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Didn't See That Coming

March 06, 2019

MDiv candidate Shane Snowdon recounts her shattering experience of hitting and killing an 18-year-old on a California highway. The incident has led her to devote her time to developing a “crash ministry” that includes trying to foster reconciliation, as...

Humans of HDS: A Faith You Live Out Everyday

March 06, 2019

"Literature offers me joy and the ability to exercise empathy. It’s a lot easier to practice empathy when it’s a character in a book and then when you run into a situation in the real world, it feels almost like you’ve practiced for that encounter."...

2019 Gomes Honors Emphasize Spiritual Innovation

March 05, 2019

In 1815, the Reverend William Ellery Channing laid out a vision for the graduates of the institution that would become Harvard Divinity School. In a fundraising circular written over the signature of Harvard President John T. Kirkland, Channing wrote that...

Video: The Business of Spirituality: On Money, Branding, and Other Taboos

March 05, 2019

"Business" is a taboo topic in divinity school but anyone who wants to change the world needs to understand how to think like an entrepreneur. Leading experts on social and wellness entrepreneurship, innovative leadership, and the intersection of money...

The New Jews

March 01, 2019

Professor Jon Levenson on how Jewish obsolescence as described by the early Christian church echoes in contemporary anti-Zionism.

Video: Black Religion, Spirituality, and Culture Conference 2019

March 01, 2019

On March 1, 2019, Harvard Divinity School hosted its third annual Black Religion, Spirituality, and Culture Conference. The theme was Blackness at the Margins. The conference aimed to represent and engage with as many aspects of blackness as possible...

Video: Faith and Faustian Bargains: Compromise, Complicity, and Courage in Leadership

February 27, 2019

Race and religion are among the best predictors of how Americans choose a president. Race and religion are also bases for political compromises that call into question our moral credibility on issues ranging from voting rights to police brutality. Cornell...

Video: The Role of Reconciliation, Memory, and Theology in Shaping the Public Stage

February 27, 2019

Much has been written about the Northern Ireland peace process, particularly on securing the peace. However, as Senator George Mitchell commented in relation to the Good Friday agreement, “If you think getting this agreement was difficult, implementing it...

Untold Stories of Christianity

February 25, 2019

Even for the devout, questions about the earliest history of Christianity can seem lost behind a shroud of history and official church teachings. Professor Karen King traces the power of stories told and untold in the growth of the early church.

A Lifetime of Caring

February 22, 2019

The Los Angeles Times announced February 21 that one of its prestigious book prizes will be presented to HDS Writer-in-Residence Terry Tempest Williams. According to the Times, Williams will receive the Robert Kirsch Award, a lifetime achievement prize...

On Nature's Revelatory Power

February 21, 2019

William A. Graham, former HDS Dean and Murray A. Albertson Research Professor of Middle Eastern Studies (FAS), delivered the following remarks at Morning Prayers in Harvard's Memorial Church on February 20, 2019.

Video: Marianne Williamson on the Role of Repentance in Politics

February 20, 2019

On February 19, U.S. presidential candidate, spiritual lecturer, and number one New York Times bestselling author Marianne Williamson spoke at HDS on the topic "Reparations for Slavery: The Role of Repentance in Politics." The event featured an opening...