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HDS professor Charles Stang on how Christians can balance their religious values with a capitalist system that aims to maximize wealth.

Professor Catherine Brekus notes that in the early 1800s, Methodists opposed Fourth of July celebrations on the grounds that they were not Christian.

HDS Hollis Professor of Divinity Karen King studies texts from Christianity’s first centuries to reinterpret the history of the early church.

Don Abram, MDiv ’19, is the founder of Pride in the Pews, a nonprofit that seeks to amplify the voices and experiences of queer Christians in the Black Church.

Soon after the 2004 presidential election, HDS professor Amy Hollywood was asked to participate in a panel discussion on the outcome of the voting. Hollywood remembers, "All I did was to present a hypothesis that I'd read in a smart web newsletter...

HDS communications reached out to our 2021 graduating students to hear from them in their own words about their experiences at HDS, the people who've helped and inspired them along their grad school journeys, and their plans for the future. Words of...

This year's Dudleian Lecture is presented by Dr. Paul C.H. Lim, Associate Professor of the History of Christianity and Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Vanderbilt University. Audio

Renowned scholar of North American religious history Catherine Brekus has been named the Charles Warren Professor of the History of Religion in America at Harvard Divinity School, effective July 1, 2014. Brekus is currently Professor in Religions in...

Harvard University has announced that Susan Shallcross Swartz, an artist and social and environmental activist, and her husband, James R. Swartz, AB '64, have donated $10 million to Harvard Divinity School. The gift will establish the Susan Shallcross...

How is the comparative scholarship on Judaism, Christianity, and Islam possible? What are its presuppositions, and what does it entail? How can the history of religions help interfaith understanding? These are some of the questions this lecture addresses.

Recent grad Nick Zehner talks about his long, winding path to HDS, from attending a Christian college as an undergrad, to having his faith challenged, to ministering to patients as a hospital chaplain.

Professor Charlie Stang, director of the Center for the Study of World Religions, talks about how he formed his Christian identity, discovering his love of Ashkenazi food, and the challenge of finding good babka in Israel.