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How can academic institutions address the fallout from acts of terror, such as the January 7 Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris? Should they? During a recent HDS forum, "Violence, Freedom of Expression and Justice," panelists raised questions about free speech...

The scholars of Harvard Divinity School's Women's Studies in Religion Program (WSRP) have helped change the way societies around the world look at women and faith.

This summer, thanks to several generous gifts in support of Dean David N. Hempton's campaign initiatives, HDS launched a new effort to provide students with financial support so that they can serve communities locally and abroad through organizations...

In July 2013, HDS Dean David N. Hempton received an honorary doctorate of literature from Queen's University Belfast, his undergraduate alma mater, where he later returned as a lecturer in modern history. In front of Queen's faculty, staff, and students...

As students face new financial pressures, HDS marshals new resources to meet the challenge. Space is sacred to Jarred Batchelor Hamilton. At HDS, the Master of Divinity candidate studies places that enable people to connect with one another and with the...

Zachary Davis, founder and host of the “ Ministry of Ideas” podcast, and Diane L. Moore, director of the Religious Literacy Project at Harvard Divinity School, have announced a partnership to bring contemporary issues in religion, philosophy, and history...

A panel was held on October 20 in honor of the passing of BKS Iyengar, considered to have been one of the foremost yoga teachers in the world. Panelists included scholars and friends of Iyengar: Stephanie Corigliano, PhD candidate, comparative theology...

The American Academy of Religion (AAR) has published a new set of religious literacy guidelines that propose what graduates of two- and four-year undergraduate institutions should know about religion, according to Religion News Service. The multi-year...

Professor Frank Clooney, director of the Center for the Study of World Religions, recalls his encounter with Mother Teresa, who will be canonized as a saint on Sunday, September 4.

Father Frank Clooney, director of HDS's Center for the Study of World Religions, writes about the 50th anniversary of the document that reshaped the relationship between Catholics and Jews.

Professor Francis X. Clooney, S.J., the director of the Center for the Study of World Religions, continues exploring "The Study Quran," this time on the theme of Mary, the Mother of Jesus.

Professor Frank Clooney, director of the Center for the Study of World Religions, discusses finding, losing, and again finding wisdom in Rabindranath Tagore's Gitanjali.