News & Events

News & Events

What Does Obama Really Believe In?
08.15.2012 News Story The New York Times

In 1987, President Barack Obama attended a conference at Harvard Divinity School, which informed his community work in Chicago and his experience at Harvard Law School.

Unitarian Minister and HDS Grad Reflects on 49 Years of Service
08.09.2012 News Story Yarmouth Register

Kenneth Warren came by train from Oklahoma in the 1940s to attend HDS and was assigned to his first permanent ministry at the Unitarian Church of Barnstable, where he served for 38 years.

HDS Grad, Former President of the UUA, Takes Up New Minister Duties
08.09.2012 News Story Monterey County Herald

John Buehrens will serve for two years as interim minister at the Unitarian Universalist Church of the Monterey Peninsula.

Diana Eck: In Sikhs’ View, There Is No Stranger
08.09.2012 News Story Dallas Morning News

Diana Eck writes that no religious community she has ever encountered demonstrates the meaning of hospitality as abundantly as Sikhs.

Today, We Are All American Sikhs
08.06.2012 News Story CNN

Valarie Kaur, MTS '07, writes on CNN.com about the aftermath of the tragic shooting in Wisconsin at a Sikh temple.

Shooting in Sikh Temple in Wisconsin
08.05.2012 News Story CBS News New York

Valarie Kaur, MTS '07, contributed to the Associated Press coverage of Sunday's shooting in a Sikh gurdwara outside Milwaukee.

New Library Website
08.03.2012 News Story

Introducing the newly redesigned website for Andover-Harvard Theological Library, making it easier than ever to explore the library's collections and find resources for research and teaching.

Post-Racial? Not Yet
07.14.2012 News Story Boston Globe

An HDS student writes about a troubling incident involving race, perception, and faith.

HDS Professor Discusses Mayan Calendar at McDaniel College
07.07.2012 News Story Carroll County Times

Davíd Carrasco led a frank discussion on how the world ends in the Maya prophecy and in other religions. 

Ousmane Kane Named Alwaleed Professor of Contemporary Islamic Religion and Society at Harvard Divinity School
07.02.2012 News Story

The renowned scholar of Islamic studies and politics joins the HDS faculty July 1, 2012.