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James L. Kugel, Harry Starr Professor of Classical and Modern Jewish and Hebrew Literature at Harvard University and member of the Faculty of Divinity, won the 2001 Grawemeyer Award in Religion for his book, The Bible as It Was. The Award, a $200,000...

The chaplain chosen to offer the opening prayer during Harvard's 2016 Commencement Morning Exercises was HDS faculty member Cheryl Giles. Giles, Francis Greenwood Peabody Senior Lecturer on Pastoral Care and Counseling, delivered the graduation prayer...

Reza Aslan, M.T.S. ’99, author of the best-selling book “ Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth”, spoke about Jesus as a historical figure and revolutionary insurrectionist against Roman authority. Aslan, whose book soared on the best-seller...

An afternoon program, "Visionaries and Pragmatists Ancient and Contemporary," took place in Andover Hall on November 2 to celebrate the retirement of Paul Hanson, Florence Corliss Lamont Research Professor of Divinity. The first seminar on apocalyptic...

Harvard Divinity School announces nine recipients of John L. Loeb Fellowships for summer and term-time research in 2009. These fellowships (ordinarily $10,000 each) are awarded to students engaged in research on topics dealing with religious freedom...

Laura Salah Nasrallah, Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at Harvard Divinity School, has received funding from the Battelle Memorial Institute to organize a symposium. Scholars of diverse disciplinary training will meet for a symposium...

Roberto Mata, a ThD candidate at HDS, has been selected to receive a 2014 Forum for Theological Exploration (FTE) Fellowship for Latino/a, Asian, and First Nations Doctoral Students. As an FTE Doctoral Fellow, Mata will receive a living stipend of up to...

On Monday, March 8, Bill McKibben will present a lecture as part of the Ecologies of Human Flourishing series, sponsored by the Center for the Study of World Religions at Harvard Divinity School. The lecture, "Reality Check: How the Facts of Life on a...

Dean William A. Graham recently announced two changes to endowed professorships at Harvard Divinity School. Karen King is the new Hollis Professor of Divinity, after legendary Harvard professor—and previous holder of the Hollis Chair—Harvey Cox officially...

The faculty of Harvard Divinity School voted, in a meeting on November 15, to allow Harvard University to make electronic versions of their current scholarly articles available to the public. With the vote for open access, the Divinity School faculty...

Harvard Divinity School has announced three recipients of the awards that are presented each June on its Alumni Day. This year, on June 7, the First Decade Award will be given to both Mark Cave and Jacob Schramm, and the Rabbi Martin Katzenstein Award...

Charles Stang, Associate Professor of Early Christian Thought at Harvard Divinity School, has been named a recipient of the 2013 Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise, formerly known as the John Templeton Prize for Theological Promise. The...