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Video: Religion and the Election: Does It Matter?

October 10, 2012

On October 10, 2012, four scholars spoke on the relevance of different religions in this year's presidential election. The panelists were: J. Bryan Hehir, Parker Gilbert Montgomery Professor of the Practice of Religion and Public Life at Harvard Kennedy...

Video: Covenant and Covenants in the Qur'an: The Inherent Pluralism of Islam's Sacred Scripture

October 05, 2012

The HDS Society for Comparative Theology presented this lecture by Joseph Lumbard, Assistant Professor of Classical Islam in the Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies at Brandeis University.

Photo Journal: Spiritual Weeding

October 03, 2012

Following the work ethic that "weeding is a form of spirituality," a group of HDS students and staff performs the dirty work of keeping the HDS Garden flourishing.

Audio: The Philosophical Foundations of Meditation Practice

October 03, 2012

A conversation with Bhikkhu Bodhi, American Theravada Buddhist monk and former president of the Buddhist Publication Society, as part of the CSWR's "Intellectual Worlds of Meditation" series.

Video: So Help Me God: Religion and the Presidency Since John F. Kennedy

October 02, 2012

This timely lecture was delivered on October 2, 2012, by Randall Balmer, chair of the Religion Department and Mandel Family Professor of Arts and Sciences at Dartmouth College. John F. Kennedy's address to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association on...

Speaking Volumes

September 28, 2012

Over two days, Harvard hosted a cohort of scholars in medieval sermon studies, a pursuit that helps illuminate the social and intellectual currents of the Middle Ages.

Building a 'Circle of Care'

September 27, 2012

It happened by chance. Liz Steinhauser, MDiv '96, was going for an afternoon walk in Boston's South End nearly 10 years ago when she saw Tim Crellin, also MDiv '96, standing on the sidewalk outside St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, where Crellin was (and...

Faculty Notes and Books - October 2012

September 27, 2012

Read about the latest news and publications from HDS faculty. Janet Gyatso, Hershey Professor of Buddhist Studies, gave the paper "Values and Ways of Knowing: Conflicts and Confluences between Buddhism and Medicine in Tibet" at Healing Texts, Healing...

Alumni Notes and Books—October 2012

September 27, 2012

HDS graduates serve in a wide variety of vocations and are influencing lives in countries across the globe. Learn more about their latest activities and discover their recent books. Recent Alumni Books Canebrake Beach: A Novella and Four Short Stories By...

Video: Slavery’s Ghost: Toni Morrison and the Political Economy of Slavery

September 21, 2012

Walter Johnson, Winthrop Professor of History and Professor of African and African American Studies at Harvard University, made a presentation on September 21 a part of the series "Have Mercy: The Religious Dimensions of the Writings of Toni Morrison."...

Acting on Faith

September 20, 2012

Eboni Haynes has gone by many names: actress, Angeleno, Catholic—but now she prefers Nola, in homage to her beleaguered and beloved hometown of New Orleans. "After the Saints won the Super Bowl in 2010, friends started calling me Nola, and I liked it,"...

The Sacred Toni Morrison

September 20, 2012

An HDS series probes aspects of religion in the Nobelist author's writings.