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On October 10, 2012, four scholars spoke on the relevance of different religions in this year's presidential election. The panelists were: J. Bryan Hehir, Parker Gilbert Montgomery Professor of the Practice of Religion and Public Life at Harvard Kennedy...

Dr. Anthony B. Pinn, Agnes Cullen Arnold Professor of Humanities and Professor of Religion at Rice University, delivered the annual named William James Lecture. Listen

“Democracy and conflict resolution are linked concepts,” says Darren Kew, a visiting scholar of conflict resolution and peacebuilding. “If you take a conflict resolution workshop and institutionalize it, you get something that ultimately looks a lot like...

Sharon Betcher, Professor of Theology at Vancouver School of Theology, delivered this presentation as part of the 2012-13 colloquium series "Science, Religion, and the Body." Science, Religion, and the Body will explore themes of gender and sexuality in...

Larycia Hawkins, Abd el-Kader Visiting Faculty Fellow at University of Virginia, discussed the meaning of solidarity in the context of political and theological spaces during the 2017 Greeley Lecture for Peace and Social Justice.

On March 21, HDS Professor Charles Adams spoke at Noon Service, hosted by HDS Baptists. HDS Noon Service events present a weekly opportunity for the HDS community to pray or meditate with each other across many respective traditions.

Graduating HDS students, their families, faculty, and staff participated in the 2016 Multireligious Commencement Service on May 25, 2016. Kimberley C. Patton, Professor of the Comparative and Historical Study of Religion, gave the faculty address. Listen...

The second Buddhism and Race Conference brought together activists, sangha leaders, community members, and students to learn from one another and share justice-oriented teachings and training.

On April 2, 2014, Zilka Spahic Siljak, WSRP Research Associate and Visiting Lecturer, spoke about the subject of her book, "Shining Humanity: Life Stories of Women Peace-builders in Bosnia and Herzegovina," which was published in Bosnia last year and will...

On November 7, 2013, the Buddhist Ministry Colloquium welcomed Sensei Anthony Stultz, founding director of the Blue Mountain Lotus Society in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and Sumi Loundon Kim, Buddhist chaplain of Duke University, to speak about innovative...

Congratulations to the Harvard Divinity School class of 2018, who received their diplomas during the HDS Diploma Awarding Ceremony on May 25, 2017. Lindsey Franklin, MDiv ’18, and Denson Staples, MDiv ’18, gave the student address. Listen

HDS students Aisha Ansano, Ryan Cogswell, Taj Smith, and Christopher Whiteman deliver sermons for the Billings Preaching Prize Competition during Noon Service on April 15, 2015. The annual preaching competition is open to second- and third-year MDiv...