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After the Election, Seeking Out the Lost

November 09, 2016

Matthew Potts, Assistant Professor of Ministry Studies, wrote the following homily following the results of the 2016 election. Professor Potts is an ordained priest in the Episcopal Church and has served several parishes in Massachusetts. The mainline...

For President Trump, The Road Ahead

November 09, 2016

Stephanie Paulsell, Susan Shallcross Swartz Professor of the Practice of Christian Studies, cites Martin Luther King and Dostoyevsky in assessing the changes across the American and global landscapes following the presidential election.

Divinity School Students and Staff Debate Mass. Ballot Questions

November 08, 2016

A group of Divinity School students and staff exchanged differing opinions on the Massachusetts referendum questions on charter school expansion and the legalization of marijuana during a "Religion in the News" event at the Center for the Study of World...

Clooney: Pondering the Meaning of Catholic Burials

November 07, 2016

CSWR director Francis X. Clooney, S.J., writes that, with some imagination, we may be able to find ways to celebrate at death the restoration of the body to the cosmos of which we are all part, without intending any disrespect for the mystery of Christian...

Harry Lyn Huff, HDS music director, passes away

November 04, 2016

Harry Lyn Huff, HDS's music director and lecturer on ministry, passed away on November 3.

Why Understanding Native American Religion Is Key to Resolving Pipeline Crisis

November 04, 2016

As a Native American scholar of environmental history and religious studies, HDS visiting professor Rosalyn R. LaPier is often asked what Native American leaders mean when they say that certain landscapes are “sacred places” or “sacred sites.”

Spiritually Resilient Leadership

November 03, 2016

Stephanie Rawlings-Blake was exercising on a treadmill when she received a call notifying her that she would soon become the next mayor of Baltimore. What the call didn’t explain was how her leadership abilities would be repeatedly tested. Rawlings-Blake...

Video: Spiritually Resilient Leadership in the Midst of Adaptive Problems

November 03, 2016

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake will discuss the challenges of leading a city in today's turbulent racial and political climate. Listen on SoundCloud

Video: Christianity and the God of Israel

November 03, 2016

Professor Guy Stroumsa delivered the 2016 Albert and Vera List Fund for Jewish Studies Lecture on the topic “Christianity and the God of Israel: Henri Bergson, Simone Weil, Emmanuel Levinas.”

Meet Nadia Murad, the Women of the Year Honoree Standing up to ISIS

November 01, 2016

Eliza Griswold, an award-winning author and current Berggruen Fellow at HDS, writes about Nadia Murad, who escaped ISIS in the fall of 2014 and is trying to bring its members to justice.

The Strength of the Human Soul

October 31, 2016

HDS alumna Kerry Egan says on NPR that despite the sadness and loss that are implicit in her work as a hospice chaplain, there is also great joy.

The Public and Private Faith of Hillary Clinton

October 30, 2016

Dean David N. Hempton offers insight into the history of the Methodist faith, of which Hillary Clinton is a follower.