Politics and Religion

Mitt Romney Goes to Washington After All

Mitt Romney Goes to Washington After All

November 7, 2018
"For many people, the role of religion in politics is less about a set of prescriptions to which decisions can be confidently ascribed and more about a set of resources that individuals can choose to bring to bear on their decision-making process," writes Professor David Holland.
Unexpected Convergences: Religious Nationalism in Israel and Turkey

Unexpected Convergences: Religious Nationalism in Israel and Turkey

October 30, 2018
This article by Jocelyne Cesari, T. J. Dermot Dunphy Visiting Professor of Religion, Violence, and Peacebuilding, compares Israel and Turkey to demonstrate how religious nationalism can be analyzed by a combination of historical institutionalism and conceptual history of religious ideas and doctrines.
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Video: Building Bridges

October 11, 2018

By bringing together scholars from across Harvard, this panel discussed the importance of a critical, nuanced, and interdisciplinary understanding of refugee, asylum, and immigrant issues, while highlighting activist efforts.... Read more about Video: Building Bridges

Church with American flag

The "Star-Spangled Banner" in Church?

July 2, 2018
Professor Catherine Brekus notes that in the early 1800s, Methodists opposed Fourth of July celebrations on the grounds that they were not Christian.

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