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The HDS Green Team and the student group EcoDiv hosted the presentation and panel discussion "Sustainability and Religion: New Directions in Research and Practice" on April 2 in Andover Hall. Presenters included Timothy C. Weiskel, research director at...

Jonathan Walton, Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church and Professor of Religion and Society, delivered the keynote address at Leadership Day, held on April 5, 2013. The topic of his talk was "Paideia and Piety...

Matthew L. Potts, Assistant Professor of Ministry Studies at HDS, discusses his recent book, Cormac McCarthy and the Signs of Sacrament: Literature, Theology, and the Moral of Stories. Amy Hollywood, Elizabeth H. Monrad Professor of Christian Studies at...

HDS professor Beverly Mayne Kienzle discusses her recent book, The Solutions to 38 Questions of Hildegard of Bingen, with two respondents, Catherine M. Mooney and Women's Studies in Religion Program (WSRP) Research Associate Alison More.

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...

Jacob Olupona, HDS Professor of African Religious Traditions, was awarded the 2018 Martin E. Marty Award for the Public Understanding of Religion. The award recipient is selected by the American Academy of Religion’s Committee on the Public Understanding...

HDS Visiting Professor Cornell William Brooks leads the Harvard Kennedy School’s William Monroe Trotter Collaborative for Social Justice, which he calls a think-and-do tank for Harvard students committed to social justice advocacy and rigorous applied...

On November 6, 2013, HDS hosted its annual Theological Education Day. Dean David N. Hempton welcomed the more than 150 prospective students and shared ten reasons why they should consider Harvard Divinity School.

Nancy Cahners, MTS '03, and Mel Kawakami, MDiv '74, ThM '87, spoke on October 9 about their experiences at HDS—and their work after graduation—to a packed audience on the Divinity School campus as part of the first Divinity Dialogues event of the 2014-15...

The Pew Research Center recently released a report titled " America's Changing Religious Landscape." Among the findings detailed in the report were a decline in Americans who identify as Christian as a share of the population and a rise in Americans who...

On April 4, the HDS community celebrated the inaugural cohort of Gomes Memorial Honors recipients. Four distinguished alumni were honored: Reza Aslan, MTS '99; Susannah Heschel, MTS '76; the Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi, MTS '03; and Sarah Sentilles, MDiv...

Panelists Mara Willard, Jay Williams, Josslyn Luckett, and HDS professors Stephanie Paulsell and David Carrasco spoke on December 6 as part of the series "Have Mercy: The Religious Dimensions of the Writings of Toni Morrison." Toni Morrison, the Robert F...