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Dean David Hempton spoke to members of the Harvard Alumni Association on "Religion and the Promotion of Peace in the 21st Century" on Thursday, May 1, in Cambridge. The talk, which was attended by over 200 alumni leaders from around the University...

On the anniversary of 9/11, Dean David N. Hempton speaks to the students of Trinity School in New York City about violence, conflict, and remembrance. Read coverage of this event

In response to a recent interview with Pope Francis, HDS professor and CSWR director Francis X. Clooney, S.J., examines the pontiff's rather novel view of “Europe” in relation to Christendom, and his analysis of fearful responses to Islam.

Dean David Hempton has been elected an Honorary Member of the Royal Irish Academy. Hempton, who is also the Alonzo L. McDonald Family Professor of Evangelical Theological Studies and John Lord O'Brian Professor of Divinity, was admitted along with 28...

"How can I help my students and myself open up the space around our theology and give it room to become something more than we have yet imagined," writes Professor Stephanie Paulsell.

K. Healan Gaston, Lecturer on American Religious History and Ethics, writes that only by following former FBI director James Comey’s efforts to be a Niebuhrian can we fully understand his recent book, A Higher Loyalty, and begin to untangle some of the...

Associate Dean for Ministry Studies Dudley Rose offers insight on evangelical support for the Trump administration's immigration policies.

"Humiliation isolates us in shame, but humility helps us to see our life in relation to other lives and to ask how our choices affect others. This is as true for communities and nations as it is for individuals," writes Professor Stephanie Paulsell.

On Aug. 5, 2012, a white supremacist walked into a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisc., and started shooting. The story of that horror, and the healing that came after, is the focus of a short documentary, "Waking in Oak Creek."

As a Native American scholar of environmental history and religious studies, HDS visiting professor Rosalyn R. LaPier is often asked what Native American leaders mean when they say that certain landscapes are “sacred places” or “sacred sites.”

As part of the Divinity School's Leadership Day, held April 5, Harvard President Drew Faust and HDS Dean David Hempton sat down to discuss the role of the study of religion and spiritual life in the 21st century—at Harvard and beyond. The talk was...

Religion is a powerful influence on human affairs, nowhere more visibly than in its capacity to help both ignite and resolve conflict. Now a new collaboration between Harvard Divinity School and Harvard Kennedy School will enable scholars to study the...