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Pope Francis, Faith, and Presidential Politics

September 30, 2014

Christopher Hale learned quickly that mixing politics and religion can be gritty business. In 2008, he was hired by Barack Obama's campaign to help reach out to Catholic communities. On his second day on the campaign, he was called to the archbishop's...

Video: Stepping to the Fore: Faith Leaders Address Sexual and Gender Based Violence

September 30, 2014

At a recent forum at HDS, panelists discuss the ways in which faith leaders are thinking about and responding to sex and gender-based violence in their communities and congregations. The panel, moderated by Ahmed Ragab, the Richard T. Watson Assistant...

CSWR Awarded Comparative Theology Grant

September 29, 2014

The Center for the Study of World Religions at Harvard Divinity School has received a $45,000 grant from the Luce Foundation for a three-year series of lectures and events in comparative theology. Comparative theology is distinguished by the dynamics of...

To Love and Fight with God

September 26, 2014

The Rev. Dudley C. Rose, associate dean for ministry studies at HDS, delivered the following talk to students at the first meeting of "Introduction to Ministry Studies," a course he co-teaches with Professor Stephanie Paulsell. In James Michener's novel...

Video: Teaching Dharma in the West

September 25, 2014

In this talk, Buddhist teacher and minister Anam Thubten discusses his journey from Golok, in Eastern Tibet, to teaching Buddhist wisdom with an American community. This talk is part of the Buddhist Ministry Initiative Speaker Series.

Marching for Earth

September 23, 2014

Among the more than 300,000 people who took part in the People's Climate March in New York City on September 21 were former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, actor Leonardo DiCaprio, and HDS student Annastasia Mullen. Mullen, MDiv '15, went to New York to join...

Audio: David Hempton Speaks at Morning Prayers

September 23, 2014

"We cannot profess our solidarity with those who are oppressed when we are unwilling to confront the oppressor." Morning Prayers at Harvard's Memorial Church on September 22 were delivered by David N. Hempton, Dean of the Faculty of Divinity, Alonzo L...

Video: A Conversation on Sustainability and Religion

September 23, 2014

Ralph DeFlorio, director of operations at HDS, and Munjed Murad, ThD candidate and Junior Fellow at the Center for the Study of World Religion, discuss the intersection of sustainability and religion. Murad is a panelist at "Spiritual and Sustainable...

Acclaimed Author Russell Banks to Speak at Harvard

September 18, 2014

This fall, Harvard Divinity School brings Russell Banks, one of the United States' most celebrated writers of contemporary fiction, to Harvard to deliver the annual Ingersoll Lecture on Immortality. The talk will take place on Wednesday, November 5, at 5...

Video: 2014 Dana McLean Greeley Lecture for Peace and Social Justice

September 16, 2014

"Refiguring American Jewish Identity through Solidarity with Palestinians: A Relational Approach to Religious Innovation" by Atalia Omer , Faculty Fellow at the Center for the Study of Religion and Society and Associate Professor of Religion, Conflict and...

Love Your Enemies

September 12, 2014

On the 13th anniversary of the attacks on September 11, 2001, Stephanie Paulsell, HDS Houghton Professor of the Practice of Ministry Studies, presided over the Thursday morning Ecumenical Eucharist in Andover Chapel. In her remarks, Paulsell recalled...

For Peace's Sake

September 12, 2014

Based on in-depth interviews with Jewish Palestine solidarity activists and a study of Jewish solidarity movements on social media, Atalia Omer demonstrates in When Peace is Not Enough: How the Israeli Peace Camp Thinks about Religion, Nationalism, and...