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Video: Religion Matters: HDS at Harvard University

May 04, 2017

Harvard Divinity School Dean David N. Hempton discussed the role of HDS at Harvard, as well as the role of religion and ethics at other Harvard Schools with Harvard Graduate School of Education Dean James Ryan, Harvard Law School Dean Martha Minow, and...

Video: Violence and Justice: The Missing Piece in Our Anti-Poverty Agenda

May 04, 2017

The panel "Violence and Justice: The Missing Piece in Our Anti-Poverty Agenda," was part of HDS's bicentennial celebration. The panel was moderated by Jeffrey D. Sachs, world-renowned professor of economics, leader in sustainable development, senior UN...

2017 HDS Bicentennial Storify

May 03, 2017

On Friday, April 28, and Saturday, April 29, HDS celebrated its bicentennial. Alumni, students, faculty, staff, and friends took part in the joyous celebration and special reunion day on Saturday. Many of them shared pictures, quotes, and thoughts about...

An Active Role for the Divinity School

May 02, 2017

As it begins its third century, Harvard Divinity School can provide a valuable service to leaders across campus by helping them navigate the contentious religious issues they increasingly confront in their disciplines. That was the message offered by...

Video: The Women’s Studies Revolution

May 02, 2017

Between 1970 and 1985, HDS changed from an almost exclusively male institution into a school with a majority of women students and a commitment to gender analysis. A panel of those who propelled the women’s studies revolution follow its reverberations...

Harvard Divinity School Concludes Year-Long Bicentennial Celebration

May 01, 2017

Alumni, faculty, administrators, and students flocked to the Divinity School this weekend, celebrating its two centuries of existence with lectures, a panel of Harvard deans, and a bicentennial party, concluding a years-worth of festivities.

Video: Religion and Nonviolence: Past and Present with Cornel West and Sasha Dehghani

April 29, 2017

HDS Professor of the Practice of Public Philosophy Cornel West and Center for the Study of World Religions Visiting Scholar Sasha Dehghani delivered a talk, "Religion and Nonviolence: Past and Present." The discussion took place during the HDS...

Video: Whatever Happened to Secularization? A Talk by Harvey Cox

April 29, 2017

Harvard Divinity School Professor Harvey Cox delivers the talk, "Whatever Happened to Secularization?" during HDS's bicentennial celebration and alumni reunion. Listen

Video: Harvard President Drew Faust's Remarks at HDS's Bicentennial Celebration

April 28, 2017

Harvard President Drew Faust spoke about the HDS's history and mission during the School's bicentennial celebration on April 28, 2017. Listen

President Drew Faust's Remarks at HDS's Bicentennial

April 28, 2017

During HDS's bicentennial celebration, Harvard President Drew Faust spoke of how HDS has "made its own forms" over two centuries.

Face to Face: 2017 Billings Preaching Competition

April 26, 2017

Each spring, Harvard Divinity School's Office of Ministry Studies organizes the Billings Preaching Prize Competition, an annual preaching competition open to second- and third-year MDiv students. The finalists delivered their sermons at the Wednesday Noon...

Video: The Religion of Unity and the Unity of Religion: Remembering the Bahá’í Faith and Bahá’u’lláh

April 25, 2017

Center for the Study of World Religions Visiting Scholar Sasha Dehghani provides an introduction to the life and writings of Bahá'u'lláh (1817–1892), with a focus on the principle of unity in its diverse forms of expression on the occasion of the...