The Monk Who Taught the World Mindfulness Awaits the End of This Life
“Thich Nhat Hanh provides a simple version of Buddhism, but I would not say it is oversimplified,” explains Professor Janet Gyatso.
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Martin Luther King Jr. Wasn’t a Colorblind Dreamer
HDS Professor Jonathan Walton will co-teach a new class this semester, "Martin Luther King Jr. and the Question of Conscientious Citizenship."
Professor Stephanie Paulsell to Deliver Annual Harry Vaughan Smith Lectures
Stephanie Paulsell, Susan Shallcross Swartz Professor of the Practice of Christian Studies at HDS, will deliver Mercer University’s 28th annual Harry Vaughan Smith Distinguished Visiting Professor of Religion Lectures. She will present three lectures on...
To Hope as Dr. King Hoped
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. would have turned 90 this year. While his name and his contribution to the U.S. Civil Rights Movement are revered, some wonder if Dr. King’s legacy is in jeopardy amid a resurgence of racism, xenophobia, and hate...
Humans of HDS: Making the Leap
Jeremy Jones is a first-year ThM candidate at the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry. Before coming to Boston, he spent three years pursuing a Master of Divinity degree at Africa International University in Nairobi, Kenya. He participated in...
Cornel West to Teach Intro to African American Studies after 18-Year Break
HDS Professor of the Practice of Public Philosophy Cornel West will return to teaching African and African American Studies 10: “Introduction to African American Studies” this semester.
HDS Community Mourns Passing of Lamin Sanneh
Members of the Harvard Divinity School (HDS) community expressed surprise and sadness at the passing of Lamin Sanneh, a renowned expert on global Christianity and African religion. Sanneh, the D. Willis James Professor of Missions and World Christianity...
Epiphany in a Dark Time
Francis X. Clooney, S.J., is Parkman Professor of Divinity and Professor of Comparative Theology. On January 6, 2019, he delivered the sermon during Sunday Services at Memorial Church. Below are his remarks. ♦♦♦ When I was a child, our family would always...
Slavery Alongside Christianity
A student exhibition at Andover-Harvard Theological Library probes the ties and tensions between Christianity and slavery during American bondage.
HDS Project Transforms the Perception of Religion in Classrooms around the Nation
Thanks to the Religious Literacy Project at Harvard Divinity School, which guides teachers in incorporating a constitutionally sound approach to presenting the interplay between culture and religion, students are developing better understanding of how the...
How Dead Spirits Helped Women Find Their Voices
Ann Braude, director of the Women's Studies in Religion Program at HDS, discusses the Spiritualism movement in America during the nineteenth century, and how it helped bring women—and reformist ideas—into the public sphere.
Do Bible Scholars Need Theology?
Professor Jon Levenson reviews Benjamin Sommer’s Revelation and Authority: Sinai in Jewish Scripture and Tradition.
