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Dan McKanan joined the HDS faculty in July 2008 as the Ralph Waldo Emerson Unitarian Universalist Association Senior Lecturer in Divinity. On Thursday, May 7, he will deliver the lecture to inaugurate the Ralph Waldo Emerson Unitarian Universalist...

Constructive theologian and former chemical engineer Mayra Rivera has been named Assistant Professor of Theology and Latina/o Studies at Harvard Divinity School. She will join the HDS faculty July 1, 2010. Since 2006, Rivera has served as Assistant...

Every Monday a small group of students gathers in Andover Hall for a sacred musical journey. It's not a typical academic class experience.

Aisha M. Beliso-De Jesús, a Stanford University scholar of social and cultural anthropology and of Africana and Latino/a studies, has been appointed Assistant Professor of African American Religions, effective July 1, 2009. "We are delighted to welcome...

Can a diverse religious community unite and heal after a brutal murder in broad daylight, one possibly motivated by religious hatred?

It is possible that Jerry Lewis—the American comedian and entertainer—does not know what has become of his old six-screen cinema on Crescent Avenue in Brockton, Massachusetts. For nearly six years now, the weathered building—tucked near the outer edge of...

Matthew Pearl wove an engaging tale of Boston’s literary legacy at a talk sponsored by the Woodberry Poetry Room and The Wick, a Harvard Divinity School publication.

HDS saw an 11 percent increase in total applicants this year, prompted in large part by the weak economy and HDS's increased efforts to reach prospective students.

An Israeli and a Palestinian came together yesterday afternoon to discuss compromise and joint action in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at an event held at HDS.

A Harvard Magazine feature on Teny Gross, MTS '01, who teaches kids nonviolence.

The celebrated New Testament scholar Giovanni Bazzana has accepted an appointment to the Faculty of Divinity as Assistant Professor of New Testament. Bazzana, who currently serves as a sessional instructor in the Department for the Study of Religion at...

Faithful Democrats, an online Christian community dedicated to working for the common good, recently announced the recipients of the 2009 Faithful Democrats Fellowship for Emerging Leaders. This distinction is given annually to top emerging leaders in...