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Video: American Afterlives

October 28, 2015

Kathleen S. Cummings (University of Notre Dame) discusses U.S. nation-saints and the Second Vatican Council during the 2015–16 Dudleian Lecture. Respondents to the lecture are Ann Braude (Harvard Divinity School) and James T. Kloppenberg (Harvard...

HDS Scholars Revisit Pope's Widely Discussed Encyclical

October 27, 2015

Earlier this summer, Pope Francis released his second Papal Encyclical, Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home. The encyclical focuses on the relationship between humans and the earth, and it has been understood by many as a powerful commentary on...

Harvey Cox Reflects on '60s Activism with Friend Corita Kent

October 26, 2015

Ann Braude speaks with Harvey Cox on his friendship and collaborations with the late famed artist and activist Corita Kent, who was also known as Sister Mary Corita.

Seeing Corita Kent at Harvard

October 26, 2015

HDS professor and CSWR director Francis X. Clooney S.J. writes about the Corita Kent exhibition and how the former nun helped a generation see the world anew.

Millerites and the End of the World

October 23, 2015

The world didn't end in 1843. Professor David Holland explains the end-of-times prediction from a Pittsfield, Massachusetts-born preacher that grew into a following known as the Millerites, and how it led to the launching of a new movement that came to be...

A Taste of the Past

October 23, 2015

If you happen to be a bewitched male, you may have just missed your chance at a cure. The Semitic Museum at Harvard recently hosted an evening of Ancient Mesopotamian cuisine, following a program on Ancient Mesopotamian music. Drawing from a range of...

Former HDS Professor James W. Fowler Dies

October 22, 2015

The preeminent theologian and author taught at HDS from 1969 to 1975.

In Attending HDS, Weighing Risk vs Reward

October 21, 2015

The Rev. Liz Walker's transformative journey from television news reporter to pastor began with an inauspicious start. "My first day at Harvard Divinity School was September 11, 2001," said the former anchor at WBZ-TV in Boston. "I was coming out of the...

Video: Marianne Williamson: On Consciousness, Spirituality, and Politics in America

October 19, 2015

Internationally acclaimed spiritual leader, Marianne Williamson, shares her insight on the creation of a beloved community through the use of political and ethical externalization. Read " Marianne Williamson Brings Spirituality to Politics" Listen iTunes...

Divinity School Trash Audit Is Harvard's Best Ever

October 19, 2015

This past Earth Day, Harvard Divinity School's Green Team audited nearly all of the previous day's refuse, including recycling, compost, and trash. Auditors found the lowest fraction of recyclables in the trash of any waste audit ever performed at Harvard...

Video: Reparations for Native American Languages?

October 19, 2015

Richard A. Grounds, PhD, explores the appropriate responses for social justice and the case for reparations for Native American languages. Grounds delivered the Dana McLean Greeley Lecture for Peace and Social Justice at the Center for the Study of World...

Reparations for Native American Languages?

October 16, 2015

Richard Grounds, executive director of the Euchee/Yuchi Language Project, who will deliver the Dana McLean Greeley Lecture for Peace and Social Justice at the Center for the Study of World Religions, discusses the current danger of extinction for many...