“I came to religious life with the question of what was meaningful about existence,” said Brahmacharini Durga, a monastic in ...

David Holden, MDiv '24, came to HDS after a career in politics in search of ways to help others heal as a hospital chaplain.

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Harvard Divinity School is a nonsectarian school of religious and theological studies that educates students both in the pursuit of the academic study of religion and in preparation for leadership in ...

This conversation was the first of the six-part series Religion and the Legacies of Slavery: A Series of Public Online Conversations.The featured speaker was Karen L. King, Hollis Professor of ...

On February 2, Harvard Divinity School hosted the annual William James Lectures on Religious Experience. This years lecture, "William James and the Sick Soul," was delivered by Professor John Kaag ...

The Yang Visiting Scholars in World Christianity program brings distinguished senior and junior scholars of world Christianity to Harvard Divinity School each year, opening up fresh perspectives, ...

You're listening to the Harvard Religion Beat, and my name is Paul Gillis-Smith, a correspondent for the Divinity School. I'm standing here in Marsh Chapel at Boston University, where 60 years ago on ...

Religious life, like everything else in life, has been drastically impacted by the COVID-19 global pandemic. Here at Harvard and in the Boston area, we’ve seen houses of worship closed, religious ...

The following opinion piece was written by Catherine A. Brekus, Charles Warren Professor of the History of Religion in America. On June 1, 2020, a group of peaceful protesters in Washington, D.C. was ...