Ethics

"We have unknowingly sacrificed our children in order to feed Moloch," said author Russell Banks, describing Moloch—a Levantine god to whom children were sacrificed—as "god of capitalism." Considered one of America's most important fiction writers, Banks...

Hosted by the Center for the Study of World Religions at Harvard Divinity School, a panel of HDS professors explores tensions and creative possibilities professors face in the role of public intellectuals. The panel, moderated by Francis X. Clooney, S.J...

Drawing on Harvard Divinity School's distinguished tradition of comparative studies in religion and the resources of one of world's leading research universities, the Business across Religious Traditions series explores the opportunities and challenges...

It is often said that history's most distinguished entertainers were "born in the theater," and that world-class athletes like Mickey Mantle and Tiger Woods grew up with bat or club in hand. For Cheryl J. Sanders, MDiv '80, ThD '85, Professor of Christian...

Mark D. Jordan, a renowned and wide-ranging scholar whose academic interests include the varieties of theological rhetoric, the performance of religious identities, Christian teachings on sex, and the work of Thomas Aquinas, has been appointed as the...

The theologian and historian Daniel Patrick McKanan has been named the inaugural incumbent of the Ralph Waldo Emerson Unitarian Universalist Association Chair of Divinity at Harvard Divinity School. McKanan, who has taught at the College of Saint Benedict...

Mark D. Jordan, Richard Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Divinity, has been named one of seven Henry Luce III Fellows in Theology for 2011-12. The announcement was made in February by the Association of Theological Schools. In his year-long Luce project...

As part of the Divinity School's Leadership Day, held April 5, Harvard President Drew Faust and HDS Dean David Hempton sat down to discuss the role of the study of religion and spiritual life in the 21st century—at Harvard and beyond. The talk was...

Mark D. Jordan, a pioneer in sexual ethics and a wide-ranging scholar of the history of Christianity, theology, and gender studies, has been named the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Christian Thought at Harvard Divinity School, with a joint appointment in...

Bill Rainer planned to enter Harvard Divinity School in the fall of 1999 as a full-time student. At age 53, the successful finance industry executive had discovered a passion for the study of religion and looked forward to immersing himself in the...