Harvard Divinity Dean Visits Rice’s Boniuk Institute as Inaugural Senior Scholar Award Recipient

April 3, 2024

Marla Frederick, dean of the Harvard Divinity School, spoke at Rice University’s Fondren Library March 28 and was honored with the inaugural Senior Scholar Award by the Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance.

Professor Jon D. Levenson receiving the Barry Prize in receiving the Barry Prize at the Library of Congress on Nov. 8.

Harvard Divinity Professor Jon Levenson Awarded Barry Prize for Excellence in Scholarship

December 4, 2023

Jon D. Levenson, the Albert A. List Professor of Jewish Studies at Harvard Divinity School, received a 2023 Barry Prize from the American Academy of Sciences and Letters in recognition of his “intellectual excellence and courage.”... Read more about Harvard Divinity Professor Jon Levenson Awarded Barry Prize for Excellence in Scholarship

Suzannah Omonuk, MDiv ’23, and Rebecca Mendoza Nunziato, MDiv ’23. / Photo: Justin Knight

Two Graduating Students Honored with Buechner Prize

May 31, 2023

Harvard Divinity School is delighted to announce that the 2023 winners of the Buechner Prize are Rebecca Mendoza Nunziato, MDiv ’23, and Suzannah Omonuk, MDiv ’23. The prize is awarded annually to the two authors of MDiv senior papers whose work best exemplifies the religious and literary ideals of writer-theologian Frederick Buechner, who passed away in August 2022.

Suzannah Omonuk’s “In the garden we sat weeping” is a collection of poems that Omonuk describes as “searchlights of the years I have spent being someone who is still seeking and who also in the...

Video: Celebrating Preston and Connie Williams

November 4, 2021

On November 4, 2021, the HDS community celebrated Preston and Connie Williams for their distinguished legacy of service, leadership, and partnership with the Harvard Divinity School and broader Harvard communities.... Read more about Video: Celebrating Preston and Connie Williams

Dean David N. Hempton. / Photo: Stephanie Mitchell, Harvard Staff Photographer

Dean David Hempton Elected to Royal Irish Academy

May 22, 2020

Dean David Hempton has been elected an Honorary Member of the Royal Irish Academy.... Read more about Dean David Hempton Elected to Royal Irish Academy

Harvard Among Top Schools for Divinity, Theology, Religious Studies

March 10, 2020

For the fourth year in a row, Harvard has been named one of the world’s best schools for the study of divinity, theology, and religious studies by the influential QS World University Rankings.... Read more about Harvard Among Top Schools for Divinity, Theology, Religious Studies

HDS Professor McKanan to Receive Leadership Award from Camphill Foundation

February 5, 2020

“From his days as a Camphill volunteer coworker to his ongoing work raising consciousness of Camphill’s vital contributions to humanity and environmentalism, Professor McKanan has done much to advance communities where people of all abilities are embraced and empowered,” said Karen Murphy, executive director of Camphill Foundation.

Video: 2019 Billings Preaching Prize

April 10, 2019

HDS students Mary Balkon, Aric Flemming, and Jade Sylvan deliver sermons for the Billings Preaching Prize Competition during Noon Service on April 10, 2019.... Read more about Video: 2019 Billings Preaching Prize

Video: Professor Olupona Accepts Award for the Public Understanding of Religion

February 1, 2019

Jacob Olupona, HDS Professor of African Religious Traditions, was awarded the 2018 Martin E. Marty Award for the Public Understanding of Religion. The award recipient is selected by the American Academy of Religion’s Committee on the Public Understanding of Religion.... Read more about Video: Professor Olupona Accepts Award for the Public Understanding of Religion

HDS Professor Wins Award for the Public Understanding of Religion

July 12, 2018

Jacob Olupona, HDS Professor of African Religious Traditions, has won the 2018 Martin E. Marty Award for the Public Understanding of Religion.... Read more about HDS Professor Wins Award for the Public Understanding of Religion

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