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Julia Ogilvy is a second-year master of theological studies candidate, businesswoman, social entrepreneur, author, wife and mother, with a passion for social justice.

Shrestha Singh grew up in the Bay Area in California. She is the daughter of Indian immigrants and has an older sister and a pit bull mix named Scout, whom she loves very much. Shrestha is the Hindu Chaplain at both Wellesley College and Brandeis...

This summer, thanks to several generous gifts in support of Dean David N. Hempton’s campaign initiatives, HDS continued its ongoing effort to provide students with financial support so that they can serve communities locally and abroad through...

This feature is part of an HDS Communications interview series offering students a closer look at selected upcoming courses. Below, we chat with Professor Anne Monius about her fall 2017 class “Indian Religions Through Their Narrative Literatures”—an...

Jonathan Walton, HDS Professor of Religion and Society, and Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church, writes a commentary concerning the rhetoric between the United States and North Korea and the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.

The people who confronted white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia last Saturday drew on a truth that is more powerful than hate and a faith that the end of the story is not violence but love and life and their persistent victory. This is a dark...

Ahead of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, Professor Michelle Sanchez writes that if Martin Luther's reform was triggered by a critique of indulgences, John Calvin's was triggered by a critique of idolatry.

August 12 was one of the darkest days I’ve seen since I became dean of HDS. White nationalists marched in Charlottesville, Virginia to protest the removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee, a confederate general during the American Civil War. The group, which...

This feature is part of an HDS Communications interview series offering students a closer look at selected upcoming courses. Below, we chat with Professor Dan McKanan about his fall 2017 class “Alternative Spiritualities in the United States,” which...

More than 100 new graduate students arrive on campus for Orientation starting August 27. For some, it’s the start of their graduate studies. For others, it’s a new chapter in their life. The 2019-20 incoming class includes approximately 130 students who...

“Coming to HDS is my story of leaving the war place. Part of my motivation to come here was about me wanting to find beauty in the midst of ugliness.”—Farah Zahra, MDiv ’17

In March 2017, the Buddhist Ministry Working Group convened at Upaya Zen Center, in Santa Fe, New Mexico for three days of conversation, collaboration, and contemplative practice. This gathering was part of a series of meetings hosted by Harvard Divinity...