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A Message from Dean Hempton: 'Let's Not Be Found Wanting'

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I know you share with me a deep anger and sadness after one of the worst weeks in our country’s recent history, possibly THE worst. There are now over 100,000 deaths from the Covid-19 virus, mostly the elderly, the incarcerated, “essential” workers, the...

In Troubled Times, Offering Safe Haven

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The statistics are nearly too jarring to be true: globally, one-third of women report being physically or sexually abused by an intimate partner, according to the United States Department of Justice. Another one-third of all female homicide victims are...

HDS’s 2020 Summer Reading List

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Summer has always been a time to catch up on that ever-growing reading list, whether it be for work, for pleasure, or, this summer, for knowledge and strength in these uncertain times. Below, members of the HDS community shared what they’re reading. Eboni...

Christianity, Race, and Mass Incarceration

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On Thursday, October 19, and Friday, October 20, Harvard Divinity School will host a conference on Christianity, Race, and Mass Incarceration. Organized by Matthew Potts, Associate Professor of Religion and Literature and of Ministry Studies, and Michelle...

Modeling Multireligious Community

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Lesedi Graveline, MTS ’21 Lesedi Graveline is an activist on the path to a career in social justice and human rights work. A graduate of the University of Connecticut, she is passionate about expanding her leadership through mentoring and empowering young...

Charlottesville: The Moment We Were Made For

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The people who confronted white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia last Saturday drew on a truth that is more powerful than hate and a faith that the end of the story is not violence but love and life and their persistent victory. This is a dark...

Borderline or Borderland?

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On Monday, September 18, inside Memorial Hall's Sanders Theatre, Harvard Divinity School held its 191st Convocation. In front of about 200 Divinity School community members, including faculty, staff, students, and alumni, Davíd Carrasco, the Neil L...

Beautifully Foolish, Mighty in Wisdom

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In a short Q&A, recent HDS graduate Lucia Ruth Hulsether, MDiv '14, discusses the impact of her experiences at HDS, her work on interfaith engagement, and the meaning of "community" at HDS. What were you doing before you came to HDS? I came directly to...

'It Can Be Done'

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Karen Tse had a vision. As a second-year student at HDS in the late 1990s, she imagined founding an organization that would end the use of torture by law enforcement around the world. She even made her dream the topic of her master of divinity thesis...

Recalling the ‘Brave Spaces’ for LGBTQ+ History Month

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Believing that a month should be dedicated to the celebration and teaching of gay and lesbian history, Rodney Wilson, a Missouri high school teacher, gathered other educators and community leaders to discuss the issue in 1994. The group selected October...

The Canopy

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Under the auspices of RPL, programs come together to promote a just world at peace Yaseen Hashmi, MTS ’21, didn’t expect an epiphany when he joined students from HDS and six of Harvard’s other graduate schools for a January-term course in Israel and...

A Lifetime of Caring

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The Los Angeles Times announced February 21 that one of its prestigious book prizes will be presented to HDS Writer-in-Residence Terry Tempest Williams. According to the Times, Williams will receive the Robert Kirsch Award, a lifetime achievement prize...