Dean David N. Hempton

This summer, thanks to several generous gifts in support of Dean David N. Hempton’s campaign initiatives, HDS continued its ongoing effort to provide students with financial support so that they can serve communities locally and abroad through...

August 12 was one of the darkest days I’ve seen since I became dean of HDS. White nationalists marched in Charlottesville, Virginia to protest the removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee, a confederate general during the American Civil War. The group, which...

Harvard Divinity School Dean David N. Hempton discussed the role of HDS at Harvard, as well as the role of religion and ethics at other Harvard Schools with Harvard Graduate School of Education Dean James Ryan, Harvard Law School Dean Martha Minow, and...

As it begins its third century, Harvard Divinity School can provide a valuable service to leaders across campus by helping them navigate the contentious religious issues they increasingly confront in their disciplines. That was the message offered by...

As HDS enters its bicentennial year, there is an increasing representation of world religions at the School, which has fostered new communities and directions for alumni.

In 1816, when Harvard Divinity School was established, its founders aimed to ensure that “every encouragement be given to the serious, impartial, and unbiased investigation of Christian truth.” Two hundred years later, HDS has expanded its mission. With...

Dean David N. Hempton offers insight into the history of the Methodist faith, of which Hillary Clinton is a follower.

Dean David N. Hempton delivered the following remarks in front of the HDS community on the evening of September 28, in Andover Chapel. ♦♦♦ We are all shocked and deeply saddened by the recent shootings of Black men in Charlotte and Tulsa and California...

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...

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