As a recent college graduate, Smith was preparing to attend law school. However, while perusing the legal stacks at a library ...

Welcome to the Harvard Divinity School’s Praxis Podcast, where I, Maddison Tenney, interview HDS students about what brought ...

Describe the work you do today: I serve as the Associate Dean of Students for Virginia Theological Seminary. In this role, I oversee admissions and recruitment, manage housing, coordinate formation ...

The master of theology (ThM) program affords an opportunity for students who have received the master of divinity (MDiv) degree or its equivalent (three years of graduate theological study) to pursue ...

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

Knowledge and understanding for any stage of your life and career. The world’s religions offer profound insight into contemporary human affairs. Understanding and perspective derived from historical ...

David Holland serves as the Bartlett Professor of New England Church History at Harvard Divinity School. In July 2024, he became HDS associate dean for faculty and academic affairs. His research ...

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 ...

Rev. Gloria E. White-Hammond, M.D. is the co-pastor of Bethel AME Church, Boston, MA. She is the founder and executive director of My Sister’s Keeper, a women-led humanitarian and human rights ...

“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 ...

Jon D. Levenson, Albert A. List Professor of Jewish Studies, began teaching at Harvard in 1988, having previously taught at the University of Chicago and at Wellesley College. His work concentrates on ...

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 ...