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Harvard Divinity School is one of the constituent schools of Harvard University , located in Cambridge, Massachusetts , in the United States . The School's purpose is to train Graduate Students --either in the Academic Study Of Religion , or in the practice of a religious ministry. It also caters to students from other Harvard schools who are interested in the former field. The Divinity School's current dean, William A. Graham, is a scholar of Islamic history. Harvard Divinity School is one of five university-based, non-denominational divinity schools in the United States (the other four being at the University Of Chicago , Vanderbilt University , Wake Forest University and Yale University ). HISTORY Harvard was founded in 1636 as a Puritan / Congregationalist institution, and trained ministers for many years. The separate institution of the Divinity School, however, dates from 1816 , when it was established as the first non-denominational divinity school in the United States ( Princeton Theological Seminary , the nation's oldest graduate school of theology, having been founded as a Presbyterian institution in 1812). Nevertheless, for most of its early history, Harvard Divinity School was unofficially associated with the Unitarian church. Today its students and faculty come from a variety of religious backgrounds. DEGREES Harvard Divinity School grants the following degrees:
In addition to candidates for the above, many Harvard graduate students pursuing PhDs in the study of religion work closely with the Divinity School, though they are technically affiliated with the Committee on the Study of Religion in the Graduate School Of Arts And Sciences . CURRICULUM The curriculum is organized into three Areas.
SPECIAL PROGRAMS
The Women's Studies in Religion Program promotes critical inquiry into the interaction between religion and gender. Every year the program offers fellowships to five scholars, offering them the opportunity to teach a class of their design and to take advantage of Harvard's resources, as well as to share their research and experiences with the fellows in an interdisciplinary environment.
The Program in Religion and Secondary Education is a unique program which certifies students in the Masters of Theological Studies, and Masters of Divinity Programs, to teach academic disciplines in the context of religion at the middle and high school level. NOTABLE PROFESSORS
NOTABLE ALUMNI STUDENT RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION (FROM 2004-2005 HARVARD DIVINITY SCHOOL CATALOG)
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