Gomes provided Akins with critical information and even took the time to suggest areas of further research.
"He's the keeper of the institutional memory," Akins says.
The Reverend has gained followers who praise his personal and professional advice.
Sterling P.A. Darling '01, an usher in the Memorial Church, noted Gomes' eagerness to advise and his open-mindedness about any number of issues.
"He's someone I find I can talk with on just about anything," Darling says. "He's very helpful in seeing a different point of view from your own or his."
And when members of the community approach Gomes about issues of faith, it's often not about his own.
Even though his title is Professor of Christian Morals, Gomes works with all of the religious communities at Harvard.
Unlike a college chaplain, who works within one faith, Gomes is responsible for the quality of religious life in general at Harvard.
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