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Langdell Hall on the campus of Harvard Law School overflowed with more than 250 students on the first day of Professor Cornel West and Professor Roberto Unger’s “American Democracy” class. It was nearly 20 years ago when the two legendary professors...

Pope Francis's much-anticipated encyclical on the environment, issued June 18, was received with both relief and concern, as it raised important questions to all of us—Christian or not, Catholic or otherwise. Francis's 184-page document (PDF) had several...

Every Friday for two hours, 24 Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Pagan, and spiritual or not-religiously-identified HDS students gather for "America's Religious Pluralism: A Case Studies Approach," a seminar co-taught by HDS professor Diana Eck...

On Thursday, October 19, and Friday, October 20, Harvard Divinity School will host a conference on Christianity, Race, and Mass Incarceration. Organized by Matthew Potts, Associate Professor of Religion and Literature and of Ministry Studies, and Michelle...

This past fall, after 24 years, Peter Machinist retired from full-time teaching as the Hancock Professor of Hebrew and other Oriental Languages at Harvard University, serving as faculty both in the Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations department and...

Halloween has become synonymous with costumes and candy, but what lies beyond the ghoulish face paint and Tootsie Roll wrappers? Kimberley Patton, Professor of the Comparative and Historical Study of Religion at Harvard Divinity School, has long studied...

Starting July 16, the U.S. Department of State will host its 3-day Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom. The event “brings together leaders from around the world to discuss the challenges facing religious freedom, identify means to address religious...

Stephanie Paulsell, Susan Shallcross Swartz Professor of the Practice of Christian Studies and Interim Pusey Minister at Memorial Church, delivered the following remarks during Sunday Services at Memorial Church on March 8, 2020. ♦♦♦

Chris Berlin is a counselor to Buddhist students and Instructor in Ministry and Pastoral Counseling at HDS. He is part of a musical group consisting of several HDS alumni and students called Satigata. The group, formed at HDS, recently released an album...

Simran Jeet Singh was running home from his office at New York University when he heard the slur. His first impulse was to ignore it as he had so many times in the past. Then he stopped, stiffened, and turned back to the young man who had shouted at him...

Victoria Osteen, co-pastor with her husband Joel of the Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, recently sparked controversy after she told her congregation that "when we obey God, we're not doing it for God…we're doing it for ourselves, because God takes...

The Rev. Dr. Gary Mason and Dean David N. Hempton will speak on “ The Role of Reconciliation, Memory, and Theology in Shaping the Public Stage ” on Wednesday, February 27, at 2 pm, on the HDS campus. RSVP kindly requested . When we think of the bitter...