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Charles G. Adams Is First William and Lucille Nickerson Professor of the Practice of Ethics and Ministry

July 10, 2007

The Rev. Charles G. Adams, one of the most prominent and dynamic ministers in the United States, has joined Harvard's Faculty of Divinity as the first William and Lucille Nickerson Professor of the Practice of Ethics and Ministry, starting a five-year...

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Video: The Influence of James and Royce on European Thought Then and Now

May 27, 2007

Chris Skowronski teaches at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Opole University, Poland. He has published numerous articles in English, Polish, and Spanish on American Philosophy. Skowronski is the author of Santayana and America: Values...

Science and Religion Drive Divinity Professor

May 18, 2007

Philip Clayton has spent the past year encouraging the exploration of the delicate balance between the study of science and the study of religion, an interest motivated in part by his own uncertainties of faith.

Video: Science, Beauty, and God: Reflections on the Meanings of Scientific Discovery

April 24, 2007

On April 24, 2007, Lenn E. Goodman, Professor of Philosophy and Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities, Vanderbilt University presented this talk on Judaism and science. This event was sponsored by the Robert and Florence Dreben Lecture and...

Q&A with Kimberley Patton

March 25, 2007

In her recently published book The Sea Can Wash Away All Evils: Modern Marine Pollution and the Ancient Cathartic Ocean (Columbia University Press), Kimberley C. Patton, who is Professor of the Comparative and Historical Study of Religion at HDS, examines...

Stem Cells, Through a Religious Lens

March 22, 2007

Representatives of three of the world’s major religions tangled over the beginnings of human life, the disposal of surplus embryos from in vitro fertilization clinics, and the conduct of embryonic stem cell research at HDS.

Video: Religious Perspectives on Stem Cell Research

March 14, 2007

On March 14, 2007, Philip Clayton, Visiting Professor of Science and Religion at Harvard Divinity School, moderated a panel discussion featuring Eric Cohen, director of the Bioethics and American Democracy program at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in...

Rethinking Islam From Pakistan to Texas

March 01, 2007

Scholars emphasize viewing Islam in historical, political context.

Amy Hollywood Named 2007-08 Luce Fellow

February 15, 2007

The Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada (ATS) and the Henry Luce Foundation have named Amy M. Hollywood, the Elizabeth H. Monrad Professor of Christian Studies at HDS, as one of seven Henry Luce III Fellows in Theology for...

Strange Fruit

October 19, 2006

James Cone, Charles A. Briggs Distinguished Professor of Systematic Theology, Union Theological Seminary, delivered the 2006 Ingersoll Lecture on October 19, 2006.

Borderline or Borderland?

September 20, 2006

On Monday, September 18, inside Memorial Hall's Sanders Theatre, Harvard Divinity School held its 191st Convocation. In front of about 200 Divinity School community members, including faculty, staff, students, and alumni, Davíd Carrasco, the Neil L...

Past, Present, and Future Tense: Harvey Cox and Amy Hollywood

September 06, 2006

Soon after the 2004 presidential election, HDS professor Amy Hollywood was asked to participate in a panel discussion on the outcome of the voting. Hollywood remembers, "All I did was to present a hypothesis that I'd read in a smart web newsletter...