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HDS student Heather Rick talks about her unlikely road to HDS, the role of writers in today's political climate, and how she found inspiration in Muslim punk rock.

Student River Olsen talks about how she didn’t know what community meant until she came out and allowed herself to be vulnerable and authentic.

Recent grad Nick Zehner talks about his long, winding path to HDS, from attending a Christian college as an undergrad, to having his faith challenged, to ministering to patients as a hospital chaplain.

On April 22, 1970, millions of people in the United States took part in demonstrations and rallies in streets, parks, auditoriums, and college campuses to call for a healthy, sustainable environment and to decry its deterioration. That first Earth Day...

“If I’m not getting better, then I’m stagnating, and if I’m stagnating, what’s the point? So I have to be pushing myself, questioning who I am. Hinduism to me is finding my dharma through a process of self-improvement.”—Abhijith Ravinutala, MTS ’19

HDS Distinguished Visiting Professor of World Religions Michael D. Jackson is an anthropologist with extensive fieldwork experience in West Africa and Aboriginal Australia. He is the author of 40 works of anthropology, poetry, fiction, and memoir, and his...

"Literature offers me joy and the ability to exercise empathy. It’s a lot easier to practice empathy when it’s a character in a book and then when you run into a situation in the real world, it feels almost like you’ve practiced for that encounter."...

"Taking the HDS course 'Change, Adversity and Spiritual Resilience' opened my eyes to the extent of the spiritual crisis that people are walking through whenever they are undergoing change, whether positive or negative," says Keona Wynne, PhD candidate at...

HDS student David Waters didn't want to simply go to mass, "soak up the awesomeness," and leave. He wanted to give back. So now he's teaching theology to first graders at his Boston parish.

David Little, ThD ’63, should have ended up in the pulpit if his family tree is any indication. His father was a fifth-generation Presbyterian minister. His brother, cousin, uncle and nephew all became clergy as well. Truth be told, Little intended to be...

Shrestha Singh grew up in the Bay Area in California. She is the daughter of Indian immigrants and has an older sister and a pit bull mix named Scout, whom she loves very much. Shrestha is the Hindu Chaplain at both Wellesley College and Brandeis...

This discussion considers social scientific research shedding light on religion’s role in advancing cooperation within groups, as well as its complex role in competition and cooperation among groups. Speakers Omar Sultan Haque, MD, PhD, MTS, Program in...