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On April 15, 2014, members of the jihadist group Boko Haram kidnapped more than 200 girls from a school in northern Nigeria and threatened to " sell them in the market, by Allah, in an effort to end Western education." Nations around the world condemned...

A day or two after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, journalist Monique Parsons, MTS '91, was glued to her television set, watching the major news organizations' coverage of the events. At some point, one of the anchors asked, "Why do they hate...

It’s hard not to be astonished by the sheer breadth of Jim Hackett’s achievements. He attended the United States Air Force Academy, where he flew jets and was qualified as a glider pilot. He has an MBA from Harvard Business School. He worked as a field...

For Steven Jungkeit, balance is key: balance of his twin vocations as a Congregationalist minister and a professor of critical theory and ethics at Harvard Divinity School. Bringing these two elements together has produced some interesting results, such...

Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison created many memorable characters—from Sula and Beloved to Frank Money. Her notions of goodness and mercy shown in these characters also reflect her understanding of the sacred and the human spirit. The religious...

Preston Williams has often been first: the first tenured African American member of the Harvard Divinity School (HDS) faculty; the first African American president of the Society of Christian Ethics; the founding director of Harvard's W.E.B. DuBois...

Lesedi Graveline, MTS ’21 Lesedi Graveline is an activist on the path to a career in social justice and human rights work. A graduate of the University of Connecticut, she is passionate about expanding her leadership through mentoring and empowering young...

Summer has always been a time to catch up on that ever-growing reading list, whether it be for work, for pleasure, or, this summer, for knowledge and strength in these uncertain times. Below, members of the HDS community shared what they’re reading. Eboni...

On December 5, 2013, 12 Harvard students sat in a conference room in a Tucson, Arizona, courthouse with the city's public defender. "So," the public defender said, "you just came from watching 70 brown people shackled and tried for being economic refugees...

When HDS Professor Andrew Teeter was in college, he uncovered a fascination with the Hebrew Bible. He poured himself into his study of ancient Greek and Hebrew, even taking a summer job working the graveyard shift so he could resuscitate dead languages...

Divinity Hall was rededicated, 174 years after its original dedication, with a celebration that took place in front of one of Harvard Divinity School's oldest buildings. Amidst the anxieties, toils, pleasures, dissipations, and competitions of life, in...

"Keep it real!" Sometimes declared as a warning and other times said in jest, this expression came up repeatedly during the 2000 Summer Leadership Institute (SLI), which brought 45 clergy, lay leaders, and community developers to Harvard from across the...