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Angie Thurston grew up acting, writing, and making visual art in Boulder, Colorado. So, when she came to Brown University as an undergraduate, she was thrilled to study with the Pulitzer-Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel. But while she learned a lot...

Father Frank Clooney, director of HDS's Center for the Study of World Religions, writes about the 50th anniversary of the document that reshaped the relationship between Catholics and Jews.

As a soldier in WWII, Ben Ferencz, JD '43, participated in the liberation of Nazi concentration camps, sites of some of the worst atrocities in human history. When the war was over, as chief prosecutor of one of the Nuremberg trials, he brought to justice...

Halloween has become synonymous with costumes and candy, but what lies beyond the ghoulish face paint and Tootsie Roll wrappers? Kimberley Patton, Professor of the Comparative and Historical Study of Religion at Harvard Divinity School, has long studied...

For more than 100 years, Harvard Theological Review has been a leading source for compelling original research from established scholars in the fields of religion and theology. Now, the Review has a new managing editor, and the journal’s editors are...

Kathleen S. Cummings (University of Notre Dame) discusses U.S. nation-saints and the Second Vatican Council during the 2015–16 Dudleian Lecture. Respondents to the lecture are Ann Braude (Harvard Divinity School) and James T. Kloppenberg (Harvard...

Instead of worshiping in old wooden church pews, Millennials are jumping on top of wooden boxes until exhaustion at CrossFit affiliates, and it's not just to replace a trip to church with a workout. Millennials make up a significant portion of the...

Professor Ali Asani, director of the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Islamic Studies Program at Harvard, discusses the worldwide erosion of pluralism when it comes to respecting beliefs.

"We spend a lot of time in denial that we are going to die. With all the choices that we make, how many would we revise and do differently if we were aware that we are mortal?" That question was posed earlier this fall at the Waking Up to Dying Project's...

When I told colleagues at Oxfam that I needed time off to go to Harvard Divinity School, they responded with raised eyebrows. After all, I'm a senior executive in a large global organization that rarely, if ever, talks about religion and spirituality...

With Thanksgiving around the corner, HDS students, faculty, and staff share what they are grateful for.

Growing numbers of people are finding meaningful community in places outside of church. Learn how the CEO of CrossFit, Greg Glassman, thinks of his work as church, perhaps even religion.