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Resurrection and the Restoration of Israel

On the latest episode of the OnScript podcast, Professor Jon Levenson talks about his book, Resurrection and the Restoration of Israel, which explores the origins of the Jewish doctrine of the resurrection of the dead.
Jon D. Levenson, Albert A. List Professor of Jewish Studies

Humans of HDS: Challenging Stereotypes

“I have some stereotypes about Christianity and Islam, just because I do not know them well. I need more time to learn, to digest, to actually live fully, to learn fully.”—Chuqiu Peng, MTS ’19
Chuqiu Peng, MTS ’19

An Instagram-Worthy Bible Aimed at Millennials

“You’d walk into any cathedral or church and the whole idea was to capture the meaning of the Gospel and the Bible visually with stained-glass windows and frescoes, all kinds of paintings and just a lot of visual material,” says Professor Harvey Cox.
Photo by Bryan Ye-Chung

The Universe, Women Astronomers, and Me

Rosemarie Smurzynski, MTS '80, delivered the following remarks at Morning Prayers in Harvard's Memorial Church on March 11, 2019. ♦♦♦ At 10, I read books on Greek Myths. I searched the sky to pick out the mythic gods outlined among the stars. All I could...
Rosemarie Smurzynski

Video: Promoting the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals

Dr. Alaa Murabit discusses the promotion of the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), at Harvard Divinity School, highlighting the intersection between women's leadership, religion, and sustainable development. She will present unique examples of...
alaa murabit

Remember, Imagine, Experiment: Importance of The Estuary Projects

Azmera Hammouri-Davis, MTS candidate, attended the third annual Black Religion, Spirituality, and Culture Conference at HDS on February 28 and March 1, 2019. Below is her reflection following the conference. ♦♦♦ In a time where violence, hatred, racism...
Remember, Imagine, Experiment: Importance of The Estuary Projects

Pray and Wash: Finding Church in Unexpected Places

HDS Ministry Innovation Fellow Casper ter Kuile discusses how more and more, gathering for church no longer means coming together for Sunday morning worship with hymns and preaching under a steeple.
Sign for Simple Church. Photo: WBUR

Video: The Case Against Buddhism

Presented as a rational, scientific, and practical religion, modern Buddhism appears to have all the answers. Even the secular forms of mindfulness promise ever-increasing practitioners that Buddhist meditation will provide the solutions to all their...
glenn wallis

Video: 2019 Buddhism and Race Conference

The Harvard Divinity School Buddhist Community (HBC) hosted the Fifth Annual Buddhism and Race Conference: Centering Intersectionalities, on March 8, 2019 at Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, MA. During this conference, scholars, sangha leaders...
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