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A day or two after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, journalist Monique Parsons, MTS '91, was glued to her television set, watching the major news organizations' coverage of the events. At some point, one of the anchors asked, "Why do they hate...

Their research spans history, religions, and academic fields, and next year, five new Research Associates will join the Women's Studies in Religion Program at HDS to work on book-length projects. The diverse topics range from queer theory and...

Thanks to a generous donation from Bruce McEver (MTS '11), Harvard Divinity School announces a new initiative, the Religious Literacy Project (RLP), which will enable HDS to continue our nearly four decades of leadership in religious studies and education...

Boston Children’s Museum has received a grant from the Lilly Endowment to conduct research into religious identity and spirituality in the context of the public experience of the Museum. The grant is funding explorations into ways to improve understanding...

by Colleen Walsh, Harvard Gazette Harvard Divinity School Dean David Hempton knows too well the cost of religious conflict. As a college student in Belfast in the 1970s, he witnessed the 'tragedies of violence' that marked 'The Troubles' between the...

William A. Graham, Murray A. Albertson Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Professor of the History of Religion in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, will serve as Acting Dean of the Harvard Divinity School pending the appointment of a permanent dean...

In the middle of the Braun Room, closely surrounded by onlookers, Los­ang Samten stood over the colorful sand mandala, which he'd spent the bet­ter part of two days creating, and smiled while others swept it away. The creation, and subsequent ceremonial...

Professor Sarah Hammerschlag delivered this year's Albert and Vera List Jewish Studies Lecture on the topic "Truth for Children: Suffering and Election in Postwar French Jewish Thought." In her lecture Hammerschlag considers the role of biblical...

A talk by Thandeka, Visiting Associate Professor of Theology at HDS, Senior Research Professor at Meadville Lombard Theological School, with respondents Ilene Stanford (ThD student in Religion, Gender, and Culture) and Stephanie May (ThD student in...

Harvard Divinity Bulletin was recognized on September 28, 2013, as the Religion Newswriters Association's magazine of the year. The Bulletin, which is published twice per year by Harvard Divinity School and includes articles, reviews, and opinion pieces...

Shaun Marmon, Associate Professor of Religion at Princeton University, delivered this presentation as part of the 2012–13 colloquium series Science, Religion, and the Body. Science, Religion, and the Body will explore themes of gender and sexuality in...

The Center for the Study of Values in Public Life has named four visiting fellows for the 2000-2001 academic year; they are Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, Mary Hunt, Bill McKibben, and Julie Nelson. The Women’s Studies in Religion Program has named five such...