Humans of HDS

"How do I help people make meaning when they’ve got marginalized identities, when they’re navigating multiple identities and worlds? How do I help people make meaning and find ways of living that are life-giving for themselves?"—Shrestha Singh, MDiv ’17.
A ‘Peculiar Alchemy’

"We are in the grip of a particular ideology around race, religion, and nationalism here in the U.S., and we’re seeing it in other countries as well. I want to lean into that and bring the resources of HDS to bear on those questions."—Charles Stang, HDS Professor & Director of the Center for the Study of World Religions

HDS offers a rewarding immersion in the world’s faith traditions and theological subjects and creates a broad educational experience where all voices are welcome.
Religious Literacy and Government
The Religious Literacy in the Professions Initiative seeks to consider how religion is embedded in both constructive and antagonistic approaches to immigration, especially with respect to work undertaken by (or in collaboration with) governmental agencies. Shaun Casey, MDiv ’83, ThD ’98, former Director of the U.S. Department of State's Office of Religion and Global Affairs, gave the keynote address at the Religious Literacy and Government Symposium.

Politics of Preaching
To tell a congregation the truth, to condemn our world while admitting that we cannot see our way clear of it, is a political and prophetic act, writes Professor Matthew Potts.

Not Easily Persuasive
Making his point is hard work for Washington Post columnist and Visiting Professor E.J. Dionne. “There are some people who write perfect prose the first time around. I am not one of them.”

The Revolutionary
HDS alumna Stephanie Spellers works to transform the Episcopal Church through listening and love.
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At HDS, alumna Margaux Fitoussi traveled to her father’s homeland to explore the Hara, the ancient Jewish section of Tunisia’s capital, Tunis, where her family can trace its ties for many centuries. The experience had an important impact on her life: t.co/iHZjstWqYq t.co/yOy85EJNQE

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