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The HDS Office of Development and External Relations was pleased to host "Making Meaning in 2021 at the Crossroads of Business and Capitalism, Ethics, Faith, and Justice," on February 2, 2021. Featured speakers included: John P. Brown, MBA '74, MDiv '88...

Pope Francis's much-anticipated encyclical on the environment, issued June 18, was received with both relief and concern, as it raised important questions to all of us—Christian or not, Catholic or otherwise. Francis's 184-page document (PDF) had several...

Women religious and millennials seeking meaning have become partners through a shared passion for social justice issues, community life, and their devotion to a greater purpose. The group, Nuns and Nones, has evolved with the help of several HDS alumni...

It was the mid-1970s and, after one year at Harvard Divinity School, Margaret Rose still had not found her calling. She had a passion for theology and for social justice, but wasn’t convinced that a career as a religious leader was for her, so she went...

“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice, and yet last night I found myself in 2021—56 years later—still asking the question King asked,” the Rev. Willie Bodrick II, MDiv '14, said in a recent sermon. “How long?”

On June 30, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruled that some corporations have religious rights and cannot be required to pay for certain types of contraceptives for their employees. The 5-4 decision fell in favor of the closely held for...

On May 7, Professor of the Practice of Public Philosophy Cornel West spoke at the funeral service of the Rev. James H. Cone. Cone was a central figure in the development of black liberation theology in the 1960s and ’70s who argued for racial justice and...

Harvard Divinity School has announced recipients of the three alumni awards that were presented on its Alumni Day, June 4, 2003. At a luncheon held on the HDS campus, the First Decade Award was given to Maria Karagianis, Founding Executive Director of...

This interfaith conference addresses the issues and challenges of maintaining a sustainable planet. Focused on ways to engage, panelists examines the overlapping moral issues of climate change, sustainability, social justice, and mindfulness through the...

Richard Grounds, executive director of the Euchee/Yuchi Language Project, who will deliver the Dana McLean Greeley Lecture for Peace and Social Justice at the Center for the Study of World Religions, discusses the current danger of extinction for many...

"Every day after class I went into the bathroom and cried just because there was so much emotion. It was amazing. It encapsulates a lot of my experience at HDS, where I think I know what it is, but then I realize that I do not understand things like...

"Refiguring American Jewish Identity through Solidarity with Palestinians: A Relational Approach to Religious Innovation" by Atalia Omer , Faculty Fellow at the Center for the Study of Religion and Society and Associate Professor of Religion, Conflict and...