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Religions and the Practice of Peace kicked off its 2017-18 colloquium dinner series October 5 with a talk focusing on the restorative justice approach. It will explore restorative justice, its spiritual dimensions, and the potential contributions of its...

William A. Graham steps down as Dean of Harvard Divinity School at the end of the 2011–12 academic year. After a year's leave in 2012–13, he will return to teaching as a Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor. HDS MDiv candidate Matt Bieber...

This monthly public series, convened by Dean David N. Hempton of HDS, brings together a cross-disciplinary RPP Working Group of faculty, experts, students, and alumni from across Harvard University and the local area to explore topics and cases in...

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...

Kassi Underwood was broke, 19 years old, unwed, an addict, and in college a thousand miles from home when she became pregnant and had an abortion. In the several years that followed, coping with heartache and loss, she struggled with drugs and alcohol and...

HDS is known to take interfaith dialogue very seriously. But what happens when that dialogue leaves the classroom? How does it work in the context of the “real world”—where faith is lived in addition to studied—and where trauma is a matter of experience...

At a faculty meeting on April 7, 2014, HDS professors Karen L. King and David D. Hall presented the following 'Memorial Minute' to pay tribute to their late friend and colleague. New Testament scholar and religious historian François Bovon passed away...

In the wake of our February 25 Virtual Panel, “ Abuse of Power in Alternative and Emerging Spiritual and Cultural Organizations,” many people have expressed a desire to continue the conversation. Therefore, we are launching an ongoing discussion on our...

Professor Davíd Carrasco, Neil L. Rudenstine Professor for the Study of Latin America delivered the 2019 Convocation address “Toni Morrison Stories: Goodness and Mercy and Mexico.” FULL TRANSCRIPT: [MUSIC PLAYING] [APPLAUSE] RAMONA PETERS: [SPEAKING...

Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity Laura Nasrallah was the faculty speaker during the Multireligious Commencement Service on May 23, 2018. Below are her remarks: Reverend Professor Walton, hard-working Dean Hempton, beloved colleagues...

MDiv candidate and humanist chaplain Sally Fritsche speaks about her experience praying with hospital patients. The homily below was delivered at Follen Community Church on July 9, 2017. ♦♦♦ I never intended to be an atheist. I never decided. Growing up...

When the archaeology PhD student Ann Seiferle-Valencia tells friends and family about the sixteenth-century codex Mapa de Cuauhtinchan ("Place of the Eagle"), which she is helping to decipher along with an international team of scholars assembled by...