3 Latter-Day Saints Graduate from the Air Force Chaplain Corps College in Alabama

February 3, 2023

A trio of Latter-day Saints, including 1st Lt. Jenna Carson, MDiv '18, graduated February 3 from the Air Force Chaplain Corps College at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama. Completing the required four-week Chaplain Corps College course means they are now eligible to be deployed anywhere in the world.

The Story of Howard University’s First Black President, Mordecai Wyatt Johnson

January 30, 2023

Mordecai Wyatt Johnson, STM '22, Howard University’s first Black president revitalized the University.

Meet the Five New Jewish House Members

January 30, 2023

Congressman Greg Landsman, MTS '04, is one of the new Jewish members of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 118th Congress.

Five Harvard Grads Among Newly Elected Members of 118th Congress

January 13, 2023

Rep. Greg J. Landsman (D-Ohio), MTS '04, is among the newly elected Harvard University alumni, joining 77 other freshman members of Congress who took office in 2023.

Must We Forgive?

January 12, 2023

When a crime is committed or moral injury occurs, we often respond in one of two ways: we condemn the offense and seek redress, or we declare our willingness to forgive and move on. But a reflexive willingness to pardon—though praised by the Christian tradition—can actually be a problem, argues Matthew Potts, MDiv '08, PhD '13, a professor and pastor at Harvard Divinity School, and author of the new book Forgiveness: An Alternative Account.

SIU’s Paul Simon Institute to Host Expert on Religious Literacy in International Affairs

January 3, 2023

The Rev. Susan Hayward, associate director for the Religious Literacy and Professions Initiative at Harvard Divinity School, will join the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute for a virtual discussion on Tuesday, Jan. 10.

Robin Coste Lewis’s Family Album

December 19, 2022

Robin Coste Lewis's, MTS '97, new book of photographs and verse is haunted by the dead who will not stay dead.

Heather Mellquist Lehto, 2022-23 Yang Visiting Scholar of World Christianity

Reimagining What’s Next in the Study of Christianity

December 14, 2022

Professor Heather Mellquist Lehto, MTS ’11, is a cultural anthropologist whose work attends to the intersections of technology, religion, and kinship in South Korea and the United States. She is one of two Yang Visiting Scholars in World Christianity at HDS during the 2022-23 academic year.... Read more about Reimagining What’s Next in the Study of Christianity

Keynote Speaker for MLK Week Announced

December 13, 2022

This year’s Martin Luther King Week planning committee is pleased to announce its keynote speaker for 2023: Melissa Wood Bartholomew. Dr. Bartholomew is the Associate Dean for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging at Harvard Divinity School where she also teaches. A Christ-centered minister and a racial justice and healing practitioner, she is a dynamic and inspiring speaker and was the planning committee’s top choice for keynote this year.

This Photo of a Busy Intersection in Downtown L.A. Is a Meditation on Infinity

November 28, 2022

I feel like there’s a lot of toxic optimism in the world, and it drives me nuts. It’s like, no, everything is not OK. No, we’re not living our best lives. In fact, we’re in the middle of climate collapse. We’re at the last millennia of our species; we are going extinct and we’re going to take a lot of other animals with us. White supremacy is at a renewed high that is tragic and stupid. But also, COVID," says Robin Coste Lewis, MTS '97.

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