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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.

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.

A Harvard-backed expedition working in Israel has carried out the first-ever excavation of a Philistine cemetery.

Professor Jon Levenson discusses how the concept of 'love' differed in ancient Israel, whether Song of Songs can/should be read allegorically, and how understandings of love developed and changed throughout history.

Recent grad Nick Zehner talks about his long, winding path to HDS, from attending a Christian college as an undergrad, to having his faith challenged, to ministering to patients as a hospital chaplain.

Religious leaders across political affiliations were quick to condemn the benediction last week by televangelist Mark Burns as inimical to the message of the Bible and the spirit of the nation.

Visiting Professor Jocelyne Cesari writes about the recent attacks in France and why the country seems to be a target.

As the race for the White House enters the final stretch, the recently chosen GOP and Democratic Party picks for vice president are introducing themselves to the nation. In speeches and political messaging over the last two weeks, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence...

The Journal of Africana Religions announced on August 1 that Professor Aisha Beliso-De Jesús’s Electric Santería: Racial and Sexual Assemblages of Transnational Religion Columbia University Press, 2015) has won the 2016 Albert J. Raboteau Book Prize for...

Visiting Professor Jocelyne Cesari discusses how the speech given by a Muslim immigrant at the Democratic National Convention could represent a watershed for Muslims in America, as they increasingly move beyond interfaith activity and into politics.

HDS faculty and friends remember Professor Helmut Koester during a memorial service on May 6, 2016. Koester, John H. Morison Professor of New Testament Studies and Winn Professor of Ecclesiastical History Emeritus, passed away on New Year’s Day, 2016, at...

There are still a few weeks of summer remaining, and that means there is still time to enjoy a great book. Members of the HDS community recently shared what they’ve been reading for class and for pleasure. Harvey Cox, Hollis Professor of Divinity Emeritus...