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In an equally emotional and inspirational conversation, a pair of HDS alumni recently shared stories of how they helped individuals, communities, and themselves navigate through dark times. Nancy Cahners, MTS '03, and Mel Kawakami, MDiv '74, ThM '87...

In the first Divinity Dialogues event of the 2014–15 academic year, Nancy Cahners, MTS '03, and Mel Kawakami, MDiv '74, ThM '87, discuss their experiences at HDS and their work after graduation to help individuals, communities, and themselves navigate...

Can you love your neighbor as you punch him in the face? That's one of the questions posed by the documentary Fight Church, which will be screened at Harvard during an event on Monday, October 20, hosted by the Science, Religion, and Culture Program at...

Ahead of the 2014 Ingersoll Lecture by Russell Banks, John Stauffer, Professor of English and Professor of African and African American Studies at Harvard University, explores Bank’s novel, Cloudsplitter, and the history of John Brown. Welcome and...

Professor Jin Y. Park, Associate Professor and Director of the Asian Studies Program at American University, delivered the 2014 Ahnkook Lecture on Korean Buddhism. Chan/Sŏn Buddhism has been criticized for its seeming lack of social engagement. In this...

Standing on the roof of the Center for the Study of World Religions (built in 1960), you can see Jewett House (1913), Andover Hall (1911), and now, solar panels (2014). The juxtaposition highlights the Center's and Harvard Divinity School's commitment to...

Ralph DeFlorio, director of operations at HDS, and Munjed Murad, ThD candidate and Junior Fellow at the Center for the Study of World Religion, discuss the intersection of sustainability and religion. Murad is a panelist at "Spiritual and Sustainable...

For Christopher Hampson, issues around debt forgiveness involve both moral and legal dimensions, and pursuing a joint degree at Harvard Divinity School (HDS) and Harvard Law School (HLS) enables him to think through the many dimensions of creditor-debtor...

Benjamin Dunning, Professor at Fordham University, discusses his book, Christ Without Adam: Subjectivity and Sexual Difference in the Philosopher's Paul. Trained in early Christianity as well as critical and feminist theory, Professor Dunning is...

Acclaimed expert on biblical, gnostic, and apocryphal writings, Willis Barnstone explores the question, were early Christians Pharisee Jews like Saint Paul? Barnstone is a poet and translator of ancient and modern texts. A four-time recipient of the Book...

In the spring of 2013, Cary Dabney found an envelope from Harvard Divinity School in his mailbox. The first member of his family to attend college, Dabney prepared himself for disappointment. He turned to his son—one of his six children—and joked that he...

Halloween is the second most commercially successful holiday in the United States after Christmas, with Americans spending an estimated $6 billion annually. But while most people are familiar with the origins of the Christmas story, the background of...