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Kim Davis, clerk of Kentucky's Rowan County, inspired passionate responses from all quarters recently when she refused to grant marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Many in her community see Davis as a civil rights crusader, standing up for religious...

Jeremy Bird's work for President Barack Obama's 2012 reelection campaign sent him all over the country: South Carolina, Ohio, Chicago, and eventually the White House. In some ways, though, the 2002 Harvard Divinity School graduate is closer than ever to...

For some HDS graduates and students, trying to find employment in the midst of the current economic climate is proving to be a harsh test of patience and perse­verance. Even getting one's foot in the door has become more difficult than in previous years...

On Monday, September 18, inside Memorial Hall's Sanders Theatre, Harvard Divinity School held its 191st Convocation. In front of about 200 Divinity School community members, including faculty, staff, students, and alumni, Davíd Carrasco, the Neil L...

To mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, this year’s Dudleian Lecture will feature a presentation on the movement’s connection to modernity. Paul C.H. Lim, Associate Professor of the History of Christianity and Associate Professor of Religious...

Anne Marie Hunter, MDiv '86, director of Safe Havens Interfaith Partnership Against Domestic Violence and Elder Abuse, delivered the following remarks at Morning Prayers in Harvard's Memorial Church on October 12, 2018. ♦♦♦ This morning’s reading features...

On a Friday morning in early fall 1911, members of both Andover Theological Seminary and Harvard Divinity School gathered in the chapel of the newly built Andover Hall to dedicate the building. One hundred years later, after repairs and additions (and...

The HDS Alumni/Alumnae Council has announced the first cohort of honorees for the inaugural Peter J. Gomes STB '68 Memorial Honors, which celebrates the outstanding contributions that HDS alumni make to their fields, and to society, across the broad...

Theologians often characterize the rational mind’s embrace of religion as being a leap of faith, where the believer is courageous yet humble, passionate yet deferential to an acknowledged greater good. HDS graduate Nokuthula Ngwenyama, MTS ’02, uses...

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...

History books are filled with accounts of the past, shaped by the perspectives of those who wrote them. A reader’s imagination may conjure events across the miles and millennia based on those accounts, but at best their own life experiences and interests...

From exploring Islam's peace teachings to debating whether CrossFit is a kind of church, there are plenty of interesting and thought-provoking events taking place on campus this semester. Check out the highlights below, add them to your calendars, and be...