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Video: The Pastor and the Imam from Nigeria
Former rival youth militia leaders Pastor Dr. James Movel Wuye and Imam Dr. Muhammad Nurayn Ashafa share their two-decade journey from vengeance to forgiveness and pragmatic conflict transformation and mitigation.
The Iman and Pastor from Nigeria discuss interfaith strategy for peace

Jon Levenson on Law and Love
The love of God is perhaps the most essential element in Judaism—but also one of the most confounding. In biblical and rabbinic literature, the obligation to love God appears as a formal commandment. Yet most people today think of love as a feeling. How...
Jon Levenson

HDS's Frank Clooney on Trump, Islam, and Ignorance

HDS professor Francis Clooney, S.J. writes in American Magazine that Donald Trump's latest call to exclusion is not only deeply offensive to Muslims, it is an abomination to people of other faith traditions as well.
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The Anchor: Experiential Learning at HDS
In 2013, Harvard Divinity School student Amanda Napior spent the summer working at the Berkshire County House of Correction (BCHC). "I taught an American religious history course and a course on creative writing for personal development. I also started a...
Amanda Napior

Agents of Healing

Earlier this fall, an HDS custodian saw that the lights were off in room 118 of Andover Hall and, expecting the classroom to be empty, entered to retrieve the trash bin. To his surprise, the space was not empty. Half a dozen students and their teacher sat...
World AIDS Day is December 1.

Growing HDS Initiative Builds Toward Peace
What led rival youth militia leaders to come together as peacebuilding partners? How do you negotiate peace when religious identities are at stake? What are Muslim experiences of conflict and peace and how do they mirror those of other communities? These...
Imam Dr. Muhammad Nurayn Ashafa and Pastor Dr. James Movel Wuye

Amidst Conflict, Israeli Bilingual School Unites Communities

In six elementary schools across Israel, the sounds of children speaking both Hebrew and Arabic can be heard throughout the halls. These schools, called Yad B'Yad—a phrase that means "hand in hand" in both Hebrew and Arabic—have, in many ways, a simple...

A Scholar-Activist Comes Full Circle at HDS
It's hard to pin Albert Raboteau down. Before earning his doctorate in religious history, he studied English literature and theology. Now, as a visiting professor at HDS, he's teaching a seminar on the intersection of literature and spirituality. He's...
Albert Raboteau