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"The work of the HDS community requires deep emotional engagement. It looks to a rapidly changing world experiencing immense pain and suffering & injustice and asks how to best be an agent for peace"
@maggierogers MRPL '22 on her time @HarvardDivinity:
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Back from #Charlottesville! Don't miss @CornelWest's Convocation address streaming LIVE today at 330 pm: ow.ly/VEZL30eKNIS
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HDS visiting scholar @CornellWBrooks says that MLK's legacy ought to be measured not in the persistence of racism, but in the combination of hope and realism that he brought to the struggle for the rights of marginalized people everywhere. ow.ly/YYoe30nmU4P
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Seriously, the honor was ours. #makeaworldofdifference
Thank you Harvard University for honoring me tonight with the W.E.B. Du Bois Medal. I’m grateful for this recognition and to be amongst the other highly esteemed honorees that inspire me.
Photo Credit: Amari Kenoly @foot_candles
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Very sorry to hear of the passing of Robert D. Hales, an Elder in the @LDSchurch.
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Prof. @CornelWest and HDS alum @McCormickProf on free speech in higher ed.
.@CornelWest on free speech on college campuses: "There's a long history of repressing dissenting voices on the left as well as the right."
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The first tenured African American member of the Harvard Divinity School faculty, Preston Williams has spent a lifetime working to bridge opportunity gaps for people of color in the academic world. goo.gl/gjTr8A #blackhistorymonth
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We are thrilled to announce the appointments of Dr. Tracey E. Hucks and Dr. Ahmad Greene-Hayes to the @HarvardDivinity faculty beginning July 1, 2022!
Please join us in congratulating & welcoming them to the HDS community! Read more in the news release: hds.harvard.edu/news/2022/05…
ALT Headshots of Dr. Tracey E. Hucks and Dr. Ahmad Greene-Hayes Photo credits: Mark DiOrio and R. Woods Photography
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We are thrilled to share that scholars Benjamin Dunning and @AnnetteYReed have each been named Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at @HarvardDivinity starting July 1, 2022!
Read more about their appointments at bit.ly/3njp9Xo.
ALT Professors Benjamin Dunning and Annette Yoshiko Reed will join the HDS faculty in July 2022. Photos courtesy Benjamin Dunning and Annette Yoshiko Reed
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Happy Birthday to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, founded by Joseph Smith on this day in 1830! @LDSchurch
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We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Terrence L. Johnson (@tljohn44), MDiv ’00, has been named Professor of African American Religious Studies at @HarvardDivinity, effective July 25, 2022. Please join us in welcoming Dr. Johnson to the HDS community!
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Today we celebrate Emily Thornton Gage, the first woman to receive an HDS degree in 1957 #InternationalWomensDay #WomensHistoryMonth
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What happens when former VP Joe Biden walks into @MemChurch while HDS students are rehearsing Multireligious Commencement Service? Selfie!
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We seem to have tripped and found ourselves in fall! 🧡
#HarvardDivinity #Harvard #FallIsHere #StayWarmAndCozy
ALT Leaves changing colors at Harvard Divinity School
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In 1979, the fourteenth Dalai Lama made his first trip to the U.S. His final stop was @Harvard, where he gave a lecture in Sanders Theatre and taught a seminar to HDS students in Andover Chapel. Here, he's with Robert Thurman, an affiliate of the CSWR in 1978–79.
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Marla Frederick, currently the Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Religion & Culture at Emory's Candler School of Theology, will serve as our next Dean of HDS, starting on January 1, 2024!
HDS Professor David Holland will serve as Interim Dean.
bit.ly/3PcZbUA
ALT A headshot of Marla Frederick wearing a yellow shirt and yellow jewelry.
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Karen Swallow Prior made national news this spring for questioning the leadership of one of her denomination’s most powerful men, helping to bring the #MeToo culture into a male-dominated hierarchy. ow.ly/hHHb30ltZ5s via @RNS
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We're sad to announce HDS prof Richard Reinhold Niebuhr, renowned theologian & scholar, has passed away at age 90. He will be sorely missed.
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If you think that religion belongs to the past and we live in a new “age of reason,” check out the facts about the future of global religion. #ReligionMatters ow.ly/6zZd30okXPQ
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According to Prof. @AnnetteYReed, who joins the @HarvardDivinity faculty this summer, some of the most important questions scholars should ask are: “Who gets to tell the story? Who gets to decide when a story begins, and who is omitted with that choice?”
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In the FREE HarvardX course "Christianity Through Its Scriptures," participants will learn about Christianity through a study of its sacred scriptures & explore how diverse Christians have practiced its teachings throughout history. Register today! ow.ly/OP8A30kI0KO
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A bitter-sweet moment as we say goodbye to President Faust on her (second to) last day. Thank you for always standing with us at HDS, President Faust. Your support of religious literacy, access to higher education, & veritas served as an inspiration. Enjoy a well-deserved break!
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It is with great sadness we report the sudden, unexpected passing of HDS Professor Anne Monius. We will miss her more than words can convey, but we will not forget her values nor her impact on our lives. Read Dean Hempton's full statement: hds.harvard.edu/news/2019/8/…
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Just a reminder that things are anything but normal. Do the best you can. Take care of each other. Be kind to each other. And thanks for carrying on.
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At @harvardiop, @Harvard's Muslim chaplain @KhalilAbdur says that the way to bridge civic divides is by standing for what's right, not what's convenient. @CornellWBrooks goo.gl/f7CS4Q
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Suzannah Omonuk, MDiv ‘23, studies ministry at @HarvardDivinity because “there’s a world out there that needs to be listened to, a world of people that are longing to be understood and seen. Most of these needs are spiritual at their core."
#ministry #listening @_SueKali
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Harvard study shows close relationships, more than money or fame, are what keep people happy throughout their lives: ow.ly/9wwJ30b82zn
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"When I was a kid, I felt like God was taken away from me as soon as I came out of the closet. I'm here to give God back to myself."
Today we welcome award-winning journalist & editor @pfpicardi to the @HarvardDivinity community! Read more on our IG. @HarvardRPL #Harvard
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As if we couldn't be more proud of Navy SEAL and MTS candidate Dan Cnossen. This weekend Dan won a gold medal in biathlon and a silver medal in cross-country skiing during the Paralympics in Pyeongchang. Congratulations, Dan! @Harvard usatoday.com/story/sports/ol…
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Black religion is deeply interconnected with many other fields like race, gender, and philosophy. Join us for our Black Religion and Critical Theory Colloquium on Oct 5. This event will also be livestreamed on YouTube.
⚠️ Please register here: bit.ly/3t5GgCh
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Introducing “Weather Reports — The Climate of Now," a 10-week, online series of climate conversations lead by @TempestWilliams, @HarvardDivinity's writer in residence. Sign up and read more about the speakers here. @ph_alliance @HarvardRPL #HarvardCSWR
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Moving exhortation from alum @rezaaslan. #HDSVotes
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One of the benefits of being a non-sectarian divinity school is that you never have to have these kinds of arguments.😌😌
1. NEW UPDATE TIME: Liberty U prez Jerry Falwell Jr. contacted RNS to insist his school is still the “largest Christian university” by citing a metric other than what they typically reference…
…and by suggesting the rival school isn’t Christian. religionnews.com/2018/04/30/…
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What's next for the The @LDSchurch after the passing of President Thomas Monson? goo.gl/JzzvyJ #Mormons
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We're so proud of HDS writer-in-residence Terry Tempest Williams, who will receive the Robert Kirsch Award, a lifetime achievement prize "given to a writer with a substantial connection to the American West" from @latimesbooks
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Meet Remy, Harvard’s resident cat. For our newest students, Remy is known as the Humanities Cat and the Guardian of the Yard. He poses for photos, wanders through buildings, offices, student dorms, and even attends lectures. He is a campus favorite!
#NationalCatDay
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Explore @Harvard's sacred spaces: goo.gl/b88TLn
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ALT A group of Harvard Divinity School graduates stand on the steps of Swartz Hall for a class photo
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With their Harry Potter and Sacred Text podcast, HDS alums Vanessa Zoltan, Casper ter Kuile, and Ariana Nedelman seek to use religious reading practices to address what they see as a hole left by institutional religion. ow.ly/ZpxL30mZubG via @WBUR
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Today we join the @CityOfBoston in celebrating the generosity, resilience, and strength of our community. #OneBostonDay
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Father imprisoned. Mother abandoned him. Six foster homes. Getting his degree from Harvard next week and then on to @YaleDivSchool. Congrats and Godspeed, James Venable! ow.ly/LYnu30k4eeZ
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Biblical scholar, theologian, and historian of religion Judith Lieu has been named Frothingham Visiting Professor in New Testament and Early Christianity at HDS starting in January 2020 hds.harvard.edu/news/2019/04…
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We're deeply saddened to hear that our colleague Dr. Lamin Sanneh of @YaleDivSchool, a towering figure in the study of religion and in civil rights, has died. Dr. Sanneh taught at HDS in the 1980s and was well loved by all here. He will be missed.
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“Since meeting and befriending Larry Bacow over 25 years ago at MIT, I have had the privilege of working with one of the most effective leaders in all aspects of the living and learning environment of university life.” John Wilson Jr., M.T.S. ’81. news.harvard.edu/gazette/sto…
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Good luck to all of those running today's #BostonMarathon, including HDS alum and staff member Ainsley Tucker!
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"One of the reasons I came to HDS was to study what a spiritual home for women might look like ... My long-term dream is to build a shelter for domestic violence survivors, a shelter co-housed with a retreat center for women."—Juliana Cohen, MDiv ’19 More: ow.ly/XSjf30mVJIO
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“You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.” ow.ly/tlcF30jztIF @ANNELAMOTT @AnneLamottQuote #ThursdayThoughts
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How did Martin Luther become the world's first mass media figure during the Reformation? ow.ly/ZTJQ4
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In his brand new book, Prof. @jonathanlwalton examines biblical stories through the eyes of the narrative's most vulnerable and marginalized people. Q&A: ow.ly/V9jR30lT3J5 @MemChurch
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On the anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s death, Visiting Scholar and former NAACP President Cornell William Brooks on King’s last speech and the moral choice of hope. @CornellWBrooks @NAACP ow.ly/rp2j30ok3sf
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Get ready for a new season of @hpsacredtext, coming March 28! harrypottersacredtext.com/
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"I got to the place where I was able to see both my queerness and my faith as inextricably connected, but also where I was able to go broader.”
Read more about HDS alum Don Abram's work celebrating queer faith narratives in the Black Church. #Pride2021
bit.ly/35OarPB
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A happy belated birthday to Virginia Woolf! We are thinking of alum @olivalejandra_'s piece on the relation between Woolf, water, the migrant caravan and the reminder "that we are bound up in each other, all the same stuff as the sea." electricliterature.com/walki…
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Today, we celebrate members of the @HarvardDivinity custodial staff. There is no doubt they should be honored every day of the year; we couldn’t do what we do without you! Thank you for keeping us on schedule, but more importantly, healthy and safe. #CustodialWorkerDay
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CrossFit as church? New research shows that Millennials are not practicing religion the same way their parents did: ow.ly/UfyFP
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Happy Birthday, John Harvard! Born this day in 1607, he was an ordained minister and the benefactor of @Harvard.
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Amid talk of organized religion’s decline, a breathtaking reminder of the ability of clergy to speak with power to the heart and conscience. #RoyalWedding @iamepiscopalian @SSpellers
The Most Rev Bishop Michael Curry has given a powerful address at the #RoyalWedding independent.co.uk/royalweddi…
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Doors are open, come on in! We are so ready to officially welcome students, faculty, and staff back to campus for the first day of classes.
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Sweet Hymns of Joy: @Harvard had a role in several timeless holiday carols: ow.ly/9LH730n1ZV9
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As Sikhs around the world celebrate the birth of Guru Nank, check out alum @SikhProf's thoughtful reflection.
Sikhs around the world are celebrating 550 years since the birth of their founder, Guru Nanak.
I offer a short reflection on his life and teachings: religionnews.com/2019/11/08/…
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Today is the 550th birth anniversary of Sikh founder-prophet, Guru Nanak. Sikhs are celebrating around the world. HDS alum @SikhProf writes about how his teachings continue to resonate with people today. religionnews.com/2019/11/08/…
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Theologians, religion scholars and activists have rushed to aid a theology student arrested while protesting a white supremacist’s appearance in Charlottesville: ow.ly/qBZt30l0NoN via @RNS @jackmjenkins
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Our congrats and best wishes to HDS grad Alex McNeill, MDiv '08, who is the first openly transgender man to be approved for ordination in the Presbyterian Church USA. Hooray Alex! mlp.org/alex-mcneill-approve…
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At a recent HDS event, Nainoa Thompson spoke about being the first Native Hawaiian in 600 years to practice the ancient art of navigation using only the stars, the wind, and the flight of birds. news.harvard.edu/gazette/sto…
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Prayer, black tea, and pool time are keeping @amosjacksoniii, MDiv ’23, grounded this summer.
Jackson applied to @HarvardDivinity to be in a space to strengthen his personal vocational training, while engaging with people of different faith traditions.
#WeAreHarvardDivinity
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U.S. Presidential candidate & #1 NYT best selling author @marwilliamson will speak on "Reparations for Slavery: The Role of Repentance in Politics," Feb. 19, 6 pm, on the HDS campus. Event is free but tix required: ow.ly/XNpy30nEN4v Opening talk by @kassiunderwood
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Thanks for the shout, @jk_rowling! The course was conceived by HDS's @HarvardRLP. Now when are we going to get you together with the HDS alums who created the WILDLY popular @hpsacredtext podcast? 😀
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If you have an expertise in Catholic theology or study Catholicism from the perspective of other disciplines and can teach a class that reflects the cultural diversity of Roman Catholicism in the United States and around the world, apply here today: bit.ly/3OwhjbB
ALT Harvard shield on stained glass window.
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HDS's Prof @CornelWest joins clergy in #Charlottesville counter-marching against the alt-right/KKK/Nazi rally.
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Former @NAACP President Rev. @CornellWBrooks on the importance of moral and biblically literate voices in the fight for social justice. @Kennedy_School goo.gl/iVtL2w
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We’re officially in a winter break state of mind 🌨 Stay warm and we’ll see you back on campus in the spring! #SchoolsOut #SeeYouSoon
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NEXT WEEK: Activist @bernademientief joins @TempestWilliams, @HarvardDivinity writer-in-residence, in our second installment of “Weather Reports” to discuss why sacred land protection is vital to #indigenous communities.
Learn more and sign up here:
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"Sikhs find a way through this tension because finding a way to serve is what Sikhs are wired to do." Alum and past Gomes Honoree @SikhProf on how Sikhs fight isolation and anxiety through service. religionnews.com/2020/04/15/…
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Inside the HDS library is a book of the gospels in Armenian, hand-written in AD 1504! bit.ly/1lSoiqV @Harvard
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It's time for orientation! We're so excited to have you on campus, we can't wait for classes to start 🤓📚
ALT HDS Staff welcome new students to orientation.
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ALT Interim Dean David Holland addresses the crowd from the podium.
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A @harvardmed professor developed a program merging spirituality and psychotherapy intended to help patients with mood and anxiety disorders, substance-use disorders, post-traumatic and dissociative disorders. news.harvard.edu/gazette/sto…
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Happy Anniversary alums @caspertk, @vanessamzoltan, and Ariana Nedelman, founders of the wildly popular @hpsacredtext podcast! 🥳🥳
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Four U.S. Army chaplains who perished during WWII but who met at Harvard were recently honored at the dedication of a new plaque commemorating their lives: ow.ly/l2kD30gJnh0
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Prior to HDS visit, filmmaker @AJoukowsky talks about working with @KenBurns on 'Defying the Nazis.' ow.ly/K9pD305mIc8
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We're honored to know that @Harvard has been named BEST IN THE WORLD in 2019 for the study of divinity, theology, and religion by the prestigious QS Rankings of Top Universities. @worlduniranking @csrelharvard goo.gl/8YEm6u
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“The only reason people are going to be a part of a church or any faith community is if we are blazing with the love of a God who is alive."
Find out how alum @SSpellers works to reform @iamepiscopalian into a movement, rather than an institution: goo.gl/WDsRDa
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“The most important tool to fighting the rise of hate in America is educating one’s self and peers.” Evan Bernstein, ALM '11 ow.ly/oN6x30kMYCQ via @Harvard
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