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Visiting Assistant Professor of Women's Studies and Sociology of Religion and WSRP Research Associate Sarah Bracke recently discussed her study of a Catholic Renewal women's group in Milan, Italy in 2000. Bracke, who is also an associate professor of the...

The year 2014 was a memorable one at Harvard Divinity School. We examined timely and important issues in the world today, such as conflict in the Middle East, racial justice in the U.S., and how religious leaders can lead in the fight against climate...

William A. Graham, Dean of Harvard Divinity School, Murray A. Albertson Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, and John Lord O'Brian Professor of Divinity, received an honorary doctor of humane letters degree from the University of North Carolina on Sunday...

Frank Clooney had a busy sabbatical year. In 2013, the Parkman Professor of Divinity and director of HDS's Center for the Study of World Religions published his latest book, His Hiding Place is Darkness, which “explores the uncertainties of love and faith...

On October 10, 2013, two distinguished HDS alumni shared stories of how their values, vision, and experiences at HDS have informed their service to others. Jeff Seul, MTS '97, chairman of the Peace Appeal Foundation and partner in the law firm of Holland...

With a heavy heart, I write to let you know that François Bovon, Frothingham Professor of the History of Religion Emeritus at HDS, passed away Friday night (Nov. 1) peacefully in Aubonne, Switzerland, after a long illness. François was associated with HDS...

For the second half of the twentieth century, HDS professor C. Conrad Wright, who died February 17, 2011, was the preeminent scholar of American Unitarianism and an inspiring mentor to both ministers and historians. On October 26, 2011, a group of...

The Public Understanding of Religion Committee of the American Academy of Religion (AAR) has named Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, Krister Stendahl Professor of Divinity at Harvard Divinity School, the recipient of the 2012 Martin E. Marty Award for the...

Each year, Harambee: Students of African Descent at HDS organizes a series of special events to commemorate Black History Month (BHM). This February, Harambee again offers several opportunities for those within the Harvard community, as well as our...

These are challenging times for churches in the United States. Membership is dropping in virtually all Christian denominations, but especially mainline Protestantism. The “nones”— Americans unaffiliated with any religion—are on the rise: they now...

On September 25, 2013, the Science, Religion, and Culture Program at HDS, in partnership with Harvard Medical School, presented the talk 'Is Health Care a Spiritual Discipline?' by Dr. Daniel Sulmasy. Sulmasy is the Kilbride-Clinton Professor of Medicine...

On November 7, 2013, David N. Hempton, Dean of Harvard Divinity School, and Stephen Prothero, Professor of Religion at Boston University, spoke about the importance of religious literacy and why government leaders and educators should not ignore the...