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Worry in White, Christian America

February 26, 2018

Robert Jones, the founder and CEO of Public Religion Research Institute, characterized white, Christian America as representing centuries of cultural, political, and economic domination. Over the last couple of decades, however, demographics and culture...

Humans of HDS: One Square Inch of Silence

February 21, 2018

HDS student Timothy Gallati studies experiences of “silence” in nature and contemplative practice, with applications in virtual and augmented realities. His research focuses on accounts of listening to silence in sound art, poetry, and Catholic monastic...

Video: The End of White Christian America: A Conversation with E.J. Dionne and Robert P. Jones

February 21, 2018

America is no longer a majority white Christian nation. Journalist, author, commentator, and Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne and Dr. Robert P. Jones, author of The End of White Christian America, discuss this seismic change, its impact on the...

Swartzes Make Record Gift to HDS

February 15, 2018

Harvard Divinity School today announced a $25 million gift from artist and philanthropist Susan Shallcross Swartz and her husband, investor James R. Swartz, AB '64. The gift—the largest in the School’s 200-year history—will enable HDS to move forward on...

Andover Makeover

February 15, 2018

As a student, Natalie Campbell, MTS ’18, needed more than a campus, she needed a second home. During the 2017–18 academic year, she commuted to class each day from Belmont and couldn’t easily go back and forth to the School, so she often stayed in...

Video: Dharma Gaze: Practices of Buddhism and Poetry—An Evening with Anne Waldman

February 15, 2018

Based on personal study and experience, Anne Waldman speaks on the refuge and Bodhisattva vows, the Six Realms of Existence, “co-emergent wisdom” and a parallel vow to poetry, and the joys and contradictions therein. She integrates her own poetry...

Presidents' Day Quiz

February 14, 2018

Which U.S. president had a dog named Satan? Who was baptized on his deathbed? Test your knowledge of some surprising aspects about the faith and beliefs of U.S. presidents. Click here to load the quiz. Sources: PBS, Religion News Service, Huffington Post

The End of White Christian America

February 14, 2018

Robert Jones is the founder and CEO of the Public Religion Research Institute, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to conducting independent research at the intersection of religion, culture, and public policy. On Wednesday, February 21, at 5...

Undeniably, Unequivocally, Unapologetically Black, and Unashamedly Christian

February 13, 2018

MDiv candidate Aric Flemming speaks at Memorial Church's Morning Prayers about the new Black Student Ministries at the Memorial Church.

Harvard Names Lawrence S. Bacow as 29th President

February 11, 2018

Lawrence S. Bacow, a widely admired higher education leader who previously served as Tufts president and MIT chancellor, will become the University's next president in July.

Video: RPP Colloquium: Why Nonviolent Civil Resistance Works

February 08, 2018

This session of the fourth annual RPP Colloquium Series explores some of the key challenges that nonviolent resistance movements face, including obstacles to building and maintaining movement cohesion, ensuring effective communication, and gaining...

Video: Claiming God's Peace When Whiteness Stands Its Ground

February 07, 2018

The Annual Greeley Lecture for Peace and Social Justice was delivered by the Rev. Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas, and examined the social/political and theological implications of whiteness as an impediment to living God’s justice.