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 ...

Terry Tempest Williams joined HDS as a writer-in-residence for the 2017–18 academic year and is continuing until June 30, 2025. She is the author of numerous books, including the environmental ...

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 ...

Requests for Sign Language interpreters and/or CART providers should be made at least two weeks in advance, if possible. Please note that the university will make every effort to secure services, but ...

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 ...

Ordaining for ministry in Buddhism is somewhat distinct from the ordination track of various other religions and their denominations. For one thing, because Buddhism includes many different traditions ...

To register for a course with limited enrollment, students must obtain the approval of the instructor during the my.harvard enrollment or cross-registration process. (See Permission Required to Enroll ...

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 ...

Although, there are many requirements for ordination in the Pentecostal Denomination, each student must have a clear understanding of the history, doctrine, principals and practice of Pentecostal ...

Michael D. Jackson is an anthropologist and author with extensive fieldwork experience in Sierra Leone and Aboriginal Australia. His academic work has been strongly influenced by critical theory, ...

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 ...

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.