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Robert Jones, the founder and CEO of Public Religion Research Institute, characterized white, Christian America as representing centuries of cultural, political, and economic domination. Over the last couple of decades, however, demographics and culture...

Vanessa Zoltan graduated from HDS with a master of divinity degree in 2015. She is currently a research assistant at HDS and, alongside fellow alum Casper ter Kuile, co-hosts the popular podcast “ Harry Potter and the Sacred Text .” She delivered the...

The tradition of HDS graduates speaking and acting publicly—and often prophetically—extends back to the School’s earliest years. In his address to the graduating class of 1838, Ralph Waldo Emerson, HDS ’26, railed against a church “which seems to totter...

After teaching in the Department of Theology at Loyola University of Chicago, the University of Wisconsin, and in the Committee on the Study of Religion at Harvard University, Charles Hallisey joined the faculty of Harvard Divinity School in 2007 as the...

For the second year in a row, Harvard has earned the #1 world ranking for the study of divinity, theology, and religion from the prestigious QS World University Rankings. (Find out about degree programs, financial aid, and how to apply to HDS or make a...

Kevin Madigan, Winn Professor of Ecclesiastical History at HDS and a historian of medieval Christian religious practice and thought, delivered the following remarks at Morning Prayers in Harvard's Memorial Church on March 6. ♦♦♦ The first reading is from...

"I’m interested in the cross section of where creativity and compassion intersect. I want to use my camera to help others express themselves and to communicate different issues that need more understanding and empathy."— Brenda Bancel, Special Student ‘17

Navy SEAL and MTS candidate Dan Cnossen won a gold medal in biathlon and a silver medal in cross-country skiing during the Paralympics in Pyeongchang.

MTS candidate Julia Ogilvy discusses during Morning Prayers at Memorial Church her life-changing awakening.

"America needs to care for its soul." That's the provocative conclusion of a new report (PDF) from HDS Ministry Innovation Fellows Casper ter Kuile, Angie Thurston, and Rev. Sue Phillips. Over the past four years, the trio have traveled the country to...

Dan McKanan, Ralph Waldo Emerson Unitarian Universalist Association Senior Lecturer in Divinity (HDS), discusses his recent publication, Eco-Alchemy: Anthroposophy and the History and Future of Environmentalism. Terry Tempest Williams (HDS) and Rebecca...

This talk examines the higher-dimensional time theories of the British aviator and writer John Dunne. Dunne developed a theory of time in which human beings transcended time and space in dreams. His views reverberated throughout popular culture in Europe...