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Building a Discussion Around the Memorial Church

April 05, 2016

To better understand how deeply religion is intertwined with our daily lives, Diane Moore , director of the Religious Literacy Project at Harvard Divinity School , asked an audience in Allston-Brighton to consider one of the most recognizable buildings on...

Beyond ‘Us and Them’

April 04, 2016

When Valarie Kaur, MTS ’07, visited the Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, after a white supremacist shot six people there in August of 2012, she found none of the recriminations and finger-pointing that characterized the politics of gun violence in the...

‘My Parish Is the World’

April 01, 2016

Betsee Parker's single-minded focus on service has been in evidence throughout her life, but perhaps never more so than on September 11, 2001. She and her late husband were in their apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan when the first plane hit...

Video: Practical Reverence: Sacred Reciprocity in the Context of Sustainable Agriculture

April 01, 2016

On the second day of the " Spirit of Sustainable Agriculture" conference, speakers at the plenary panel were Michelle Velez, Lauren O’Brien, Hisham Moharram, Sebastian Kretschmer, Joan Armon, Chara Armon. Read ' Recalling The Spirit of Sustainable...

With Portrait Unveiling, Gomes Makes Harvard History

March 31, 2016

The late HDS professor and Harvard chaplain Peter J. Gomes's portrait is the first of a person of color to hang in the storied Faculty Room in University Hall.

Video: Jewish Tradition & Contemporary Life: Lessons from the Evolution of the JOFEE Movement

March 31, 2016

The opening keynote address of the " Spirit of Sustainable Agriculture" conference was delivered by Nigel Savage, president and CEO of Hazon. Read ' Recalling The Spirit of Sustainable Agriculture' Listen iTunes SoundCloud

The Warrior’s Companion

March 30, 2016

The Rev. Cynthia Kane, MDiv ’96, says that her ministry is a lot like any other. She is a companion and guide to people with diverse backgrounds and experiences and helps them address questions of morality, faith, spirituality, and ethics. In many ways...

Video: Martin Luther, the Reformation, and the Creation of a Media Phenomenon

March 29, 2016

Martin Luther did more than just serve as a catalyst for the Reformation. By nailing his 95 theses to the door of a Wittenberg, Germany, church in 1517, he became the world's first mass media figure and launched a new form of theological writing, argues...

Giving Love the Last Word

March 28, 2016

The Rev. Dr. Alton B. Pollard III, MDiv ’81, says that we are living through a "Kairos moment"—a time when people everywhere are called to a greater awareness of the humanity they share with one another. He sees it in the Black Lives Matter movement's...

Within the Cross

March 24, 2016

In the least-visited museum in Rome, Professor Stephanie Paulsell ponders the mystery of incarnation ahead of Good Friday.

Letter From Brussels

March 24, 2016

On March 22, 2016, explosions in the main airport and a metro station in Brussels killed 31 people and left 300 wounded. The Islamic State claimed responsibility. In the aftermath of the attacks, during three days of national mourning in Belgium, there...

Video: Transforming Racialized Divides in the US

March 24, 2016

Dr. Leah Gunning Francis and Rev. Dr. David Anderson Hooker offer insights from the African-European American experience on intergenerational transmission of racialized divides and recommend spiritual and practical approaches for reconciliation. Details...