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HDS hosted former U.S. President Jimmy Carter on November 19 at Memorial Church where he spoke about his new book. Before his visit to campus, he spoke at length with the Harvard Gazette about women, religion, violence, and power.

HDS professor Ahmed Ragab, the director of the Science, Religion, and Culture program, moderated a panel of experts who discussed the return of measles and explored the legal, ethical, and public health issues surrounding childhood vaccination.

“I was a little surprised that so many people in my community don’t trust this vaccine," said the Rev. Liz Walker, MDiv '05, pastor of Roxbury Presbyterian Church and a member of Governor Charlie Baker’s COVID-19 Vaccine Advisory Group. “I am talking to...

Katherine Collins, MTS '11, is a professional investor who's managed billions of dollars of assets. Her new book, The Nature of Investing, lays out the nature-inspired principles she puts into practice today as head of her own research firm. She spoke...

"I love being here at HDS and in the United States and meeting new people—visiting scholars, faculty, postdocs, students, colleagues. I love learning their stories. It is what I have always wanted: to be in a very diverse environment, teaching, studying...

"If we are Christians in more than name only...we need to become familiar with the voice of God calling us individually by name, to upset things, shaking society and politics and the religious establishment too."—HDS Professor Francis X. Clooney, S.J.

Leadership Day, which took place on March 30, is an annual celebration for Harvard Divinity School's leadership-level supporters and volunteers, including members of the Dean’s, Leadership, and Alumni/Alumnae Councils. Photos by Tony Rinaldo. Photos from...

As part of HDS Leadership Day, held April 5, 2013, HDS professors Harvey Cox and Stephanie Paulsell gave a talk on their jointly-authored book, Lamentations and the Song of Songs (Westminster John Knox Press, 2012).

Throughout her academic career, Leila Ahmed, HDS's Victor S. Thomas Professor of Divinity, has labored to understand the history of women and gender in Islam. Her scholarship has earned her the admiration of her colleagues. Her candor and skill as a...

On March 1, the Very Rev. Dr. Jane Shaw, MDiv '88, Dean of Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, led a conversation with members of the HDS community and local alumni about two of her recently published books, Octavia: Daughter of God and A Practical...

A message from David N. Hempton, Dean of Harvard Divinity School I write with great pleasure to announce that Melissa Wood Bartholomew, MDiv ’15, will join HDS as the School’s new Associate Dean of Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DIB) on July 6, 2020...

Students at a suburban Chicago high school this fall started a pilot program that introduces them to the cultural studies method of teaching religion. The Religious Literacy Project at HDS is promoting the pilot, which featured a visit from RLP director...