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The pandemic has caused countless events to be reconfigured in the name of safety, and the 2020 American Academy of Religion and Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meetings are no exception. The conference, which was set to take place this month in...

Between 1970 and 1985, HDS changed from an almost exclusively male institution into a school with a majority of women students and a commitment to gender analysis. A panel of those who propelled the women’s studies revolution follow its reverberations...

An Episcopal minister and HDS professor of religious studies and literature, Matthew Potts begins his new position July 1.

HDS communications reached out to our 2021 graduating students to hear from them in their own words about their experiences at HDS, the people who've helped and inspired them along their grad school journeys, and their plans for the future. How I've...

From exploring Islam's peace teachings to debating whether CrossFit is a kind of church, there are plenty of interesting and thought-provoking events taking place on campus this semester. Check out the highlights below, add them to your calendars, and be...

Asked how HDS professors Catherine Brekus and David Holland came to co-teach "Narratives of American Religion: The Canon and Its Revisions," Brekus said the decision to collaborate was made quickly. "David said, 'That sounds like a fun course,' and I said...

In the United States, the end of the year swells with charitable and giving occasions: clothing and food drives, Hanukkah and Christmas gifts, and end-of-year charitable appeals are all opportunities to be generous. But what do some of the world's major...

When, after several years of studying America's religious demographics, Robert Putnam says he's become obsessed with the "rise of the nones," it’s easy to misinterpret him.

Ann Braude, Senior Lecturer on American Religious History and Director of the Women's Studies in Religion Program at HDS, describes the purpose and origin of the WSRP.

Dan McKanan joined the HDS faculty in July 2008 as the Ralph Waldo Emerson Unitarian Universalist Association Senior Lecturer in Divinity. On Thursday, May 7, he will deliver the lecture to inaugurate the Ralph Waldo Emerson Unitarian Universalist...

Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison created many memorable characters—from Sula and Beloved to Frank Money. Her notions of goodness and mercy shown in these characters also reflect her understanding of the sacred and the human spirit. The religious...

For Fargana Qasimova, the passionate lyrics of Azerbaijani mugham and spirited songs of the bardicashiq tradition provided the soundscape of her childhood. Now a consummate vocalist in her own right, Fargana has developed her own distinctive style that...