Beyond the Coup in Myanmar: Don’t Ignore the Religious Dimensions
HDS Fellow in Religion and Public Life Susan Hayward explains the history of religious political action in Myanmar and why this time is different.
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Black, Buddhist, and Free
Cheryl Giles, Francis Greenwood Peabody Senior Lecturer on Pastoral Care and Counseling at HDS, discusses her coedited anthology of “freedom stories” exploring what it means to be Black and Buddhist in America.
Video: Information Session for Religious Resources for Living Beyond Crisis Program
This session is of interest to anyone considering attending the HDS Executive Education Program—Religious Resources for Living Beyond Crisis—being held virtually June 6 through June 10. Our Faculty Director, Charlie Hallisey, walked through the program’s...
Video: Reimagining and Rewriting Jewish Liturgy
This conversation featured RCPI Topol Fellow Rabbi Brant Rosen and Professor Susannah Heschel, and was moderated by RCPI Senior Fellow Professor Atalia Omer.
Video: The Hindu Margins: Third Gender and Women Spiritual Partners
This lecture focused on the Hindu view of life from the margins. While the “Hindu margin” is a fairly large heterogeneous group, this lecture laid the lens on the third gender, Kinnars (pejorative term hijṛā) and spiritual partners, categorized as...
The Glorians—A Commemoration of Grace in the Desert
"The red rock desert of Utah is my sacred text, alive and awakened in spring," says HDS writer-in-residence Terry Tempest Williams.
Ensuring the Floyd Trial Becomes a Turning Point
Cornell William Brooks, Visiting Professor of the Practice of Prophetic Religion and Public Leadership at HDS and Hauser Professor of the Practice of Nonprofit Organizations at Harvard Kennedy School, discusses the significance of the conviction of former...
Podcast: Finding Beauty in a Broken World
The modern environmental movement was born 51 years ago when millions of people took part in protests and rallies in streets, parks, auditoriums, and on college campuses as part of the first-ever Earth Day. Yet today, as species continue to face...
Video: Follow-up Panel on Abuse of Power in Alternative and Emerging Spiritual and Cultural Organizations
In the wake of our February 25 Virtual Panel, “ Abuse of Power in Alternative and Emerging Spiritual and Cultural Organizations,” many people have expressed a desire to continue the conversation. Therefore, we are launching an ongoing discussion on our...
Video: Religion and the Rise of Capitalism
Where do our ideas about how the economy works, and our views on economic policy, come from? Critics of contemporary economics complain that belief in free markets, among economists as well as many ordinary citizens, is a form of religion. The...
A Poem for Venus
HDS student Suzannah Omonuk wrote a poem imagining what life was like for an enslaved woman who lived and worked on campus in the 18th century.
Video: How God Becomes Real: Kindling the Presence of Invisible Others
This webinar features a dialogue between Tanya Luhrmann and CSWR director and HDS Professor Charles Stang on her Luhrmann's book How God Becomes Real: Kindling the Presence of Invisible Others.
