CRPL

ELSA KUNZ, MTS ’23, RPL Graduate Assistant I was a teacher before coming to HDS, so I was drawn to CRPL’s education track, which allowed me to pursue my passion for working with adolescents while developing religious literacy skills in context. I feel...

In 2023 our first cohort of MTS and MDiv students completed the two-year process of earning the Certificate in Religion and Public Life (CRPL). These 18 students completed their CRPL internships during the summer and fall of 2022. Among these students are...

The Religious Literacy and the Professions Initiative (RLPI) works collaboratively with 12 experienced professionals who represent expertise across a range of vocations and issues related to just peace. These fellows co-teach the course “Religious...

Dear Friends of Religion and Public Life, Rounding a corner on Religion and Public Life’s second academic year, we are hitting our stride, gaining strength and distance in what bell hooks called the “practice of freedom.” We continue to advance critical...

As an author at Religion News Service, Chloë-Arizona Fodor, MTS '25 and Certificate in Religion and Public Life student, covers the student-led Palestine solidarity encampments that have been popping up at universities across the country for the past nine...

At age 18, Luca Del Deo, MTS & CRPL ’24, struggling with mental health challenges, almost dropped out of high school. Having graduated with his master's degree from HDS, he credits much of the healing that led to this shift in his life to one practice...

"When Religion and Public Life at Harvard Divinity School launched three years ago, it engendered a new Certificate in Religion and Public Life , providing students the opportunity to develop the knowledge, skills, and networks to leverage their master of...

The Leading Toward Justice webinar series features panel discussions spotlighting Harvard Divinity School (HDS) alumnx impact in the world and the ways graduates leverage their HDS training while working in secular-defined or public professions. This...

Dear Friends of Religion and Public Life, It has been an astonishing year of many firsts for us at Religion and Public Life (RPL). Our 2021-22 Annual Report documents just some of our highlights of the year. Among other highlights this year, 11 remarkable...

Human of HDS features Certificate in Religion and Public Life student, Ciara Moezidis, MTS ‘24. Read about her connection to RPL, her experience interning at the UN and launching the Death Café: “How can we become more religious and culturally literate in...