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HDS's Walton: Split-Second Decisions That Leave Black and Brown People Dead

July 12, 2016

Rev. Jonathan Walton writes in the New York Times on how to have faith in our capacity to become a country that does not control large segments of our society based on race and class.

HDS's Clooney: After Recently Killings, Be a Good Samaritan

July 11, 2016

St. Paul, Baton Rouge, and Dallas are but the latest tragic incidents, but unfortunately, surely not the last.

African-American Church Leaders Address New Challenges

July 11, 2016

Delman Coates, MDiv '98, the senior pastor at Mt. Ennon Baptist Church in Maryland, weighs in on how African-American church leaders are responding to new challenges in the crisis in police-community relations.

Fad Diets as Religion?

July 07, 2016

From Jews keeping kosher to Jains’ strict vegetarianism, dietary restrictions are common across many religious traditions.

Staging the Ineffable: A Tribute to Elie Wiesel

July 05, 2016

Guila Clara Kessous, HDS post doctoral fellow for 2015-16, reflects on the influence of her teacher and friend Elie Wiesel.

Remembering Deacon Roy

July 01, 2016

I opened up my Facebook page Tuesday morning—a practice I usually don't indulge in at first wake. Typically, before the news of the outside world outside engages my mind and spirit, I arise and move into devotional and scripture reading, walk/run atop the...

Examining the Roots of American 'Chosenness'

June 30, 2016

As we celebrate our nation's birth this July Fourth with parades, fireworks, and BBQs, we revisit the year 1776 to ask about the reasons for the American Revolution. What inspired thousands of ordinary Americans to risk their lives and fight against the...

Taking Care of Their Own

June 30, 2016

As an undergraduate in Los Angeles, Nestor Pimienta was often asked by university workers if he could tutor their children to steer them toward the road he took. Driven by a passion for social justice that he attributes to having grown up in an immigrant...

Humans of HDS: On Grace and Theology

June 29, 2016

HDS staff member Leslie MacPherson Artinian is one of the most recognizable faces on campus. During a typical day, she may be found handling the financials for the OMS office, tending to the HDS garden, helping plan a national conference, or learning more...

HDS's Online World Religions Course Continues to Grow

June 28, 2016

More than 106,000 people from 181 countries have registered for Harvard Divinity School's free, online course "World Religions Through Their Scriptures."

Should Christians Fast This Ramadan?

June 21, 2016

Professor Francis Clooney, SJ, on fasting's power to promote unity and community in the wake of the Orlando shootings.

At HDS, Writers Find Their Voice

June 16, 2016

Before he became an award-winning poet and Episcopal priest, Spencer Reece, MTS ’90, attended Harvard Divinity School. He took classes on Flannery O’Connor, the Bible, and the nineteenth-century Transcendentalist writer, poet, and HDS student Ralph Waldo...