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HDS student Casper ter Kuile examines, in a piece for On Being, what the Harry Potter book series can teach people about evil.

From Christian theology to European philosophy, Thomas Aquinas to Michel Foucault, Harvard Divinity School Professor Mark Jordan has explored a range of figures and topics in and around the Christian tradition and has put them in conversation with urgent...

On a bright morning in September, as the humidity lingered and autumn struggled to find its grip, a small classroom on the second floor of Divinity Hall was buzzing with chatter and anxious movement. Some 40 students were crammed into room meant for 17...

MDiv candidate Aric Flemming speaks at Memorial Church's Morning Prayers about the new Black Student Ministries at the Memorial Church.

Students in a freshman seminar taught by Professor Catherine Brekus curated an exhibit at Andover-Harvard Theological Library exploring the intersection of slavery and Christianity.

Melissa Bartholomew, MDiv candidate, and Rachel Foran, MTS candidate, are co-founders of a new student group, HDS Racial Justice and Healing Initiative.

Langdell Hall on the campus of Harvard Law School overflowed with more than 250 students on the first day of Professor Cornel West and Professor Roberto Unger’s “American Democracy” class. It was nearly 20 years ago when the two legendary professors...

If you happen to be a bewitched male, you may have just missed your chance at a cure. The Semitic Museum at Harvard recently hosted an evening of Ancient Mesopotamian cuisine, following a program on Ancient Mesopotamian music. Drawing from a range of...

HDS faculty and students explain why they joined a demonstration in support of immigrants during a recent rally outside the John F. Kennedy Federal Building in Boston.

The original "freedom schools" offered a free, progressive education to Black students in the Civil Rights era-South. At Harvard, HDS alum Najha Zigbi-Johnson and Lesedi Graveline, MTS '21, reimagine what an Ivy League education could look like.

“Harvard Divinity School has been very, very instrumental in working through my own identity,” says graduating student Aric Flemming, MDiv candidate. “Harvard Divinity School has helped to not only shape my identity, but has helped to shape how I...

The second Buddhism and Race Conference brought together activists, sangha leaders, community members, and students to learn from one another and share justice-oriented teachings and training.