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The Logic of Calvin's Reform

The Logic of Calvin's Reform

August 16, 2017
Ahead of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, Professor Michelle Sanchez writes that if Martin Luther's reform was triggered by a critique of indulgences, John Calvin's was triggered by a critique of idolatry.
Dudley Rose

Examining "Righteous Anger"

July 19, 2017

Dudley Rose, associate dean for ministry studies, discusses anger in the Bible and why claiming "righteous anger" can be dangerous.

HDS professor Jacob Olupona

HDS's Olupona Launches Institute of Advanced Studies in Nigeria

July 17, 2017

Professor Jacob Olupona is spearheading the Institute of Advanced Studies in Nigeria, which will train its fellows to become "excellent university teachers, researchers, scholars, and public policy analysts who will effectively engage discussions on the challenges confronting our contemporary society in a globalized world."

Jon Levenson

The American Mind Closes (Again)

July 10, 2017

In an essay, Professor Jon D. Levenson reexamines Allan Bloom's The Closing of the American Mind, and asks the question: Why has modern academic culture proven so vulnerable to the forces now transforming it so fundamentally? 

David Carrasco

Understanding Aztec Discoveries in Mexico City

July 7, 2017

Professor Davíd Carrasco explains the spiritual meaning of items recently found in Mexico City, once home to the Aztec empire's holiest shrines, and believed buried there 500 yearrs ago.

Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray. Photo by Nancy Pierce

HDS Alum Susan Frederick-Gray Elected UUA President

June 26, 2017
The Unitarian Universalist Association elected the Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray, MDiv '01, as its ninth president on June 24. Frederick-Gray is the first woman elected to lead the liberal religious movement, which includes approximately 1,000 congregations with 200,000 adults and children in the United States.

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