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Video: Divinity Dialogues: 2019 Gomes Honorees

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The 2019 Peter J. Gomes STB '68 Memorial honorees speak on the topic of “spiritual innovation.” The panelists were: Erik Martínez Resly, MDiv ’12, founder and co-director of The Sanctuaries in Washington D.C. Salma Kazmi, MTS ’09, founding executive...

Humans of HDS: Power of the Camera

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"I’m interested in the cross section of where creativity and compassion intersect. I want to use my camera to help others express themselves and to communicate different issues that need more understanding and empathy."— Brenda Bancel, Special Student ‘17

To Hear the Cries of the World

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Karen Tse, MDiv '00, walked into a prison in the African nation of Burundi and found children: an eight-year-old boy tossed into jail for stealing a mobile phone; twelve-year-old girls imprisoned for "sex crimes"; a two-year old girl who had spent most of...

Islam in America: Lessons in Diversity

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After waiting his turn to take part in a question-and-answer session during the "Islam in America" conference at Harvard last weekend, a young man approached the microphone, introduced himself, and said, "I'm a Muslim, and therefore, by definition, I'm a...

Exploring Native America

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PBS’s latest series, Native America, explores the world created by America’s first peoples. The four-part series, which premieres October 23, reaches back 15,000 years to reveal massive cities aligned to the stars, unique systems of science and...

Faculty Insight: What Trump’s Nigeria Travel Ban Means

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In late January 2020, Nigerians reacted to U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement that Nigeria would be added to the administration's controversial visa and travel bans list. In a statement, the Association for Credible Leadership in Nigeria (ACLN)...

Go-To Guy for the Displaced

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Walking around with the Rev. Jeffrey L. Brown one day in early October, it was easy to understand why he had been dubbed "Mr. Mayor" at Otis Air National Guard Base on Cape Cod, where he was overseeing care for more than 200 people evacuated from the...

Video: White Supremacy in the Study and Practice of Ministry

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In conjunction with the HDS Committee on Racial Justice and Healing and in cooperation with the courses "Theories and Methods in the Study of Religion" (T&M) and "Introduction to Ministry Studies" (IMS), Professors David Holland and Matthew Potts hosted a...

Video: Anne E. Monius Memorial Service

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HDS faculty and friends remembered Professor Anne E. Monius during a memorial service on October 11, 2019. Monius, Professor of South Asian Religions at Harvard Divinity School, passed away on August 3, 2019. FULL TRANSCRIPT: [INDIAN MUSIC PLAYING] Good...

An Unexpected Journey After Abortion

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Kassi Underwood was broke, 19 years old, unwed, an addict, and in college a thousand miles from home when she became pregnant and had an abortion. In the several years that followed, coping with heartache and loss, she struggled with drugs and alcohol and...

All Change Requires Loss: 2018 Billings Preaching Competition

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Each spring, Harvard Divinity School's Office of Ministry Studies organizes the Billings Preaching Prize Competition, an annual preaching competition open to second- and third-year MDiv students. The finalists delivered their sermons at the Wednesday Noon...