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HDS Fellow Is a Jewish Israeli Comic with Palestinian Fans
On a recent Wednesday, Noam Shuster-Eliassi strolled around the tiny village in Israel where she grew up, Neve Shalom or "Oasis of Peace," wishing goodbye to her neighbors. The Israeli comedian was heading to Harvard University in just a few days for to...
Noam Shuster-Eliassi

Five Lessons from Toni Morrison
In 2012, Nobel Prize-winning novelist Toni Morrison took the stage at Harvard’s Sanders Theatre and spoke to a rapt audience about goodness, altruism, and the literary imagination. On that very same stage Thursday afternoon, Harvard Divinity School (HDS)...
Professor Davíd Carrasco speaks of Toni Morrison

Thirsting for the Next Level
John Silvanus Wilson Jr., MTS '81 and senior advisor and strategist to the President of Harvard University, delivered the following remarks at Morning Prayers in Harvard's Memorial Church on September 6, 2019.
John Silvanus Wilson Jr.

Choosing Which Way to Turn
Stephanie Paulsell, Susan Shallcross Swartz Professor of the Practice of Christian Studies and Interim Pusey Minister at Memorial Church, delivered the following remarks at Morning Prayers in Harvard's Memorial Church on September 5, 2019. ♦♦♦ Happy are...
Stephanie Paulsell

Lessons in Anniversaries
David N. Hempton, HDS Dean, Alonzo L. McDonald Family Professor of Evangelical Theological Studies, and John Lord O'Brian Professor of Divinity, delivered the following remarks at Morning Prayers in Harvard's Memorial Church on September 4, 2019. ♦♦♦ From...
Dean David N. Hempton

Stephanie Paulsell On Pilgrimage
"My first job in ministry was in a university church, and I love the reach of these places, the connections they can create between their universities and the world around them, and the unique forms of learning they offer," writes HDS Professor Stephanie...
Stephanie Paulsell

Words of Wisdom for New Students
More than 100 new graduate students arrive on campus for Orientation starting August 27. For some, it’s the start of their graduate studies. For others, it’s a new chapter in their life. The 2019-20 incoming class includes approximately 130 students who...
Taylor Stewart and David Waters

Yeager Reviews Thiemann's The Humble Sublime
Georgetown University Professor Diane Yeager reviews the late Bussey Professor of Theology and former dean of Harvard Divinity School Ronald F. Thiemann's The Humble Sublime.
Ronald Thiemann

Paulsell Named Interim Pusey Minister
HDS Professor Stephanie Paulsell, who has been an affiliated minister at Memorial Church for the past seven years, has been named interim Pusey Minister.
Stephanie Paulsell

My Dear Friend Anne
I owe more to Anne Monius than a person has a right to, and as I read the remembrances from her students and colleagues, I find myself facing—perhaps we are all facing—a conundrum. How could one person have tirelessly championed so many people in the...
Emily Hudson and Anne Monius