master of religion and public life

Zachary Zumwalt, MRPL ’23, is an active-duty Navy chaplain (20 years) who has served in Korea, Japan, and around the United States. As a member of the second MRPL cohort, he explored religious literacy in the context of the U.S. Navy Chaplain Corps...

“Those who founded the nation’s first non-sectarian theological school in 1816 would be astounded by this gathering, which represents these ever-widening circles of inclusion.” Harvard President Claudine Gay shared those words while addressing a crowd of...

Phillip Picardi, MRPL '22, at 28 left a very successful career in journalism at Teen Vogue, Them, and Out to go back to school and get a degree from Harvard Divinity School. “It was a way to hop completely off the career track and see where my spirit, not...

“I think part of creating anything is having hope that there is something else that’s possible,” said Maggie Rogers, MRPL '22.

The songwriter, producer, and performer will earn a Master of Religion and Public Life degree When Maggie Rogers took the stage at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in April to perform in front of tens of thousands of people, many of them...

Ans Irfan, a public health expert and student at the Harvard Divinity School, discussed his project on religion as a structural determinant of health during a virtual presentation on Monday.

Join us in witnessing and celebrating the inaugural cohort of Master of Religion and Public Life candidates as they present their final projects that engage the complexity of religion within their vocations.

"At a moment when growing tension between modernity and fundamentalism threatens much of the world, Harvard Divinity School is both a balm and a beacon," writes Harvard President Lawrence S. Bacow.

Magazine editor Phillip Picardi, MRPL candidate, runs a popular newsletter, "Religiously Blonde," and podcast, Unholier Than Thou and looks at the intersection of religion, spirituality, and culture.

The Rev. Erica Williams, MRPL '22, spoke about the importance of getting vaccinated against COVID-19 at Boston Vaccine Day held in Roxbury, Massachusetts.