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Bazzana uncovers the truth about the book of Revelation in early Christianity—and today Coronavirus. Unemployment. Social unrest. People often describe the times we’re living in as “apocalyptic,” but Giovanni Bazzana wouldn’t necessarily agree. “Today...

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...

François Bovon, Frothingham Professor of the History of Religion, began teaching New Testament and early Christian literature at Harvard Divinity School in 1993, and was chair of the New Testament Department from 1993-98 and again in 2001-02. Before...

Read about the latest news and publications from HDS faculty. Janet Gyatso, Hershey Professor of Buddhist Studies, gave the paper "Values and Ways of Knowing: Conflicts and Confluences between Buddhism and Medicine in Tibet" at Healing Texts, Healing...

Charles Stang, Professor of Early Christian Thought, has been appointed the next director of the Center for the Study of World Religions (CSWR) at Harvard Divinity School, beginning July 1. He will succeed Francis X. Clooney, S.J., Parkman Professor of...

The United States' general response to the terrorists attacks of September 11, 2001, and its invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq have left many Muslims feeling besieged. In the United States, they protest that the Patriot Act and other regulations target...

Harvard Divinity School's publication, Harvard Divinity Bulletin, was recognized on October 6, 2012 as one of the Religion Newswriters Association's (RNA) magazines of the year. The annual RNA awards ceremony was held this year in Bethesda, Maryland. The...

On the 203rd anniversary of Ralph Waldo Emerson's birth, Harvard Divinity School (HDS) and the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) have announced the completion of funding for the Ralph Waldo Emerson Unitarian Universalist Association Professorship...

Harvard University was named best in the world for the study of divinity, theology, and religion by the influential QS World University Rankings for 2019. It was the third year in a row that the School’s programs earned the distinction. (Find out about...

For much of history since WWII, religious conflict has plagued civilization. In the Middle East, Israeli Jews fight Muslim and Christian Arabs, while Shia and Sunni Muslims battle each other. In the West, secularists and moderate Christians and Muslims...

View a conversation on religion and the 2020 election with James Kloppenberg, Charles Warren Professor of American History at Harvard, and E.J. Dionne, Visiting Professor in Religion and Political Culture at HDS. This event was moderated by Catherine...

In 1978 in Mexico City, workers from an electrical company digging in the city center unearthed an enormous carved stone disk depicting an Aztec goddess. In the hands of Eduardo Matos Moctezuma, Mexico’s premier archaeologist, that disk unlocked the door...