Rev. Laura Everett Is Focused On "The Work of Repair" in Massachusetts

April 5, 2024

The Rev. Laura Everett, MDiv '04, an itinerant minister, believes that her calling is the work of repair. "When I'm with a congregation, we're trying to repair our broken relationships with one another," she said. "When I'm with the City of Boston Reparations Task Force, that is a citywide effort to repair an unjust history. This is all the work of repair."

Faith Leaders Reflect on Difficult Questions as Israel-Hamas War Colors Holy Days

March 28, 2024

Hussein Rashid, Assistant Dean for Religion and Public Life and Lecturer on Religion and Public Life at HDS, discusses the question, "What is the most difficult question your flock is struggling with?" these days.

Black and Jewish Leaders Fought for Civil Rights. Now the Relationship Is Fragmented

February 23, 2024

"I think the relationship is on life support, and people of good faith are working to try to solve the problem and to heal the shattered fragments of the relationship," says HDS Professor Terrence Johnson of the relationship between Black and Jewish communities.

Finding a Civil Civic Community

February 8, 2024

Professor Terrence Johnson will join faith leaders participating in “Dialogue in Good Faith,” a panel discussion to be held at the Kaplen JCC on the Palisades in New Jersey later this month.

'It Is an Act of Courage to Stand with Others'

December 10, 2023

Invoking the shared suffering of the Israel-Hamas war, Harvard chaplains on Friday held an interfaith vigil on the steps of Memorial Church to give members of the campus community a chance to come together amid a time of wrenching grief. Led by HDS professor, the Rev. Matthew Ichihashi Potts, Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church and Plummer Professor of Christian Morals, the event included prayers by five chaplains and a musical meditation. About 150 people attended, including President Claudine Gay... Read more about 'It Is an Act of Courage to Stand with Others'

Black Religion and Critical Theory Colloquium: Panel II Speaker

Video: Black Religion and Critical Theory Colloquium: Panel II

October 21, 2023

Convened by Ahmad Greene-Hayes, Assistant Professor of African American Religious Studies at HDS, this colloquium bridged connections between the critical study of Black religion and studies of race, gender, and sexuality in critical theory and philosophy, among many other fields. The aim of this gathering was to support research and sustained dialogue about the ways in which religion and race are co-constitutive and function as governing categories of analysis at the helm of both religious studies and Black studies, respectively. This panel discussion featured Joy James (Williams College), Keri Day (Princeton Theological Seminary), and Paul Anthony Daniels (Fordham University).

Black Religion and Critical Theory Colloquium: Panel I Presenter

Video: Black Religion and Critical Theory Colloquium: Panel I

October 21, 2023

Convened by Ahmad Greene-Hayes, Assistant Professor of African American Religious Studies at HDS, this colloquium bridged connections between the critical study of Black religion and studies of race, gender, and sexuality in critical theory and philosophy, among many other fields. The aim of this gathering was to support research and sustained dialogue about the ways in which religion and race are co-constitutive and function as governing categories of analysis at the helm of both religious studies and Black studies, respectively. This panel discussion featured J. Kameron Carter (Indiana University—Bloomington), Cecilio M. Cooper (Folger Shakespeare Library), and Joseph Winters (Duke University).

Catholic Intellectual among Other Religions

February 24, 2023

HDS Professor Francis X. Clooney, S.J., delivered the Annual Candlemas Lecture at Boston College. His talk was titled "On the Edge: Reflections on Being a Catholic Intellectual amid Many Religions."

Ven. Mahayaye Vineetha, a Buddhist monk (right), and Sadhak Vandan, a visiting Hindu monastic (left), talk outside of the newly renovated Swartz Hall.

On Containing Multitudes: Multifaith Ministry at HDS

November 3, 2022

"I don't know of any other school that has the multifaith and multivocational approach to ministry studies that we do at HDS. And my personal mission is to tend to this idea of becoming—to serve people who are interested in ethical leadership and help them along their journey to serve others." The Rev. Teddy Hickman-Maynard, AB 'oo, Associate Dean for Ministry Studies

Eboo Patel Is Leading Interfaith America into the New Era of Religious Diversity

October 12, 2022

Among the first cheerleaders of Interfaith Youth Core was Diana Eck, Professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies, whose focus is on American pluralism. She remembers meeting Eboo Patel in the early 2000s and sitting with him on her patio as he outlined his vision for IFYC.

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