Comparative Theology

Professor Francis X. Clooney, S.J.

The CSWR Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

May 16, 2017

Professor Francis X. Clooney, S.J. is Parkman Professor of Divinity and outgoing director of the Center for the Study of World Religions, which he has led since July 2010. Matthew Weinstein, a second-year master of divinity degree candidate, spoke to Professor Clooney, one of the world’s leading experts on comparative theology, about his tenure as director of the Center and the role it has had and can have within Harvard and the wider world.... Read more about The CSWR Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

Robert C. Neville delivers the Annual Comparative Theology Lecture

Video: Religion-Specific or Trans-Religious?

March 6, 2017

In CSWR's Annual Comparative Theology Lecture, Robert C. Neville, Professor of Philosophy, Religion, and Theology at the Boston University School of Theology, discusses the nature of comparative theology and the different approaches one could take: being grounded in a home tradition versus using a comparative approach to inform one’s own ideas about religion.

Rabindranath Tagore statue

Finding and Losing Wisdom in Tagore's Gitanjali

January 4, 2017

Professor Frank Clooney, director of the Center for the Study of World Religions, discusses finding, losing, and again finding wisdom in Rabindranath Tagore's Gitanjali.

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