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A panel at HDS probed religion's place in cruelties, such as the Boston Marathon bombings.

Charles Long, Emeritus Professor of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, delivered this presentation on November 2 as part of the series "Have Mercy: The Religious Dimensions of the Writings of Toni Morrison."

While he was living in Jerusalem, Yakir Englander, research associate at the HDS Women's Studies in Religion Program, said there was an invisible wall between genders, and another wall that divided race and nation. It's those walls that serve as the basis...

The call to service is literally in Harvard Divinity School’s DNA. It’s visible in the vision of Harvard President John Kirkland, considered by many to be the founder of HDS, who appealed to alumni in 1815 for support of an institution that would prepare...

Scholars, students, and educators discuss the challenges, insights, and questions of training for Buddhist ministry at the Buddhist Ministry Initiative's recent conference, "Education and Buddhist Ministry: Whither—and Why?" The conference, funded by the...

From the Commission of Appraisal in 1936 to the Black Empowerment impulse of the 1960s, James Luther Adams was a significant shaper of Unitarian and Unitarian Universalist institutions. And as a social ethicist, he helped envision the new national and...

On February 25, Vivian Liska, Professor of German literature and director of the Institute of Jewish Studies at the University of Antwerp, Belgium, delivered the annual List Lecture in Jewish Studies at the CSWR. The Jew as archetypal migrant is a...

Francisca Cho proposes that Buddhist epistemic frameworks regarding the nature of ritual apparitions offer an account of the religious possibilities of film that is absent in Western phenomenological conversations on the same topic.

Cornelia Holden, MDiv ’03 shares her experiences as a spiritual innovator and founder of Mindful Warrior and the Core Leadership California at Ministry Colloquium. Audio

The WSRP National Leadership Conference, held annually in Cambridge, provides a unique opportunity to merge the groundbreaking findings of the program's scholars with the experiences of women leaders in the professions, philanthropy, and civic affairs.

A presentation on April 25 by Judith Casselberry, Assistant Professor of Africana Studies at Bowdoin College and Visiting Assistant Professor of Women's Studies and African American Religions at Harvard Divinity School.

Around the world, many of the most influential local humanitarian actors are religious leaders. What does that mean for secular aid providers?