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On November 21, 2013, the Buddhist Ministry at Harvard Divinity School hosted a talk about Buddhist peacemaking. Christopher Queen, Lecturer at the Harvard University Extension, introduced the main speaker, Paula Green, Professor at the School for...

On February 20, Monica L. Mercado (Colgate University), Visiting Assistant Professor of North American Religions, gave the lecture, “Girlhood and the Making of American Catholicism."

Professor Mohammed Rustom explores the question of Islam and nature in a lecture from the Junior Fellowship series "Religion and Nature."

Marc Gopin and Elizabeth H. Prodromou discuss humanitarianism, religion, and the practice of peace. Listen iTunes SoundCloud

Most Americans equate Hanukkah with Judaism, but what’s the real story with the holiday? Harvard Divinity School student Jessica Rosenberg, MDiv ’20, gives the low-down on this enigmatic festival—is it what you think?

Katharine Gerbner, McKnight Land-Grant Professor and Assistant Professor of History at the University of Minnesota, discusses how religion was fundamental to the development of both slavery and race in the Protestant Atlantic world.

On March 23, Mark Heim, Samuel Abbot Professor of Christian Theology at Andover Newton Theological School, offered reflections on the kind of self that is implied by Christian theological terms and the ways in which this matches up with Buddhist...

On January 16, 2014, Cornelia Cannon Holden was the latest alumni guest invited to speak to students, alumni, and friends as part of the Divinity Dialogues series. Holden, who is the CEO, Mindful Warrior and Director, Core Leadership Portal at The...

How is the comparative scholarship on Judaism, Christianity, and Islam possible? What are its presuppositions, and what does it entail? How can the history of religions help interfaith understanding? These are some of the questions this lecture addresses.

On February 10, 2014, Rev. James Ishmael Ford, UU World online columnist, was a guest speaker of the Buddhist Ministry Initiative at Harvard Divinity School.

The Multireligious Service of Thanksgiving for the Class of 2012 took place in the Memorial Church on May 23, 2012. The faculty speaker was Kimberley C. Patton, Professor of the Comparative and Historical Study of Religion at HDS.

The Diploma Awarding Ceremony took place in the Memorial Church on May 29, 2014. The student speaker was Lucia Ruth Hulsether, MDiv '14.