Mark Jordan, Richard Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Divinity, delivered the following remarks at Morning Prayers in Harvard's Memorial Church on November 7, 2019.
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 7, he spoke at the Morning Prayers service in The Memorial Church, Harvard...
Artist and author Rachel Sussman shares her physical, intellectual, and spiritual journey around the world and through time-space. FULL TRANSCRIPT: [MUSIC PLAYING] All right, thank you so much. So good evening and welcome to the Center for the Study of...
When I arrived at Harvard Divinity School in the fall and told people I was studying religion and literature, almost everyone said: “You need to take Amy Hollywood!” Hollywood joined the HDS faculty in 2005, after teaching at Rhodes, Dartmouth, and the...
"Pray without ceasing, Jesus teaches, keep knocking at the door....It is through prayer that both we, and God, become who we were meant to be." Stephanie Paulsell, Houghton Professor of the Practice of Ministry Studies at HDS, delivered the Sunday Sermon...
"We cannot profess our solidarity with those who are oppressed when we are unwilling to confront the oppressor." Morning Prayers at Harvard's Memorial Church on September 22 were delivered by David N. Hempton, Dean of the Faculty of Divinity, Alonzo L...
When Marcus Briggs-Cloud, MTS ’10, began to sing in his native Muscogee language in the main hall at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology this past October, it was a testament to the survival of his community and culture through centuries of...
“To have been on pilgrimage with you through these days has been one of the most profound experiences of my life, one from which I hope I will never stop learning,” said outgoing Interim Pusey Minister at Memorial Church and HDS Professor Stephanie...
Leymah Gbowee won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011 for her efforts that led to ending the Liberian civil war. On Thursday, October 6, she will come to HDS to discuss her experiences and insights into peacebuilding as part of the Religions and the Practice of...
"As we take our first steps on a path whose dimensions we can’t quite make out, whose edges we feel for in the dark, love can give us direction," says Stephaine Paulsell, Interim Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church, and Susan Shallcross Swartz Professor...
A panel of HDS faculty launches the bicentennial of HDS by discussing the outcome of the 200-year history of the School: a multireligious divinity school. Audio
Scholars and educators discuss the traditional ordination pathways for Buddhist ministry at "Education and Buddhist Ministry: Whither—and Why?", a conference hosted by Harvard Divinity School's Buddhist Ministry Initiative. The conference, funded by the...