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This feature is part of an HDS Communications interview series offering students a closer look at selected upcoming courses. Below, we chat with Professor Dan McKanan about his fall 2017 class “Alternative Spiritualities in the United States,” which...

I am an ordained Christian minister (UCC), and so one might say I am in the forgiveness business. I would therefore like to explain why I think it is time to hit the “pause” button on a leap toward forgiveness, or on wringing hands over whether, in light...

Ralph Benajah Potter, Jr., Professor of Social Ethics Emeritus at Harvard Divinity School, died February 25, at age 89. Potter passed away at home in the care of his family after a number of years in declining health. Potter began teaching at HDS in 1965...

Dudley Rose, associate dean for ministry studies and Lecturer on Ministry delivered the following sermon during HDS's virtual Noon Service hosted by the Office of Ministry Studies on October 14, 2020. ♦♦♦ Matthew 13:24–30 Let us pray: Gracious God...

Working for durable peace is more or less Susan Hayward’s job description. Where fellow HDS alum Steve Simon keeps his eye on the potential for religiously inspired violence, Hayward, MDiv ’07, director of religion and peacebuilding at the United States...

Robert Franklin is worried about America. He sees distance, mistrust, and division in society eroding the foundations of U.S. democracy. A student of political science, Franklin understands that changing demographics, geographic isolation, identity...

Mark U. Edwards, Jr., a former professor of the History of Christianity at HDS from 1987 to 1994, and acting dean of the School for eight months in 1990-91, has been appointed associate dean for academic affairs and special programs. He took over from...

During the National Prayer Breakfast on February 2, President Donald Trump discussed removing the Johnson Amendment. The amendment restricts political speech by tax-exempt churches. HDS Associate Dean for Ministry Studies Dudley Rose discussed how Trump’s...

Kevin Cranston and the truth of pandemics Kevin Cranston, MDiv ’86, learned early on that viruses tell the truth. As a gay man coming of age during the AIDS pandemic of the 1980s, he saw the ways that the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) crossed...

The following faculty address was delivered by Susan Abraham, Assistant Professor of Ministry Studies, in the Memorial Church during the June 3 Multireligious Service of Thanksgiving for the Class of 2009. Dean Graham, Reverend Gomes, Class of 2009...

When HDS Professor Andrew Teeter was in college, he uncovered a fascination with the Hebrew Bible. He poured himself into his study of ancient Greek and Hebrew, even taking a summer job working the graveyard shift so he could resuscitate dead languages...

Melissa Bartholomew, MDiv '15, was selected by her student colleagues as the class speaker for HDS Commencement 2015. The following remarks were delivered by Bartholomew at the Diploma Awarding Ceremony on May 28. Like many of you, throughout my time here...