not his real name) grew up African American and gay in the socially conservative American South. Life wasn’t easy, but his mother loved and sheltered him. He...
Charles Barber, MTS '14

Remembering Alonzo McDonald, Dean's Council Member

It is with great sadness that HDS mourns the passing of Alonzo L. McDonald, a longtime member of the Dean’s Council and a devoted friend of the School. Although not an alumnus of HDS, Mr. McDonald was a gracious partner of the School who was a member of...
Dean David Hempton with Al McDonald

Humans of HDS: Hip Hop as a Form of Narrative

"Me being a hip hop artist ties into the dissemination aspect of my academic interests because I think historically hip hop and rap has been the means by which analytic critics have been able to compose their observations into songs that are received by...
Naman Patel

A Renewed Pledge for Student Support

As students face new financial pressures, HDS marshals new resources to meet the challenge. Space is sacred to Jarred Batchelor Hamilton. At HDS, the Master of Divinity candidate studies places that enable people to connect with one another and with the...
HDS Students

Groundbreaking

The fences are up, the hard hats are on, and ground has been broken on the most sweeping campus renewal effort in Harvard Divinity School’s 200-year history. When complete, the modernization and expansion of Swartz (originally Andover) Hall, the School’s...
Meeting about Swartz Hall

Theologians and Women of Color You Should Be Reading

HDS Professor of Religion and Latinx Studies Mayra Rivera and former Women's Studies in Religion Program Research Associate Katie Cannon are "theologians and women of color you should be reading," according to The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology...
Professor Mayra Rivera. Photo: Courtesy Mayra Rivera

A Chorus of Pleas

Jarred Batchelor-Hamilton, MDiv candidate, delivered the following remarks at Morning Prayers in Harvard's Memorial Church on November 13, 2019.
MDiv candidate Jarred Batchelor-Hamilton. Photo: Courtesy Jarred Batchelor-Hamilton

Fearfully and Wonderfully Made

Sheila Glenn wasn't always "the Rev. Sheila Glenn." As a young adult, the pastor from New York City got swept up in the drug culture and was an addict for many years before making the choice to seek treatment. That choice led her back to church, to...
Sheila Glenn