Harvard Divinity School

A reflection by MTS candidate Rachel Deitch at Noon Service hosted by HDS Humanists on September 23, 2015.

A reflection by MTS candidate Ingrid Norton at Noon Service hosted by HDS Humanists on September 23, 2015.

In the second Divinity Dialogues event of the 2014–15 academic year, Sejal H. Patel, MTS '14, and Suzanne Skees, MTS '92, discuss the role of care in their work. Patel is a San Francisco-based writer, criminal defense lawyer, and former federal prosecutor who litigated the exoneration of a Boston-area man who served 10 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. Skees works for the Skees Family Foundation, which supports innovative self-help programs in the U.S. and developing countries in education and job-creation.

Rev. Susan Hayward, MDiv '07, directs the United States Institute of Peace's religious peacebuilding program, which seeks to recognize religious dynamics in violent conflict and develop strategies for engaging religious actors and factors to transform drivers of violence and build sustainable peace. Hayward will discuss the new volume that she has co-edited, Women, Religion, and Peacebuilding: Illuminating the Unseen, offering reflections on the opportunities and challenges women religious leaders across faiths and regions face as they navigate complex conflicts and power dynamics in institutions to accomplish their goals. Learn more about Harvard Divinity School and its mission to illuminate, engage, and serve at www.hds.harvard.edu.

Women’s Studies in Religion Program (WSRP) Research Associates share their thoughts on the ethical responsibility of scholars to be engaged in the study of gender.

Professor Caner Dagli, Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the College of the Holy Cross, delivers a lecture as part of the Junior Fellowship Series "Religion and Nature" at the Center for the Study of World Religions.

Professor Jocelyne Cesari discusses her new book, The Awakening of Muslim Democracy, with two respondents.

His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje, spoke to a capacity crowd at Harvard's Memorial Church on Thursday, March 26, 2015. The Karmapa's talk, "Caring for Life on Earth in the Twenty-first Century," was sponsored by HDS, the Harvard College Freshman Dean's Office, and the Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation. His two-day visit to Harvard Divinity School also included meetings with students and blessings for his many Boston-area followers.

Speaking to a capacity crowd inside Harvard's Memorial Church on November 19, 2014, former President Jimmy Carter enlightened those in attendance to the driving factors behind his latest book, A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power. During his talk, Carter charged the hundreds who came to hear him speak to stop the harm being done to women and girls around the world.