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Continuing Divinity Dialogues—a special edition podcast series from Harvard Divinity School that puts conversations on faith, purpose, and bearing witness at the center of today’s most pressing issues. Today, we hear from HDS alum Omar Sultan Haque, MTS...

In an October 2020 op-ed for the Christian Post, Joe Biden wrote: “My Catholic faith drilled into me a core truth—that every person on earth is equal in rights and dignity, because we are all beloved children of God.” As president, he continued, “These...

Professor Davíd Carrasco, Neil L. Rudenstine Professor for the Study of Latin America delivered the 2019 Convocation address “Toni Morrison Stories: Goodness and Mercy and Mexico.” FULL TRANSCRIPT: [MUSIC PLAYING] [APPLAUSE] RAMONA PETERS: [SPEAKING...

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...

Jocelyne Cesari was Visiting Associate Professor of Islamic Studies at HDS for the 2004-05 academic year and has served as a research associate in the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University since spring 2001. Her book When Islam and...

With the greens of summer beginning to die, autumn is upon us. In the otherworldly, golden light seen only in September and October, and most astonishingly in New England, we prepare to begin again. For every scholar—that's each of you, by the way—who was...

The president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Thomas S. Monson, died on January 2. Monson led the church for nearly 10 years, enabling a rise in the ranks of female Mormon missionaries and displaying an openness to scholars of...

One of the core mandates of Harvard’s new Program for the Evolution of Spirituality is to look honestly at both the positive and negative dimensions of emerging spiritual movements. We are keenly aware that the abuse of power is a sensitive topic. Open...

Providing care and comfort for those with COVID-19 In 1815, the Rev. William Ellery Channing, writing for Harvard President John T. Kirkland, laid out a vision for the graduates of the newly proposed institution that would become Harvard Divinity School:...

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...

The 2019 Peter J. Gomes STB '68 Memorial honorees speak on the topic of “spiritual innovation.” The panelists were: Erik Martínez Resly, MDiv ’12, founder and co-director of The Sanctuaries in Washington D.C. Salma Kazmi, MTS ’09, founding executive...

Diana L. Eck, Professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies and director of the Pluralism Project, delivered the following remarks at Morning Prayers in Harvard's Memorial Church on March 6, 2020. ♦♦♦