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"I know that the people in that church are praying for me all the time—even when I was sick and lost and messing up, doing dumb stuff, there was somebody praying for me. I think, to be able to dedicate my life to those people, there is no greater honor...

Amidst the burdens placed on the healthcare system in the U.S. by COVID-19 , chaplains in hospitals and healthcare centers are facing a new learning curve: how to “show up” for patients when physical distancing is crucial for all who enter into public...

For the second year in a row, Harvard has earned the #1 world ranking for the study of divinity, theology, and religion from the prestigious QS World University Rankings. (Find out about degree programs, financial aid, and how to apply to HDS or make a...

HDS Professor Laura Nasrallah knows Harvard University and Princeton University well. Having earned degrees at both (AB ’91 at Princeton, MDiv ‘95, ThD ‘02 at Harvard) the Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity is familiar with the vast...

This feature is part of an HDS Communications interview series offering students a closer look at selected upcoming courses. Below, HDS student Bo Clay chats with HDS Professor Mark Jordan, who has written extensively in the field of sexual ethics, about...

Charles Stang, Professor of Early Christian Thought, has been appointed the next director of the Center for the Study of World Religions (CSWR) at Harvard Divinity School, beginning July 1. He will succeed Francis X. Clooney, S.J., Parkman Professor of...

Marcus Briggs-Cloud, MTS ’10, has dedicated his life to revitalizing his ancestral tongue and the cultural identity it sustains. An indigenous Maskoke, for more than a decade he has been teaching his native language to college and high school students and...

Renowned scholar of North American religious history Catherine Brekus has been named the Charles Warren Professor of the History of Religion in America at Harvard Divinity School, effective July 1, 2014. Brekus is currently Professor in Religions in...

"By the end of this week, I'll have you translating Goethe." This was the promise that Karin Grundler-Whitacre, director of the HDS Summer Language Program and lecturer on German, made to us on the first day of class. We looked back at her, incredulous....

Lydia Bremer had an unusual and lofty aim in her first year as a Harvard Divinity School student. "I made it my goal my first year to try and study in as many of the libraries as possible, and I reached a pretty substantial sum of them," said the master...

At one time in the not-too-distant past, Mouhamadou Diagne seemed destined for a career in academia. He was enrolled as an MTS candidate at HDS in Religion, Ethics, and Politics, and was on course to pursue a PhD in education. But a chance encounter with...

David Little, ThD ’63, should have ended up in the pulpit if his family tree is any indication. His father was a fifth-generation Presbyterian minister. His brother, cousin, uncle and nephew all became clergy as well. Truth be told, Little intended to be...