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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. Favorite Class...

Women religious and millennials seeking meaning have become partners through a shared passion for social justice issues, community life, and their devotion to a greater purpose. The group, Nuns and Nones, has evolved with the help of several HDS alumni...

When describing himself and his academic studies, doctoral student Axel Takács makes a certain, subtle distinction: "I don't want to say I study comparative theology," he says. "To say that I am studying to become a comparative theologian is a better way...

Student River Olsen talks about how she didn’t know what community meant until she came out and allowed herself to be vulnerable and authentic.

Carly Matas graduated from HDS with a master of divinity degree in May 2017. She is now working on her PhD at Princeton University, where she studies contemporary American evangelicalism and media.

Vanessa Zoltan and Casper ter Kuile — both chaplains who were trained at the Harvard Divinity School — and the show's producer Ariana Nedelman seek to use religious reading practices to address what they see as a hole left by institutional religion.

"Language is identity, language is history, language is culture, language is education, and language is a bridge between the past, present, and future," said Marcus Briggs-Cloud, a graduating master's student at Harvard Divinity School, addressing a...

In this issue: Commencement 2010; Commitment to Public Service; Painstaking Work of Learning; Stories of Change and Discovery; When the Past Is Present Download this issue

HDS alums and current ministry innovation fellows Angie Thurston and Casper ter Kuile examine how non-religious communities come together to find meaningful experiences and belonging.

When the renewed Swartz Hall finally reopened its doors this semester, it welcomed members of the HDS and Harvard communities separated since the start of the pandemic to a renewed building, one that reflects a changed (and changing) Divinity School.

Shrestha Singh grew up in the Bay Area in California. She is the daughter of Indian immigrants and has an older sister and a pit bull mix named Scout, whom she loves very much. Shrestha is the Hindu Chaplain at both Wellesley College and Brandeis...

In this issue: The Varieties of an HDS Experience; A Message From the Dean; News From Around the School; Not Knowing What to Expect, Diving in Headfirst; In Troubled Times, Offering Safe Haven Download this issue