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On the 13th anniversary of the attacks on September 11, 2001, Stephanie Paulsell, HDS Houghton Professor of the Practice of Ministry Studies, presided over the Thursday morning Ecumenical Eucharist in Andover Chapel. In her remarks, Paulsell recalled...

This online event to honor and recognize the HDS Class of 2020 took place May 28 and featured remarks from Dean David N. Hempton, the HDS Class of 2020 Student Speaker Ashley Lipscomb, a reading of the graduates names, and the sharing of well wishes...

Harvard Divinity School has collected some thoughts and analysis from faculty, students, and colleagues relevant to the April 15 attack in Boston. Our hope is that these works give perspective on the events, bring the HDS community together, and/or...

HDS communications reached out to our 2021 graduating students to hear from them in their own words about their experiences at HDS, the people who've helped and inspired them along their grad school journeys, and their plans for the future. Words of...

Charles Adams knew he wanted to be a preacher. He didn’t know if he was old enough for the pulpit, though, so he asked his mom. He wasn’t happy with the answer. “I asked my mother when we came out of church one day, ‘How old am I?’ ” he remembers. “She...

You're walking in the country and you fall into quicksand. You feel yourself being sucked under and panic. You can't walk through it. You can't swim through it. The more you move, the deeper you sink. Exhausted, you finally lay back in despair. "I’m going...

HDS communications reached out to our 2021 graduating students to hear from them in their own words about their experiences at HDS, the people who've helped and inspired them along their grad school journeys, and their plans for the future. How I've...

Members of the Harvard Divinity School (HDS) community expressed surprise and sadness at the passing of Lamin Sanneh, a renowned expert on global Christianity and African religion. Sanneh, the D. Willis James Professor of Missions and World Christianity...

As I entered my second semester as a master of divinity degree candidate at HDS, I looked forward to branching out and taking courses that were cross-listed with other Harvard schools and composed of students from different parts of Harvard. My favorite...

HDS communications reached out to our 2021 graduating students to hear from them in their own words about their experiences at HDS, the people who've helped and inspired them along their grad school journeys, and their plans for the future. Words of...

Melissa Bartholomew, MDiv '15, was selected by her student colleagues as the class speaker for HDS Commencement 2015. The following remarks were delivered by Bartholomew at the Diploma Awarding Ceremony on May 28. Like many of you, throughout my time here...

John Strugnell, a former editor-in-chief of the Dead Sea Scrolls project and Professor of Christian Origins Emeritus at Harvard Divinity School, died on November 30, 2007, at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His death came after a week...