As a recent college graduate, Smith was preparing to attend law school. However, while perusing the legal stacks at a library ...

Welcome to the Harvard Divinity School’s Praxis Podcast, where I, Maddison Tenney, interview HDS students about what brought ...

Describe the work you do today: I serve as the Associate Dean of Students for Virginia Theological Seminary. In this role, I oversee admissions and recruitment, manage housing, coordinate formation ...

David Hempton has taught at Harvard since 2007, when he moved from his position as University Professor at Boston University. He served as Dean of the Faculty of Divinity at HDS from 2012 to 2023.

Religion can intersect with and inform nearly every field of study—from education to advocacy, literature to law, and policy to ethical business practices. The master of theological studies (MTS) ...

Mayra Rivera is Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Religion and Latinx Studies at Harvard University. Rivera works at the intersections between philosophy of religion, literature, and theories of ...

Kevin Madigan is a historian of medieval Christian religious practice and thought. He began teaching at HDS in 2000 and in October 2009 was named Winn Professor of Ecclesiastical History. He was ...

Susan Shallcross Swartz Professor of the Practice of Christian Studies, Emerita Professor Paulsell retired from active teaching duties at HDS in 2024 and is now a professor emerita. View HDS courses ...

The master of theology (ThM) program affords an opportunity for students who have received the master of divinity (MDiv) degree or its equivalent (three years of graduate theological study) to pursue ...

Student organizations provide opportunities for involvement, leadership, programming, social connections, and experiential learning that are crucial to the educational mission of the Divinity School.

Bazzana’s research and teaching focus chiefly on the critical study of the early Christ movement and of early Christianity in the context of Second Temple Judaism and of ancient Mediterranean history, ...

Francis Schüssler Fiorenza came to HDS in 1986, having taught previously at the University of Notre Dame, Villanova University, and the Catholic University of America. His primary interests are in the ...