News & Events

Goodness: Altruism and the Literary Imagination
12.11.2012 Video

Toni Morrison delivered the 2012 Ingersoll Lecture on December 6, and explored how authors illuminate concepts of good and evil.

Good, but Never Simple
12.10.2012 News Story Harvard Gazette

In visit to HDS, Toni Morrison illuminates concepts of virtue, and its opposite.

David Hempton Awarded Outler Prize
12.07.2012 News Story

David N. Hempton has been awarded the Albert C. Outler Prize by the American Society of Church History.

Leila Ahmed Wins Grawemeyer Award in Religion
12.04.2012 News Story Harvard Magazine

HDS professor Leila Ahmed has been awarded the 2013 Grawemeyer Award in Religion for her recent book, 'A Quiet Revolution.'

Close Voices from Far Away: Japanese Buddhism and Continental Philosophy
11.30.2012 Audio

A look at the Zen and Shin Buddhist traditions in the light of continental philosophy, and continental philosophy in the light of Japanese Buddhism.

Ronald F. Thiemann, 1946-2012
11.30.2012 News Story

Ronald F. Thiemann, Bussey Professor of Theology and former dean of Harvard Divinity School, died on November 29 at the age of 66.

Slideshow: Ronald F. Thiemann
11.30.2012 Slideshow

View photos of Ronald F. Thiemann, former Dean and Professsor of Theology at HDS, who passed away on November 29.

History as Compassion
11.29.2012 News Story

Physician-historian Ragab gives voice to the ancient sick and poor.

Apocalypse Now? Hardly
11.29.2012 News Story Harvard Gazette

HDS professor David Carrasco recently presented "Apocalypse Soon? How the World Ends (or Doesn't) in Religions of the World."

Charles Stang Named Recipient of Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise
11.28.2012 News Story

HDS professor Charles Stang has been named a recipient of the Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise.