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Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, typically involves standing for hours with a hungry belly and a parched throat. These bodily deprivations underscore the biblical commandment to afflict our souls—an affliction that may engender liberation. Elliot...

William A. Graham, former HDS Dean and Murray A. Albertson Research Professor of Middle Eastern Studies (FAS), delivered the following remarks at Morning Prayers in Harvard's Memorial Church on February 20, 2019.

Professor Francis X. Clooney, S.J., talks about his role in the revival of the field of comparative theology.

As the director of the First Church Shelter in Cambridge, Jim Stewart, MDiv '83, is a jack-of-all-trades. His work one particular day involved cubing and marinating beef, cutting and cooking potatoes, ordering supplies, and—as he often does—trying to help...

In 2013, Harvard Divinity School student Amanda Napior spent the summer working at the Berkshire County House of Correction (BCHC). "I taught an American religious history course and a course on creative writing for personal development. I also started a...

Longtime presidential adviser and Harvard Kennedy School professor David Gergen captivated a packed audience at Harvard Divinity School in a wide-ranging conversation with HDS Dean David N. Hempton on religion, politics, and public life. The talk was a...

Matthew Potts, Assistant Professor of Ministry Studies, wrote the following homily following the results of the 2016 election. Professor Potts is an ordained priest in the Episcopal Church and has served several parishes in Massachusetts. The mainline...

HDS Dean David N. Hempton is a social historian of religion with particular expertise in populist traditions of evangelicalism in Europe, North America, and beyond. On September 21, 2016, he spoke at the Morning Prayers service in Holden Chapel, Harvard...

At a venerable private school in Massachusetts, some of the best and brightest seniors showed up recently for an advanced course in Islamic studies. The teacher eagerly started off by trying to delve into subjects of Islamic culture and law, but she found...

"The past is never dead,” William Faulkner wrote in Requiem for a Nun. “It's not even past." Faulkner’s sentiment was top of mind for HDS Senior Lecturer Ann Braude when she and her team of three doctoral students took on the Herculean task of telling the...