Terry Tempest Williams joined HDS as a writer-in-residence for the 2017–18 academic year and is continuing until June 30, 2025. She is the author of numerous books, including the environmental ...

Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, Krister Stendahl Research Professor of Divinity, has done pioneering work in biblical interpretation and feminist theology. Her teaching and research focus on questions ...

As a recent college graduate, Smith was preparing to attend law school. However, while perusing the legal stacks at a library in her hometown of Phoenix, AZ, she discovered a misfiled book, The Cotton ...

On a frigid January afternoon, students, faculty, staff, and alumni from Harvard Divinity School and Harvard College stepped ...

Kevin Madigan is a historian of medieval Christian religious practice and thought. He began teaching at HDS in 2000 and in October 2009 was named Winn Professor of Ecclesiastical History. He was ...

Religion can intersect with and inform nearly every field of study—from education to advocacy, literature to law, and policy to ethical business practices. The master of theological studies (MTS) ...

This calendar is not an exhaustive list either of religious traditions or of the holidays observed in those traditions. If we have not included a religious tradition or major religious holiday of ...

Please note: Each week during the SLP, there are nine hours of class meeting and instruction time with the instructor of your course. This might be different during weeks with holidays and/or make-up ...

Michelle Sanchez is Professor of Theology at Harvard Divinity School. Sanchez received her doctorate in the study of religion in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Harvard. Her first book, ...

“The MDiv program at Harvard Divinity School is unparalleled in the diversity of the people, perspectives, and vocational pathways it holds together. Yet, all of our students are united in their ...

Student organizations provide opportunities for involvement, leadership, programming, social connections, and experiential learning that are crucial to the educational mission of the Divinity School.

Jacob K. Olupona, who joined the Faculty of Divinity and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences in 2006, is a noted scholar of indigenous African religions. His current research focuses on the religious ...