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Harvard University was founded in 1636 with the aim of advancing learning and developing an educated ministry that could help guide communities in North America. The Harvard Divinity School (HDS) was established in 1816 to help further that mission.

In this 12-minute video, Jon Levenson, Albert A. List Professor of Jewish Studies, speaks about the Akedah with BINA, an educational project of the Jewish Community Center of Palo Alto, California.

Harvard Divinity School Dean David N. Hempton discussed the role of HDS at Harvard, as well as the role of religion and ethics at other Harvard Schools with Harvard Graduate School of Education Dean James Ryan, Harvard Law School Dean Martha Minow, and...

The students in HDS alumnus Tom Anderson’s class on social ethics at Case Western Reserve University’s (CWRU) Weatherhead School of Management are hard-driving business leaders. They’ve been successful in a hypercompetitive marketplace that often provides...

Douglas L. Gragg has been appointed the new librarian of Andover-Harvard Theological Library. Gragg comes to HDS from Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, where, since 2005, he has been director of library and information technology services and...

"Language is identity, language is history, language is culture, language is education, and language is a bridge between the past, present, and future," said Marcus Briggs-Cloud, a graduating master's student at Harvard Divinity School, addressing a...

In Nashua, N.H., Hannah Stohler, MDiv '16, leads Marguerite's Place, a transitional housing nonprofit for women and children in crisis that also provides residents with childcare, legal support, mental health counseling employment training, financial...

Former WSRP director Constance Buchanan "was hired to be a bridge between the righteous anger of the young radical feminists in the divinity school classrooms, and the millennia of theological education that had been exclusively in the hands of men," said...

Harvard owes its existence to the study of religion. In 1636, endeavoring to assure that the next generation of ministers in the fledging American colonies were properly educated, the "Great and General Court of the Governor and Company of the...

As Harvard Divinity School prepares for the most significant renewal of the HDS campus in a century, Dean David N. Hempton announced on May 1 that Andover Hall will be renamed Swartz Hall in honor of Susan Shallcross Swartz, her husband, James R. Swartz...

Religion and Public Life at Harvard Divinity School announced its 2021-22 fellows. This inaugural cohort of expert practitioners bring deep expertise and social justice commitments to a range of professions (government, education, journalism, organizing...

"But when you are grieving, you need to allow space for that to happen. Parents are so busy right now. Even the notion that they would have a few minutes to feel something feels radical to me, as someone who is trained in the reflective art of noticing...