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Mission and Vision
Drawing on its historical strength in Christian studies and its significant
resources in global religious studies, Harvard Divinity School educates
scholars, teachers, ministers, and other professionals for leadership and
service both nationally and internationally. To help in building a world in
which people can live and work together across religious and cultural divides,
we strive to be a primary resource in religious and theological studies for the
academy, for religious communities, and in the public sphere.
Guiding Principles
- Religious and theological studies depend on and reinforce
each other;
- A principled approach to religious values and faith
demands the intellectual rigor and openness of quality academic work;
- A well-educated student of religion must have a deep and
broad understanding of more than a single religious tradition;
- Studying religion requires that one understand one's own
historical context as well as that of those whom one studies;
- An exemplary scholarly and teaching community requires
respect for and critical engagement with difference and diversity of all
kinds.
Goals
- To offer significant
scholarly expertise in the Christian and other religious traditions;
- To offer, in
collaboration with the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, world-class religious
and theological studies for undergraduate, master's, and doctoral students;
- To help diverse
communities address contemporary issues in the light of the best scholarship
and through exemplary preparation of ministers and other religious leaders;
- To provide strong
resources for studying religion with attentiveness to issues of
diversity—gender, racial, ethnic, religious, and class;
- To foster a strong sense
of community among our faculty, students, and staff.
September 2007
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