Harvard Divinity School

Harvard Divinity School

Remembering Krister Stendahl

As He Wrote

Over Four Decades of Krister Stendahl in Harvard Divinity Bulletin


Go to 'Why I Love the Bible'

Vol. 35, No. 1 (Winter 2007)

"Why I Love the Bible." Beyond distinctions of intellect and spirit, an ever-transforming affair of the heart.

I chose to speak about why I love the Bible, but when I came to think about the title, it got a little complicated. To give reasons for one's love feels awkward. You might be able to give reasons for your choices, but before I fell in love with the Bible, I never went to the library . . .

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Go to 'And Why Is This Granted to Me?'

Vol. 24, No. 2 (1995)

"And Why Is This Granted to Me?" A Sermon Preached by Krister Stendahl on the Fiftieth Anniversary of His Ordination

This is the day when even Lutherans can join in praying the prayer that is, next to the Lord's Prayer, the most pervasive and beloved in Christendom. For today is the Fourth Sunday in Advent.

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Go to 'To Think and to Pray'

Vol. 15, No. 2 (December 1984-January 1985)

"To Think and to Pray"

To speak about God is a rather arrogant thing, bordering on the ridiculous. Perhaps that is why the Jewish tradition gravitated toward doing it by telling stories, preferably with a humorous twist to make sure that they did not claim to be equal to the subject.

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Go to 'Afterthoughts and Forethoughts'.

New Series: Vol. 3, No. 1 (Fall 1969)

"Afterthoughts and Forethoughts" 

When the revolution came to Harvard last spring, the  Divinity School found itself deeply involved in the issues and the action. To most of us, that was not surprising. Not only in the United States but even more in Europe and Latin America the seminaries and the divinity schools have played a prominent role in calling for radical change.

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Go to 'Judaism and Christianity'.

Vol. 28, No. 1 (October 1963)

"Judaism and Christianity: Then and Now"

In his recent book, The Meaning and End of Religion,  Wilfred Cantwell Smith of McGill and, we may say, of Harvard, has drawn to a pointed conclusion the uneasiness which scholars have felt for some time when using the word "religion," not to say "religions." His warnings are much to the point when we try to speak about Judaism and Christianity.

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Go to 'The How and the Why'.

Vol. 25, No. 3, 4 (April-July 1961)

"The How and the Why: Theology and Liturgy"

Within the wide topic "Theology and Liturgy" I have chosen to offer—as a point of departure—some suggestions to the insights of descriptive Biblical Theology as they may affect the Nature and Practice of Liturgy. This limitation is not based on any preconceived ideas about a "superiority" of Biblical Theology . . .

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