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William R. Hutchison served for 32 years, 1968 to 2000, as Charles Warren Professor of the History of Religion in America at Harvard Divinity School, and is now Charles Warren Research Professor. His most recent book is Religious Pluralism in America: The...

A focus on basic composition is not something one would expect from a graduate course titled "Queer Theology, Queer Religions," but Professor Mark Jordan has good reason. Jordan, the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Christian Thought, says the "big books" on...

Dr. Alaa Murabit discusses the promotion of the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), at Harvard Divinity School, highlighting the intersection between women's leadership, religion, and sustainable development. She will present unique examples of...

In December 1815, President John T. Kirkland, appealed for support of the “best and noblest cause, which human benevolence is permitted to advance”: the education of ministers at Harvard University. His letter to the School’s alumni described society’s...

Writing is freedom for Precious Rasheeda Muhammad, MTS ’01: freedom from the life-threatening allergies and respiratory problems that have plagued her since she was a child; freedom from the prejudice and misunderstanding she experienced growing up...

Two hundred years. Even in an institution as venerable as Harvard University, that's a long time. Harvard Divinity School, the nation's first nonsectarian theological school, will celebrate its bicentennial during the 2016–17 academic year with events and...

Hindu monastics bring Vedanta to HDS and gain new perspectives on their tradition—and others Just like any student at Harvard, Swami Sarvapriyananda had dreams about what he would do when he grew up. As he sat in a classroom in Rockefeller Hall on Harvard...

In his new book, I Don't Believe in Atheists (Free Press), Chris Hedges, MDiv '83, critiques the "new atheists" and argues that their belief system is as polarizing as that of the religious right. Jonathan Beasley recently spoke with Hedges about his time...

On the 203rd anniversary of Ralph Waldo Emerson's birth, Harvard Divinity School (HDS) and the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) have announced the completion of funding for the Ralph Waldo Emerson Unitarian Universalist Association Professorship...

The HDS community began its 2005-06 academic year on Monday, September 19, with a Convocation address by Ann Braude, director of the Women's Studies in Religion Program and Senior Lecturer in American Religious History, at Sanders Theatre in Memorial Hall...

The HDS Alumni/Alumnae Council has announced the first cohort of honorees for the inaugural Peter J. Gomes STB '68 Memorial Honors, which celebrates the outstanding contributions that HDS alumni make to their fields, and to society, across the broad...

Harvard Divinity School Dean David N. Hempton commemorated the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks today with a visit to New York City, where he challenged students at one of the nation's elite independent schools to "better understand both the...