Celebrating the 2026 Gomes Honors recipients!
Angela Tarango, MTS ’03
Rob Sánchez Nelson, MTS ’16
Rev. Lawrence Edward Carter Sr. (Friend of the School)
Rev. Michael Woolf, MDiv ’14, ThD ’21
Rev. Dr. Gloria E. White-Hammond, MDiv ’97
Each year, the HDS Alumni/Alumnae Council (AAC) selects four distinguished graduates and one friend of the School to receive the Peter J. Gomes, STB ’68, Alumni Honors. This award recognizes efforts that amplify the mission and vision of Harvard Divinity School.
This year’s theme, “Courage with Humility,” was chosen by the AAC to honor community members whose lives and work reflect the willingness to lead with conviction while remaining open to the wisdom of others.
Karin Grundler-Whitacre, lecturer in German reading and translation and director of the Summer Language Program, shares why learning languages is essential for students, scholars of religion, and researchers today.
Take a look inside her class, "Intermediate German Reading and Translation," at the @HDSlibrary !
#TeacherAppreciationWeek
Did you know that on the national level, there are just three ways for a religion to grow or decline? In this Harvard Divinity School course, Gina Zurlo and her students explore these trends and how they’re shaping religion.
We are thrilled to announce Professor Tracey E. Hucks has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s oldest and most esteemed honorary societies.
A nationally recognized scholar of Africana religious studies and American religious history, Hucks examines the religious cultures of the African diaspora and their influence on identity, resistance, and intellectual life across the Atlantic world. Her research spans the Caribbean, West Africa, and the United States, drawing on historical, literary, and ethnographic sources to illuminate the complexity and enduring significance of Africana religious traditions.
Read more at the link in our bio.
Earlier this month, the HDS community gathered for the Harvard Divinity School Conference on Truth and Reconciliation Experiences in the U.S.
The conference highlighted HDS faculty and staff, as well as the transformative work of two truth and reconciliation initiatives, featuring representatives from the Greensboro Truth and Reconciliation Commission in North Carolina and the Maine-Wabanaki Truth and Reconciliation Commission on Child Welfare.
Hosted by the Office for Community and Belonging through a restorative, heart-centered approach, the conference served as the inaugural public launching of the Harvard Divinity School Truth and Healing Commission. As shared by Associate Dean of Community and Belonging, Melissa Wood Bartholomew, MDiv '15, the convening was "a call to affirm our common humanity and to advance the vision of a world healed of the harms that separate us from the natural world, from ourselves, and from one another."
In honor of Concord's famed transcendentalist, find a way to be in nature today.
Closing out Earth Week with a few highlights from the Center for the Study of World Religion's screening and panel on PBS's new documentary series, featuring writer, naturalist, activist, and philosopher Henry David Thoreau.
Read more about the discussion with leading Thoreau scholars and members of the documentary’s production team at the link in our bio.
#EarthDayEveryDay #Harvard #HarvardDivinity #transcendentalism #nature #EarthDay
Congratulations to this year's Billings Preaching Prize winner Eli Hardwig—along with finalists Rachel Florman and Caleb Brantley, who moved the audience with their words and delivery!
Powerful readings were also shared by Candice Mulinda (Mass Bible Society Prize), Audrey Zhou (OMS Reading Prize), and Ethan Kober (OMS Reading Prize).
