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Harvard University was named best in the world for the study of divinity, theology, and religion by the influential QS World University Rankings for 2019. It was the third year in a row that the School’s programs earned the distinction. (Find out about...

Harvard Divinity School and the Women’s Studies in Religion Program are thrilled to have Georgette Ledgister with us this 2020-21 academic year. Ledgister is a WSRP Research Associate and Visiting Lecturer on Women's Studies and African Religions. Her...

HDS Professor of the Practice of Public Philosophy Cornel West delivered the 2017 Convocation address titled "Spiritual Blackout, Imperial Meltdown, Prophetic Fightback." His remarks can be read below. A video of the ceremony and a recap are available...

Harvard Divinity School celebrated its Alumni Day on June 4, 2008, with the theme "The Spiritual Nature of Physical Space." The featured speaker was Dav íd Carrasco, director of the Moses Mesoamerican Archive at Harvard's Peabody Museum and Neil L...

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...

Some people think that politics and art don’t mix. Impose a political message, they say, and art becomes contrived and manipulative. Bring too much art to politics and it becomes unserious and impractical. Rev. Erik Martinez Resly, MDiv ’12, is not one of...

Millennials hungry for deep connection are creating new spiritual communities even as they turn away from organized religion, the authors of two new studies said recently at Harvard Divinity School. As a result, secular groups are discovering the value of...

For the fourth year in a row, Harvard has been named one of the world’s best schools for the study of divinity, theology, and religious studies by the influential  QS World University Rankings. The School rounds out a 2020 top three that includes the...

Francis X. Clooney, S.J., is Parkman Professor of Divinity and Professor of Comparative Theology at Harvard Divinity School. He is the author of numerous articles and books, including, most recently, Beyond Compare: St. Francis and Sri Vedanta Desika on...

I am the third oldest of 10 children, born into and raised in a supportive Roman Catholic family. While my mother is Catholic, my father is Jewish, and I grew up culturally celebrating my father's Jewish heritage alongside my mother's Catholic tradition...

Saying that "inequality is the root of social evil," Pope Francis has made economic justice a focus of his papacy. With young Americans turning away from organized faith communities, though, can religion really play a part in progressive social movements...

This semester at Harvard Divinity School, Cheryl Giles is teaching “Spiritual Care and Counseling”—a title that could easily be applied to her entire professional life. Over the years, Giles has worked as a college chaplain, a clinical psychologist...