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Martin Luther did more than just serve as a catalyst for the Reformation. By nailing his 95 theses to the door of a Wittenberg, Germany, church in 1517, he became the world's first mass media figure and launched a new form of theological writing, argues...

On April 24, 2007, Lenn E. Goodman, Professor of Philosophy and Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities, Vanderbilt University presented this talk on Judaism and science. This event was sponsored by the Robert and Florence Dreben Lecture and...

Dr. David Livingstone delivers the 2014–15 Dudleian Lecture. Dr. Livingstone is Professor of Geography and Intellectual History at the Queen's University, Belfast, where his work focuses on the histories of geographical knowledge, the spatiality of...

Marla Frederick, Professor of African and African American Studies and of Religion, discusses her recent publication, Colored Television: American Religion Gone Global. Listen iTunes SoundCloud

Scholars discuss methods, histories and futures of thinking about Islam within religious studies. This day-long conference is in honor of Professor William A. Graham, who retired in July 2018 after a long and distinguished career at Harvard. It includes...

Mark D. Jordan discusses his recent publication, Convulsing Bodies: Religion and Resistance in Foucault. Respondents include James Bernauer, S.J., of Boston College, Amy Hollywood and Mayra Rivera Rivera, both of Harvard Divinity School. Read " Theology...

How do journalists cover religion? What makes for good religion reporting? What do journalists need to know about religion to do their job? A symposium on December 8 and 9, 2016, at Harvard Divinity School brought together some of the nation's leading...

WSRP Research Associate Alison More, Visiting Assistant Professor in Women's Studies and History of Christianity, gives the lecture, "Fictive Histories and Penitential Disorder: 'Irregular' Women in Medieval Christianity."

Harvard Divinity School hosted a discussion on May 7 featuring some of Harvard's top scholars on religious conflict and interfaith peace-building in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings. Christopher Lydon, award-winning journalist and host of Radio...

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...

Scholars and educators discuss the traditional ordination pathways for Buddhist ministry at "Education and Buddhist Ministry: Whither—and Why?", a conference hosted by Harvard Divinity School's Buddhist Ministry Initiative. The conference, funded by the...

Benjamin Dunning, Professor at Fordham University, discusses his book, Christ Without Adam: Subjectivity and Sexual Difference in the Philosopher's Paul. Trained in early Christianity as well as critical and feminist theory, Professor Dunning is...