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When he first encountered the work of Cormac McCarthy as a college student in the mid-'90s, Assistant Professor of Ministry Studies Matthew Potts became spellbound by the novelist, whose dark and violent narratives have led readers deep into history (...

On September 10, President Barack Obama outlined a strategy to combat the jihadist group known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) following the recent killings of American journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff. The strategy involves the...

Judith Lieu, Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity Emerita at the University of Cambridge, will be the Frothingham Visiting Professor in New Testament and Early Christianity at HDS starting in January 2020. A biblical scholar, theologian, and historian of...

Shira Telushkin, a student at Harvard Divinity School, is one of 12 journalism students and early-career journalists chosen by Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE) to participate in a two-week program in Germany and Poland...

On Thursday, April 18, 2002, at 6 pm, a woman whose image is indelibly inscribed in our national consciousness spoke to the Harvard community in the Memorial Church, although she would probably have gone unrecognized until she explained who she is. Ruby...

In light of reports of migrant deaths and inhumane conditions for children, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. took to social media last week to criticize U.S. immigration policy, comparing the country's detention centers to "concentration camps."...

Longtime presidential adviser and Harvard Kennedy School professor David Gergen captivated a packed audience at Harvard Divinity School in a wide-ranging conversation with HDS Dean David N. Hempton on religion, politics, and public life. The talk was a...

"When you see the rallies and the protests, listen past the words and look past the signs." The following reflection is by Irene Routte, MTS '14, who helped organize a group of HDS students and alumni who traveled to Ferguson, Missouri, this past summer...

Tom Stanton, HDS ’68, only attended Harvard Divinity School for one year, but the experience had a big influence on the rest of his life. You can see it in his career path. Inspired by his HDS field education experience at an inner-city church, as well as...

When former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Whitehead looks around the world, he’s troubled by what he sees: unfortunate new aggressive actions by Russia; war in Iraq; ongoing conflict between Arabs and Israelis; tension between India and Pakistan...

The following personal reflection was written by MDiv candidate Alexa Klein-Mayer. It was still dark when we gathered, 10 hours earlier than our normal class time on a chilly November morning. It may have seemed unusual to be boarding a bus, blurry-eyed...

Robert Franklin is worried about America. He sees distance, mistrust, and division in society eroding the foundations of U.S. democracy. A student of political science, Franklin understands that changing demographics, geographic isolation, identity...