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Professor of the Comparative and Historical Study of Religion Kimberley C. Patton was the faculty speaker during the Multireligious Commencement Service on May 25, 2016. Below are her remarks: Dean Hempton, members of the faculty, honored guests, alumni...

Casper ter Kuile, MDiv '16, MPP '16, and Angie Thurston, MDiv '16, map and convene the Millennial leaders of spiritual communities at the forefront of religious change. From CrossFit to dinner churches, Muslim small groups, and maker spaces, their work...

HDS celebrated the 2021 Peter J. Gomes STB '68 Distinguished Alumni Honors on May 4. This year's alumni honorees are: Joshua Eaton, MDiv ’10; Dr. Omar Sultan Haque, MTS ‘04, MD ’08; Robin Coste Lewis, MTS '97; and Lama Rod Owens, MDiv ’17. A journalist...

Assistant Professor of Ministry Studies Matthew L. Potts was the faculty speaker during the Multireligious Service of Thanksgiving for the Graduating Class on May 27, 2015. Below are his remarks, as prepared for delivery: It's a great honor to stand in...

Although Harvard Divinity School's Women's Studies in Religion Program has long welcomed scholars from abroad and scholars with international research interests, this year's WSRP research associates are an especially seasoned group of world travelers...

At a venerable private school in Massachusetts, some of the best and brightest seniors showed up recently for an advanced course in Islamic studies. The teacher eagerly started off by trying to delve into subjects of Islamic culture and law, but she found...

The pace of change has sped up at the Vatican in recent months as key shifts in both personnel and tone have signaled a push by Pope Francis toward a more inclusive Catholic Church. In September, the pope tapped the moderate Bishop Blase Cupich to head...

This March, during spring break, 24 members of the HDS community traveled to Mississippi as part of the ongoing effort to rebuild a gulf coast region ravaged by Hurricane Katrina. The group—made up of students, faculty, and staff—spent a week living and...

This discussion took place during the 2003 Dean's Weekend. BILL GRAHAM: Our second panel takes up our question and moves it a little bit further in discussing the encounter with religion in the modern university. We have a group that's going to bring a...

This conversation and reflection on how ministers and chaplains have adapted to the current crises in our world while working to support their congregations and communities in their greatest time of need took place on January 14, 2020. Following the panel...

Harvard Divinity School celebrated its Alumni Day on June 4, 2008, with the theme "The Spiritual Nature of Physical Space." The featured speaker was Dav íd Carrasco, director of the Moses Mesoamerican Archive at Harvard's Peabody Museum and Neil L...

Though rain forced the annual Harvest Celebration indoors this year, the HDS community still shared in a thankful blessing of the HDS Garden.