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762 results for "Faculty News and Research"

Shopping Period: Pope Francis and the Future of Religion

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This feature is part of an HDS Communications interview series offering students a closer look at selected upcoming courses. Below, we chat with Hollis Professor of Divinity Emeritus Harvey Cox about his fall 2017 class “Pope Francis: His ‘Theology of the...

Love, Begging to Be Let In

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Davíd Carrasco, Neil L. Rudenstine Professor of the Study of Latin America at HDS, delivered the following remarks at Morning Prayers in Harvard's Memorial Church on December 6, 2018. ♦♦♦

Hempton: Work Toward Peace Every Day

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HDS Dean David N. Hempton is a social historian of religion with particular expertise in populist traditions of evangelicalism in Europe, North America, and beyond. On September 21, 2016, he spoke at the Morning Prayers service in Holden Chapel, Harvard...

Christian History, No Longer Ignored

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HDS professor Kevin Madigan is a wide-ranging historian of medieval Christian religious practice and thought. In January, his book Medieval Christianity: A New History was published and is already garnering rave reviews. A narrative history spanning from...

Thomas Aquinas and 'Teaching Bodies'

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In 2016, the Harvard Crimson named HDS’s Mark Jordan one of the top 15 professors at Harvard University. Holding professorships at both the Divinity School and at Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Jordan examines the intersection between...

Christianity, Politics, and American Destiny

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Catherine Brekus is the Charles Warren Professor of the History of Religion in America at Harvard Divinity School and the Program in American Studies at Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences. She is currently working on a book about Christianity and...

To Hope as Dr. King Hoped

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The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. would have turned 90 this year. While his name and his contribution to the U.S. Civil Rights Movement are revered, some wonder if Dr. King’s legacy is in jeopardy amid a resurgence of racism, xenophobia, and hate...

‘Sometimes I Can’t Breathe, So I Write’

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Writing is freedom for Precious Rasheeda Muhammad, MTS ’01: freedom from the life-threatening allergies and respiratory problems that have plagued her since she was a child; freedom from the prejudice and misunderstanding she experienced growing up...

Why France Fears Islam

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Jocelyne Cesari is a Visiting Professor of Religion and Politics at HDS. She is a senior fellow at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs at Georgetown University, Professor of Religion and Politics at University of Birmingham (England)...

After Monson Passing, What’s Next for Mormon Church

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The president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Thomas S. Monson, died on January 2. Monson led the church for nearly 10 years, enabling a rise in the ranks of female Mormon missionaries and displaying an openness to scholars of...

Costumes, Candy, and Christianity

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Halloween is the second most commercially successful holiday in the United States after Christmas, with Americans spending an estimated $6 billion annually. But while most people are familiar with the origins of the Christmas story, the background of...