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In its review, Publishers Weekly says Professor Michael Jackson's new book, The Work of Art, "p rovocatively challenges our understanding of the categories art and religion."

Dean William A. Graham recently announced two changes to endowed professorships at Harvard Divinity School. Karen King is the new Hollis Professor of Divinity, after legendary Harvard professor—and previous holder of the Hollis Chair—Harvey Cox officially...

It’s finally the time of year for sun, sand, hammocks, and reading lists. Members of the HDS community shared what they’ll be reading this summer—for work and for pleasure. Simran Jeet Singh, MTS ’08, postdoctoral fellow at New York University, columnist...

Jeff Seul, MTS '97, was restless. In 1995 he left a career as a successful corporate lawyer to study the contemplative practices of different religions at HDS. Midway through his first semester, though, Seul realized that an academic life was not for him...

Eerie puffs of smoke, loud bangs, screaming people, bloodied bodies, and debris-strewn sidewalks, followed almost immediately by remarkable acts of courage and compassion. This was Boston on Marathon Monday, April 15. I was reminded of another city and...

Professor Mohammed Rustom explores the question of Islam and nature in a lecture from the Junior Fellowship series "Religion and Nature."

Francis X. Clooney, S.J., director of the Center for the Study of World Religions, examines some of Pope Francis's recently-issued apostolic exhortation "On Love in the Family."

Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Religion and Latinx Studies Mayra Rivera and Drew University Professor Catherine Keller reflect on "the end of the world," "climate apocalypse," and the aftermath of Hurricane María.

Ministry Innovation Fellow Casper ter Kuile shares his honest opinion on the changing shape of American religion and how millennials are creating new forms of spiritual community.

Francis Clooney, director of the Center for the Study of World Religions, shares the piece of literature he has reread the most, and what about it that keeps him coming back.

A presentation on April 25 by Judith Casselberry, Assistant Professor of Africana Studies at Bowdoin College and Visiting Assistant Professor of Women's Studies and African American Religions at Harvard Divinity School.

Travis Stevens received a master of divinity degree on June 4. Here, he discusses the ways in which his experiences at HDS have helped to shape his life. What were your initial expectations before you started at HDS? Similarly, was there anything that...