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Doors in Every Direction
2024 Dean’s Report
At the Center for the Study of World Religions, the Transcendence and Transformation initiative encourages students and scholars to explore other ways of knowing and engaging with a multilayered reality.
Programs and Initiatives
Research
A Lasting Ripple Effect
2024 Dean’s Report
With longtime support from The Robert H.N. Ho Family Foundation Global, the Buddhist Ministry Initiative at HDS has already had ripple effects on education in Buddhist ministry and Buddhist studies that will continue to be felt in the field for years to come.
Stories of Impact
Q&A
The Gift of Giving
2023 Dean’s Report
Karen Sue Smith, MDiv ’84, honors Professors Elisabeth and Francis Schüssler Fiorenza with a financial aid fund in their name to support the next generation of religious studies scholars.
Stories of Impact
Q&A
Reckoning with the Role of Religion in the Legacies of Slavery
2023 Dean’s Report
Throughout the 2022–23 academic year, the Religion and Public Life (RPL) program and the Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DIB) engaged with HDS faculty to reckon with the roles of religion in slavery and its painful legacy. This work examined intersections with Harvard’s report on the legacy of slavery—culminating in a series of public conversations held throughout the spring semester.
Programs and Initiatives
Collaborative Reporting
Religion and the Gender Revolution
2022 Dean’s Report
The history of women at Harvard Divinity School is relatively brief, but the Women’s Studies in Religion Program (WSRP)—founded in 1973—has ensured that the roles of women and gender will always have a prominent place within academia.
Programs and Initiatives
Collaborative Reporting
The Call of the Qur’an
2022 Dean’s Report
Mohsen Goudarzi, AM ’14, PhD ’18, heard the call of the Qur’an at a young age. Now, in his first year as Assistant Professor in Islamic Studies at HDS, he continues to delight in uncovering new understandings within the sacred text’s complexities.
Profile
Faculty Research
Joyful Responsibility
2021 Dean’s Report
Matthew Ichihashi Potts, MDiv ’08, PhD ’13, didn’t plan on becoming Pusey Minister at Memorial Church, but service has always been at the heart of his work.
Profile
Ministry of Healing
2020 Dean’s Report
Gloria White-Hammond provides care to the sick—and addresses the injustice that makes them ill.
Profile
Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
2019 Dean’s Report
In her life, Rev. Sheila Glenn, MDiv ’08, has known both fear and wonder. Her journey through addiction and recovery has brought her from despair to hope and humility.
Profile