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Explore the transformative power of ritualized sleep with educator and scholar Sarabinh Levy-Brightman for the autumn/winter issue of Harvard Divinity Bulletin.
bulletin.hds.harvard.edu/sacred-sleep...
Professor Ahmad Greene-Hayes explores Black Atlantic religion-making in Jim Crow New Orleans and how histories of faith, surveillance & survival reshape our understanding of home.
Read here: bulletin.hds.harvard.edu/descending-i...
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"It's is about reckoning with what happiness might be—precisely because you’ve also come to terms with everything your sadness has been."
For Harvard Divinity Bulletin, Russell C. Powell reviews Bon Iver's new album, nominated at this weekend's #GrammyAwards.
https://bit.ly/4a3iusC
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New HDS Podcast! Meaning Makers of HDS features alumni, faculty, and community members and how they create meaning in their lives.
First up, Maytal Saltiel, MDiv '12, and Ailya Vajid, MTS '11, talk about their roles as chaplains and the sacred work of presence.
https://bit.ly/3ZzI9UO
From divinity school to the for-profit tech world, HDS alum Waskito Jati, MTS ’18, discovered the unexpected career paths a Harvard Divinity School degree can open.
Read more about Jati's journey here: bit.ly/4jS1hH2
For the Wonderstruck podcast, host Elizabeth Rovere, MTS ’95, spoke with Mark Vernon, philosopher and psychotherapist, discussing how to recover the "vertical dimension" or realm of soul and spirit as a way of living with more depth in an increasingly disoriented age.
https://bit.ly/49s588O
At the 2025 American Academy of Religion and Society of Biblical Literature (AAR/SBL) Annual Meeting, Harvard Divinity School faculty were recognized for their outstanding contributions to religious scholarship.
Read more: bit.ly/44Ntjxa
Eighty-one percent of adults under 30 say they use their phones too much.
For the Harvard Gazette, HDS's Monica Sanford, assistant dean for multireligious ministry, discusses strategies to cultivate focus and attention in a world full of captivating screens.
Read more:
https://bit.ly/3YzYt7t
Three students actively participating in a reading session inside a church, with large arched windows in the background. The image includes the text '586 Events Hosted by HDS Students'.
Image showing a large shelf filled with books at the HDS Library, with a digital counter displaying '7,826 Books Checked Out of the HDS Library.'
Group of diverse graduates celebrating, clapping and smiling during a graduation ceremony for the Class of 2025. Text reads "140 Degrees Conferred for the Class of 2025"
A classroom scene with an individual teaching and interacting with students at Harvard Divinity School. Text reads: "242 HDS Classes Offered by Faculty, Visiting Scholars, and Instructors"
Before we say goodbye to 2025, we spent some time looking back at our favorite stats from the year.
Follow the link for more reflections on the impact the Harvard Divinity School community had on campus, in communities, and across the country.
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Introducing our “In the Classroom,” series featuring Matthew Ichihashi Potts, MDiv ‘08, PhD ‘13, Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and Pusey Minister.
He discusses his course “Apocalyptic Grief” in the latest Harvard Religion Beat episode: www.hds.harvard.edu/news/2025/11...
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Are you...ready for it?
A new student organization at Harvard Divinity School discusses the artistry and fandom of Taylor Swift, intertwining how pop culture shapes identity, community, and religious imagination.
Read more: https://bit.ly/495UWnt
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We are thrilled to announce that Starr King School for the Ministry recently donated the Earl Morse Wilbur Rare Book Collection to our @hdslibrary.bsky.social.
The collection is comprised of approximately 1,300 volumes documenting the development of Unitarianism and Unitarian Universalism.
Harvard Divinity School Professor Swayam Bagaria and University of London's Bhrigupati Singh will develop a new program to train mental health professionals to better understand the religious and spiritual lives of the communities they serve.
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Happy last day of fall semester classes, HDS! Let the reading period begin 🍂📚
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“How do sports serve as an arena for the embodied practice of religious values?”
Harvard students, staff, and faculty gathered for a discussion on the life of Muhammad Ali and his legacy of compassion, featuring Lonnie Ali, co-founder of the Muhammad Ali Center.
https://bit.ly/49z4tEj
Cover of the Harvard Divinity School Dean's Report 2025 featuring a vibrant stained glass window with intricate blue and green designs set against a backdrop of trees.
The 2025 Dean's Report is here! In its pages, find stories of our HDS community members dedicated to the study of religion and the promise of education as a force for good in the world.
Read more:
https://bit.ly/4i7OzTz
Alum Britney Foster, MDiv ’19, transforms how schools imagine equity, learning, and care as CEO and co-founder of Trajectory of Hope LLC. Her work supports districts in addressing inequity and building environments shaped by joy, dignity, and community trust.
Learn more about Britney’s journey:
Did you hear the 2025 AAR and SBL Annual Gathering is in Boston this year?!
Fifteen members of the HDS faculty will share their scholarship across a wide range of academic disciplines through paper presentations, book panels, sessions and celebrations.
www.hds.harvard.edu/news/2025/11...
Glenn H. Hutchins, Marla F. Frederick, James E. Clyburn, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. pose for a group photo
Dean Marla F. Frederick stands at podium, beside James E. Clyburn, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and Glenn H. Hutchins
HDS Dean Marla F. Frederick offered the benediction and opening prayer at the W.E.B. Du Bois Medal ceremony, hosted by the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research. The event honors changemakers shaping Black culture, scholarship, and civic life.
Photos: Evgenia Eliseeva
Congratulations to HDS students Paula Ortiz, MDiv ’26, and Lia Pikus, MTS ’26, who have been awarded a Harvard Culture Lab Innovation Fund grant for their Deep Listening Workshop Series!
Read more about the award-winning initiative here!:
A new exhibit in the HDS library curated by Professor Raúl Zegarra honors the work and legacy of Gustavo Gutiérrez, the influential theologian known as the father of liberation theology.
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Last fall, HDS began a strategic planning process with input from the HDS community to outline School-wide priorities. The priorities build on the School's strong foundation, while bringing the future of the study of religion into even greater focus.
Read here: www.hds.harvard.edu/about/strate...
As the assistant director of climate and sustainability at Harvard University's Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability, HDS alum, Leslie Hubbard, MDiv '15, encourages HDS students to stay open and curious to unexpected paths.
Read here: bit.ly/4oy97Xu
Art can “help us see that which is visible only through slow, sustained attention,” writes Sarah Fleming, MDiv ’21.
In her review of Garth Greenwell’s novel, “Small Rain”, she reflects on how the novel reveals the quiet wonders and intimate moments that close attention makes visible.
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Amid music, prayer, and dialogue at the Vatican's third annual World Meeting on Human Fraternity, HDS Dean Marla Frederick and Professor Raúl Zegarra share their reflections on solidarity, justice, faith, and the conference.
www.hds.harvard.edu/news/2025/10...
In her essay “Empire and Epistemicide”, Dr. Annette Yoshiko Reed reflects on the Pax Romana as "an age of devastating warfare."
She finds hope in the work of HDS historian George Foot Moore (1851-1931), which served as a diagnosis and correction of past epistemic erasures.
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As part of her Certificate in Religion and Public Life (CRPL), Julia Jackson, MDiv Candidate, was able to apply her interests in end-of-life care and bioethics with an internship at the National Home Funeral Alliance (NFHA).
Read more HDS summer experiences here!: bit.ly/4mkfbRF
For the Center for the Study of World Religions, Prof. Francis X. Clooney, S.J. reflects on his work with the immersive early Tamil devotional poetry.
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Calling all community members! Join us this fall for an alumnx author series highlighting the power of story, connection, and moments of transformation.
The series will feature: Lynn Cooper, MDiv ’07; Rev. Liz Walker, MDiv ’05; and Mark Longhurst, MDiv ’07
That's a wrap on DivEx 2025!
Last week we welcomed 20 DivEx students interested in pursuing graduate studies in religion to campus as they learned more about our degree programs, the HDS community, and our faculty.
