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Video: Vedanta for the 21st Century

March 19, 2020

Three Hindu monastics visiting Harvard Divinity School this year spoke on March 11, 2020, on the great tradition of the Upanisads and Vedanta, and why this wisdom is relevant in today’s global society. Featuring: Swami Sarvapriyananda (Ramakrishna Mission...

Keeping in Touch during the Pandemic: A Lenten Homily

March 16, 2020

"We too need to refuse to let temporary physical barriers and fears make us cold strangers to one another," writes Professor Francis X. Clooney, S.J.

We Are Thinking of You: A Message from HDS Dean David N. Hempton

March 13, 2020

We have all been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. As you know by now, HDS and Harvard are transitioning to online classes in order to minimize the possibility of transmission. We take this unprecedented step because the health and well-being of everyone...

Video: Hidden Histories: Faith as a Site of Black Lesbian Activism

March 13, 2020

On March 12, 2020, Monique Moultrie (Georgia State University), Visiting Associate Professor of Women’s Studies and African American Religions, gave the lecture, “Hidden Histories: Faith as a Site of Black Lesbian Activism."

Things Unseen

March 12, 2020

Stephanie Paulsell, Susan Shallcross Swartz Professor of the Practice of Christian Studies and Interim Pusey Minister at Memorial Church, delivered the following remarks during Sunday Services at Memorial Church on March 8, 2020. ♦♦♦

Danger in Creating an English-Language Library in Gaza

March 11, 2020

Poet, teacher, librarian, and Harvard Scholar at Risk Mosab Abu Toha is doing important work for the people of Gaza and beyond. He is one of Harvard Divinity School's Religion, Conflict, and Peace Initiative Fellows this year.

Religion and Nationalism in India

March 11, 2020

During a recent seminar, Jocelyne Cesari, T. J. Dermot Dunphy Visiting Professor of Religion, Violence, and Peacebuilding, argues that the foundational role of Hinduism in the building of the Indian secular nation-state can shed light on the current ultra...

'Blessings of Solitude and of Community'

March 11, 2020

Ann Braude, Senior Lecturer on American Religious History and director of the Women's Studies in Religion Program, delivered the following remarks at Morning Prayers in Harvard's Memorial Church on March 11, 2020. ♦♦♦

Harvard Among Top Schools for Divinity, Theology, Religious Studies

March 10, 2020

For the fourth year in a row, Harvard has been named one of the world’s best schools for the study of divinity, theology, and religious studies by the influential  QS World University Rankings. The School rounds out a 2020 top three that includes the...

Pilgrimage and the Altars of the World

March 06, 2020

Diana L. Eck, Professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies and director of the Pluralism Project, delivered the following remarks at Morning Prayers in Harvard's Memorial Church on March 6, 2020. ♦♦♦

Faculty Insight: What Trump’s Nigeria Travel Ban Means

March 05, 2020

In late January 2020, Nigerians reacted to U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement that Nigeria would be added to the administration's controversial visa and travel bans list. In a statement, the Association for Credible Leadership in Nigeria (ACLN)...

'Paradoxes of Experience'

March 04, 2020

Lara Glass, MDiv '17 and a student program fellow at Memorial Church, delivered the following remarks at Morning Prayers in Harvard's Memorial Church on March 2, 2020. ♦♦♦