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The Office Is Adrift and Divinity Consultants Are Here to Save It

August 28, 2020

“People were meeting what they identified as spiritual needs, but doing them in organizations that had no apparent spiritual connection,” said HDS Associate Dean for Ministry Studies Dudley Rose. “Like SoulCycle. People would cite SoulCycle.”

Video: Ethical Scholarship: Gender, Religion, and Difference

August 27, 2020

This conversation was presented on August 27, 2020, by the HDS Women’s Studies in Religion Program, which brings five scholars in gender from around the country each year to enrich the experience of HDS students. The research associates shared their...

In This Moment: Starting The HDS Responsible Organization Initiative

August 25, 2020

The following essay was written by the Founding Students of The HDS Responsible Organization Initiative. On June 5, 2020, Jamie Dimon was photographed kneeling in front of a local bank alongside branch employees, posed in solidarity with the Black Lives...

'New Beginnings Are Born of Brokenness': A Conversation With Prof. Michael D. Jackson

August 25, 2020

HDS Distinguished Visiting Professor of World Religions Michael D. Jackson is an anthropologist with extensive fieldwork experience in West Africa and Aboriginal Australia. He is the author of 40 works of anthropology, poetry, fiction, and memoir, and his...

How White Evangelicals Tour the Nation's Capital and Redeem a Christian America

August 20, 2020

As the 2020 presidential election nears closer, a key voting bloc for President Donald Trump remains white evangelicals. In a recent Pew Research Center survey, 82 percent of white evangelicals said they would vote for Trump this year. Nearly the same...

Humans of HDS: Embodying a Playful Dharma

August 20, 2020

“A huge learning in my project emerged when I realized that I didn’t have to make the case that Buddhism and play have something to offer each other. Rather than impress anyone with my nifty theorizing, I could just guide some meditation practices...

Women's Ordination Conference Surveys Catholic Women in Lay Ministry

August 19, 2020

"I think it's because they want that professional degree, and they want the respect that should come with that," said Patricia Simpson, counselor to Roman Catholic Students and Instructor in Ministry Studies at HDS. "I think they want to be able to state...

Eduardo Matos Moctezuma on Creating Fruitful Cross-Border Collaborations

August 17, 2020

The Eduardo Matos Moctezuma Lecture Series, the first lecture series to be named for a Mexican citizen in Harvard University’s 400-year history, was launched three years ago as part of a collaboration between Mexican cultural institutions and Harvard. (...

Eduardo Matos Moctezuma Sobre La Creación De Colaboraciones Transfronterizas Fructíferas

August 17, 2020

La Cátedra Eduardo Matos Moctezuma, la primera serie de conferencias que lleva el nombre de un ciudadano mexicano en los 400 años de la historia de la Universidad de Harvard, se lanzó hace tres años como parte de una colaboración entre instituciones...

'Separated in Flesh, Together in Spirit'

August 12, 2020

One of the added benefits of this year's Summer Language Program (SLP) being held exclusively online due to the worldwide pandemic was that it became relatively easy for special guests to join class sessions. For example, in Karin Grundler-Whitacre's...

Interview with Kerry Maloney, HDS Chaplain and Director of Religious and Spiritual Life

August 11, 2020

"We have been on pilgrimage together in this extraordinary wilderness of pandemic and uprising, and like all pilgrimages, we have been led to places we may not have known we needed to go," says Kerry Maloney, HDS chaplain and director of religious and...

Did Jews Really Believe There Were Two Gods in Heaven?

August 06, 2020

Whether a new book makes a convincing case for “two Gods in heaven” in ancient Judaism is a complicated question, writes Professor Jon Levenson.