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“Recently, I have realized that, at the bottom of everything, I came to the study of South Asian religion and Indian philosophy because I couldn’t imagine not reading Sanskrit every day.”— Eliot Davenport, MTS '18

"Ever since I was little I did nothing but read, and I always think, what’s the point of acquiring knowledge if you’re not going to share it and exchange it or try to dissect it with the help of others."— MTS candidate Edwin Alanís-García

“Whether in academia or as an ordained person, I want to grapple with these gripping questions of faith and its implications for how we live with each other today, tomorrow, and in years to come.”—MDiv candidate Denson Staples

To Cemelli de Aztlan, the U.S.-Mexico border region is not just a line on a map dividing two nations and two cultures, it’s a place of its own, different from the countries whose edges define it.

Master’s degree in religion, check. Dissertation for a doctoral degree (involving ethnographic study of people raised in the fundamentalist Christian tradition who ultimately broke away from it through arts intervention), check. Organic sandwich cart...

Jeremy Sher, MDiv ’16, talks about his path to the rabbinate and how Jewish communities can be more inclusive.

HDS monastic Swami Sarvapriyananda, minister and spiritual leader of the Vedanta Society of New York, offers a mindful approach to social distancing for those who feel cut off or cooped up.

“Bringing death in everyday life is tragic and shocking. One way I honor my crash is by trying to tell the story for good.”— Shane Snowdon, MDiv ’20

Panelists at the Buddhism and Race Conference address how to adapt practices to address the racial aspects of suffering.

Sally Hammel, MDiv candidate and a seminarian at Memorial Church, delivered the following remarks at Morning Prayers in Harvard's Memorial Church on February 27, 2020. ♦♦♦

“I love hearing what people are working on and what they’re passionate about. I feel so grateful that we’re all co-conspirators, leaning into our unique gifts.”— Anissa Abdel-Jelil, MDiv ’20

“Coming to HDS is my story of leaving the war place. Part of my motivation to come here was about me wanting to find beauty in the midst of ugliness.”—Farah Zahra, MDiv ’17