An 11-year Vigil to Redefine Church
CSWR director and Parkman Professor of Divinity Francis X. Clooney, S.J., discusses the recent court ruling against those holding vigil in a closed Scituate, Massachusetts church.
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Poetry, Conflict, and Context
Eliza Griswold has traveled the world researching conflicts. Over the summer, The New York Times Magazine published her article " Is This the End of Christianity in the Middle East?" For her first book, The Tenth Parallel, she spent years traveling in...
Marianne Williamson Brings Spirituality to Politics
For Marianne Williamson, politics is not only personal, it is spiritual. The best-selling author of such self-help books as A Return to Love and The Healing of America not only believes in this connection, she stresses that ignoring—or, worse, severing—it...
Video: Divinity Dialogues: Rev. Liz Walker, MDiv '05
The Rev. Liz Walker, MDiv '05, speaks on the theme of "risk" at the first installment of this year's distinguished alumni speaker series, Divinity Dialogues. Besides serving as a minister and pastor at Roxbury Presbyterian Church, Walker is also a...
Dean David N. Hempton: Harvesting Peace
Dean David N. Hempton, the Alonzo L. McDonald Family Professor of Evangelical Theological Studies and John Lord O’Brian Professor of Divinity, delivered the sermon during Sunday Services at Memorial Church on October 4, 2015. Below is his sermon, as...
The Spirituality of Africa
One of Jacob Olupona's earliest memories in Massachusetts is of nearly freezing in his apartment as a graduate student at Boston University during the great snowstorm of 1978. "I had it. I told my father that I was coming home," he recalled. But after...
HDS Teams Up to 'Interrogate the Silence'
Why don't faith leaders address sexual and gender-based violence in their communities, even when they know about it? What can be done to break this silence? And what role can educational institutions play? These were some of the questions set before a...
HDS Sukkah Brings Faith Traditions Together
A group of 11 HDS students, faculty, and friends recently gathered behind Andover Hall for what has become an annual tradition: Building the HDS sukkah. Led by Rabbi Sally Finestone, the denominational counselor to Jewish students at HDS, the multifaith...
Exploring the Ancient City of Teotihuacan
Professor Davíd Carrasco has been to "the place where the gods were created." That's what the Aztecs called the monumental capital city of Teotihuacan centuries after its fall. Teotihuacan, located about 30 miles northeast of Mexico City, with its long...
Video: Jewish Liturgy as Jewish Theology
Although many have said that Judaism does not have a theology, it is clear that the Siddur, or Prayer Book, has a clear sense of the nature of God and God's relation to humans. In addition, as Franz Rosenzweig has suggested, Jewish liturgy invites Jews to...
Harvey Cox: How to Subvert Pope Francis' Visit
Now that Pope Francis has returned to Rome after his unforgettable visit to the United States, Professor Harvey Cox has taken time to reflect on what it was that made him uncomfortable about it.
On Jewish Liturgy as Jewish Theology
On Thursday, October 1, Steven Kepnes, director of the Chapel House and chair of the Department of Religion at Colgate University, will deliver the Albert and Vera List Fund for Jewish Studies Lecture at the Center for the Study of World Religions (CSWR).