Usra Ghazi: Enhancing Interfaith Understanding
MTS candidate and CSWR junior fellow Usra Ghazi began asking questions about religious identity and interfaith understanding at a very young age.
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Detour in the Right Direction
Having worked as a lawyer for 12 years before entering Harvard Divinity School in the fall of 2012, Sejal Patel knows the challenges of taking a detour mid-career. "When you're at a certain tenure level and age, if you elect to not adopt that route...
HDS Makes New Faculty Appointment in Theology
Michelle Sanchez has been named Assistant Professor of Theology at Harvard Divinity School, effective July 1, 2014. Sanchez is currently a doctoral candidate in the study of religion in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Harvard. She graduates...
Kalpana Jain: Empowering Voices
For Kalpana Jain, it is all about the power of voice. An investigative journalist from India, she has devoted her working life to giving voice to the voiceless by delving into social issues too often ignored or dismissed.
A Disconcerting Incident
In an op-ed, HDS professor Francis X. Clooney, S.J. expresses his concern over a planned black mass, hosted by the Harvard Extension Cultural Studies Club.
Choosing a Vocation: An Essay on Agency
There were a couple of things Cristina knew for sure. She did not know which path her life would take, but she knew that either she would get married and establish a family or she would lead a (lay) consecrated life devoted to God
Reinventing Religion: Ancient Egypt in the European History of Religion
As the study of religion moved into the domain of cultural studies, there came a shift in the subjects of research.
Joining the Effort to 'Bring Back Our Girls'
On April 15, 2014, members of the jihadist group Boko Haram kidnapped more than 200 girls from a school in northern Nigeria and threatened to " sell them in the market, by Allah, in an effort to end Western education." Nations around the world condemned...
Searching for the Golden Stool
Myth and history are closely intertwined, as both provide significant insight into our beliefs, traditions, and practices.
Leslie Hubbard: Expanding Horizons
Meditation and dance teacher, former Buddhist nun, MDiv candidate, and CSWR Assistant Proctor Leslie Hubbard has a knack for looking over a situation, identifying what is missing, and finding a way she can make a contribution.
Upali Sramon: Seeing with New Eyes
Few things give the venerable Upali Sramon as much joy as sharing a thought-provoking sutra.
Religion and the Indian Election
India is choosing a new government. Many pundits predict that the country's 814 million voters will make Narendra Modi, head of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the next prime minister of the world's largest democracy when the election ends on May 12 and...
