Obituary

The Rev. Dr. Charles Gilchrist Adams, BD ’64, the former William and Lucille Nickerson Professor of the Practice of Ethics and Ministry at Harvard Divinity School, died November 29, 2023, at the age of 86. Adams was one of the country's most influential...

Paul D. Hanson, Florence Corliss Lamont Professor of Divinity Emeritus at Harvard Divinity School, died June 9, 2023, at the age of 83. Hanson began teaching at Harvard in 1971 and was Lamont Professor of Divinity until July 2009 when he retired and was...

Kate Holbrook, a graduate of Harvard Divinity School and a scholar hailed as a “champion of Latter-day Saint women’s history,” passed away at age 50 on August 20, 2022. She leaves behind a rich legacy of scholarship, compassion, and religious devotion...

Arthur J. Dyck, Professor of Ethics Emeritus at Harvard Divinity School and Mary B. Saltonstall Professor of Population Ethics Emeritus at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, passed away on Thursday, August 11, 2022, at the age of 90. Dyck...

Vittorio Falsina was born in Brescia, Italy, on October 11, 1962. At the age of 12 he entered training with the Xaverian Missionary Fathers order. A skilled musician, he helped to lead the choir of his school. He was also a gifted pianist.

A message from HDS Dean David N. Hempton It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that I must report the recent, unexpected passing of HDS Professor of South Asian Religions, Anne Monius. Anne was found unresponsive at her home in Cambridge on Saturday...

Gordon Dester Kaufman, Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Professor of Divinity Emeritus at Harvard Divinity School, died on Friday, July 22, at age 86.

C. Conrad Wright, Professor of American Church History Emeritus at Harvard Divinity School, died peacefully at home in his sleep on February 17, 2011, at the age of 94.

Kenneth W. Morgan died at the age of 103 on December 23, 2011, bringing a long life of accomplishment to a close. In noting his death here, the Center for the Study of World Religions also wants to celebrate all that Kenneth Morgan did that continues to...