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A conference on religion, ethics, and peace was held at Harvard Divinity School November 13-14 to celebrate the important role David Little has played in shaping the fields of religious ethics, peace, justice, and human rights studies. The conference also...

The Center for the Study of World Religions at Harvard Divinity School has received a $45,000 grant from the Luce Foundation for a three-year series of lectures and events in comparative theology. Comparative theology is distinguished by the dynamics of...

The students in HDS alumnus Tom Anderson’s class on social ethics at Case Western Reserve University’s (CWRU) Weatherhead School of Management are hard-driving business leaders. They’ve been successful in a hypercompetitive marketplace that often provides...

It’s hard not to be astonished by the sheer breadth of Jim Hackett’s achievements. He attended the United States Air Force Academy, where he flew jets and was qualified as a glider pilot. He has an MBA from Harvard Business School. He worked as a field...

During the University's Convocation for the Class of 2024 and 2025 on Tuesday, the Rev. Matthew Ichihashi Potts, Plummer Professor of Christian Morals at HDS and Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church, asked everybody to be “thankful that we are here, that...

The pandemic has caused countless events to be reconfigured in the name of safety, and the 2020 American Academy of Religion and Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meetings are no exception. The conference, which was set to take place this month in...

Laurel C. Schneider discusses challenges and possibilities for comparative theology from the study of Native American traditions. Laurel C. Schneider is a professor of religious studies and women's and gender studies at Vanderbilt University. This lecture...

The Right Rev. Vashti Murphy McKenzie, the first woman to be elected bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Church (in July, 2000), was greeted in a reception at 5:30 pm, and then speak as part of a panel discussion on Wednesday, October 1, in the...

Harvard University has announced that Susan Shallcross Swartz, an artist and social and environmental activist, and her husband, James R. Swartz, AB '64, have donated $10 million to Harvard Divinity School. The gift will establish the Susan Shallcross...

Harvard Divinity School has announced the establishment of the Sheikh Zayed Al Nahyan Professorship in Islamic Religious Studies. The new chair, whose title honors the family of His Highness Sheikh Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates...

David Little, ThD ’63, should have ended up in the pulpit if his family tree is any indication. His father was a fifth-generation Presbyterian minister. His brother, cousin, uncle and nephew all became clergy as well. Truth be told, Little intended to be...

In November 2018, the Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature sponsored a session “Krister among the Jews and Gentiles,” to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the death of Krister Stendahl, who taught at HDS from 1954-1989, with a hiatus to...