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After teaching in the Department of Theology at Loyola University of Chicago, the University of Wisconsin, and in the Committee on the Study of Religion at Harvard University, Charles Hallisey joined the faculty of Harvard Divinity School in 2007 as the...

I write at perhaps the most challenging moment of our lifetimes, as our society reels from global pandemic, economic collapse, and social unrest. We have all been affected. Many in the HDS community are on the front lines as activists, caregivers, and...

Only two years after its launch in April 2014, the Campaign for HDS is already having an impact on every aspect of the School's mission. New professorships enable HDS to extend its expertise in the study of the world's religious traditions and the ways...

Lowell Livezey of the University of Illinois, Chicago, is the Visiting Luce Lecturer on Urban Ministry at Harvard Divinity School this Spring. He is teaching two courses this semester, "Religious Agency in the Metropolis" and the Urban Ministry Seminar...

Where do our ideas about how the economy works, and our views on economic policy, come from? Critics of contemporary economics complain that belief in free markets, among economists as well as many ordinary citizens, is a form of religion. The...

In this year's Stendahl Symposium, four Harvard Divinity School students present their papers centered around the broad topic of "conversations across religious boundaries." The Stendahl Symposium has become an annual HDS tradition in memory of former...

Forthcoming book by HDS visiting lecturer Zilka Spahic-Siljak spotlights 11 voices of peace in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Before the war, things were fairly liberal in the former Yugoslavia, where Zilka Spahic Siljak grew up.

As the study of religion moved into the domain of cultural studies, there came a shift in the subjects of research.

Dean William A. Graham will step down at the end of academic year 2011-12.

Myth and history are closely intertwined, as both provide significant insight into our beliefs, traditions, and practices.