The Program for the Evolution of Spirituality (PES) supports the scholarly study of emerging spiritual movements, marginalized spiritualities, and the innovative edges of established religious ...

The cost of graduate education is an important factor in choosing where to apply. A Harvard Divinity School degree is a possibility for many students due to the generous institutional grant aid we ...

Effective with the close of the spring 2021 semester, the Certificate in Religious Studies and Education (CRSE), jointly sponsored by HDS and Harvard Extension School, is no longer permitting students ...

This calendar is not an exhaustive list either of religious traditions or of the holidays observed in those traditions. If we have not included a religious tradition or major religious holiday of ...

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.

David D. Hall has taught at HDS since 1989, and was Bartlett Professor of New England Church History until 2008, when he became Bartlett Research Professor. He writes extensively on religion and ...

The Buddhist Ministry Initiative (BMI) at Harvard Divinity School—the first of its kind at a divinity school within a research university in the United States—trains future Buddhist religious ...

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 ...

Karen L. King was appointed to the Divinity School in 1997 and from 2003 to 2009 served as the Winn Professor of Ecclesiastical History. In October 2009, she became the first woman appointed as the ...

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

“The MDiv program at Harvard Divinity School is unparalleled in the diversity of the people, perspectives, and vocational pathways it holds together. Yet, all of our students are united in their ...