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Remembering Deacon Roy

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I opened up my Facebook page Tuesday morning—a practice I usually don't indulge in at first wake. Typically, before the news of the outside world outside engages my mind and spirit, I arise and move into devotional and scripture reading, walk/run atop the...

The Holocaust and Horror at the Border

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In light of reports of migrant deaths and inhumane conditions for children, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. took to social media last week to criticize U.S. immigration policy, comparing the country's detention centers to "concentration camps."...

The Eighth Commandment and the Second Amendment

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Kevin Madigan, Winn Professor of Ecclesiastical History at HDS and a historian of medieval Christian religious practice and thought, delivered the following remarks at Morning Prayers in Harvard's Memorial Church on March 6. ♦♦♦ The first reading is from...

Flying High

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Jeremy Bird's work for President Barack Obama's 2012 reelection campaign sent him all over the country: South Carolina, Ohio, Chicago, and eventually the White House. In some ways, though, the 2002 Harvard Divinity School graduate is closer than ever to...

Four Ways to Chaplaincy

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During a recent week at Harvard Divinity School, a royal delegation from Nigeria strolled down the first floor of Andover Hall and into the Braun Room to meet with Dean Graham and HDS faculty. Later that same afternoon, a best-selling author and HDS...

Beautifully Foolish, Mighty in Wisdom

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In a short Q&A, recent HDS graduate Lucia Ruth Hulsether, MDiv '14, discusses the impact of her experiences at HDS, her work on interfaith engagement, and the meaning of "community" at HDS. What were you doing before you came to HDS? I came directly to...

Poetry, Conflict, and Context

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Eliza Griswold has traveled the world researching conflicts. Over the summer, The New York Times Magazine published her article " Is This the End of Christianity in the Middle East?" For her first book, The Tenth Parallel, she spent years traveling in...

Borderline or Borderland?

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On Monday, September 18, inside Memorial Hall's Sanders Theatre, Harvard Divinity School held its 191st Convocation. In front of about 200 Divinity School community members, including faculty, staff, students, and alumni, Davíd Carrasco, the Neil L...

Scholarship in the Interest of Creating a Better World

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It would not be a stretch to liken a seasoned and prolific academic to a major league ballplayer—someone sought after by the owners of opposing teams and even poised to break a few records. With 48 published books (one of them a Pulitzer nominee) and 5...

How to Mourn, Find Meaning in the Deaths of 200,000

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Some of us might feel guilty about grieving, especially if we haven’t actually lost someone to COVID-19. But as we are all grieving the lost rhythms of our daily lives as well as our feelings of familiarity and safety, gratitude can help us build...

Leading Biblical Scholar Frank Moore Cross Dies at 91

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Frank Moore Cross, one of the premier biblical scholars of the past century, died on October 17, 2012, in Rochester, New York. He was 91. Cross was Hancock Professor of Hebrew and Other Oriental Languages Emeritus at Harvard University, where he taught...

Gordon Kaufman, Leading Theologian, Dies

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Gordon Dester Kaufman, Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Professor of Divinity Emeritus at Harvard Divinity School, died on Friday, July 22, at age 86. A member of the Faculty of Divinity since 1963, Kaufman was a renowned liberal theologian whose research...