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Cornel West's 'Prophetic Fightback'

August 30, 2017

In August, Cornel West stood arm-in-arm with clergy members in Charlottesville, Virginia, singing “This Little Light of Mine” while white supremacist groups spat at them and shouted racial epithets. Just weeks later, the HDS Professor of the Practice of...

Shopping Period: Apocalyptic Literature and the Contemporary World

August 30, 2017

This feature is part of an HDS Communications interview series offering students a closer look at selected upcoming courses. Below, we chat with Professor of New Testament Giovanni Bazzana about his fall 2017 class “Apocalyptic Literature from the Second...

Video: Convocation 2017—Spiritual Blackout, Imperial Meltdown, Prophetic Fightback

August 30, 2017

HDS Professor of the Practice of Public Philosophy Cornel West delivered the 2017 Convocation address "Spiritual Blackout, Imperial Meltdown, Prophetic Fightback," on August 29, 2017. You can read a recap of the Convocation ceremony and Professor West's...

Ivy League Scholars Urge Students: 'Think for Yourself'

August 29, 2017

HDS Professor Jon Levenson is one of 15 highly accomplished scholars who published a letter with advice for young people who are headed off to college.

Humans of HDS: Beauty Activist

August 25, 2017

“Coming to HDS is my story of leaving the war place. Part of my motivation to come here was about me wanting to find beauty in the midst of ugliness.”—Farah Zahra, MDiv ’17

Shopping Period: Examining Alternative Spiritualities

August 22, 2017

This feature is part of an HDS Communications interview series offering students a closer look at selected upcoming courses. Below, we chat with Professor Dan McKanan about his fall 2017 class “Alternative Spiritualities in the United States,” which...

Statement from Dean Hempton on Events in Charlottesville

August 17, 2017

August 12 was one of the darkest days I’ve seen since I became dean of HDS. White nationalists marched in Charlottesville, Virginia to protest the removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee, a confederate general during the American Civil War. The group, which...

Charlottesville: The Moment We Were Made For

August 16, 2017

The people who confronted white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia last Saturday drew on a truth that is more powerful than hate and a faith that the end of the story is not violence but love and life and their persistent victory. This is a dark...

The Logic of Calvin's Reform

August 16, 2017

Ahead of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, Professor Michelle Sanchez writes that if Martin Luther's reform was triggered by a critique of indulgences, John Calvin's was triggered by a critique of idolatry.

Shopping Period: The Epics of Indian Religions

August 15, 2017

This feature is part of an HDS Communications interview series offering students a closer look at selected upcoming courses. Below, we chat with Professor Anne Monius about her fall 2017 class “Indian Religions Through Their Narrative Literatures”—an...

HDS's Walton on 'Tough Talk from Weak Men'

August 15, 2017

Jonathan Walton, HDS Professor of Religion and Society, and Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church, writes a commentary concerning the rhetoric between the United States and North Korea and the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.

A Summer Spent Advocating for Women’s Rights

August 10, 2017

This summer, thanks to several generous gifts in support of Dean David N. Hempton’s campaign initiatives, HDS continued its ongoing effort to provide students with financial support so that they can serve communities locally and abroad through...