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"Our final surprise too in the Advent season may be that God does come, even in 2019, but most often in smaller and quieter ways than we had expected," writes Professor Francis X. Clooney, S.J.

"If we are to learn well in the interreligious world in which we live, we must do more than appreciate and cherish our own tradition," writes Professor Francis X. Clooney.

Now that Pope Francis has returned to Rome after his unforgettable visit to the United States, Professor Harvey Cox has taken time to reflect on what it was that made him uncomfortable about it.

This discussion took place during the 2003 Dean's Weekend. BILL GRAHAM: Our second panel takes up our question and moves it a little bit further in discussing the encounter with religion in the modern university. We have a group that's going to bring a...

Estonian composer Arvo Pärt is the most performed living composer in the world today. His style is often characterized as a “mystic” or “holy” minimalism, inspired in part by Gregorian chant. This panel explores the religious dimensions of Pärt’s music...

"The world is a hard and sometimes bitter place, and the crisis in the Church only makes things worse. But this means that there is a still greater need, then, to 'go to church,'" writes Professor Francis X. Clooney, in the first part of a two-part blog...

"We cannot have a Church whose policy it is to reward professional, clerical sinners with positions of leadership in the Church, while telling other Catholics to repent and reform their lives," writes Professor Francis Clooney, S.J.

"In the days of the pandemic, even if we remain very careful about distancing ourselves, let us at least in our hearts show up, cease to be distant, dwell among those who suffer, our tears mingling with theirs, at every tomb," writes Professor Francis X...

"May our mothers live long enough and may we grow up soon enough, that we come know our mothers as the real persons they are, who have loved us beginning and end, in deed, in word, in presence," writes Professor Francis X. Clooney, S.J.

Professor Francis X. Clooney speaks about comparative religion, the value of learning from other traditions, and his experience as a Catholic priest engaged with Hinduism.

On March 21, HDS Professor Charles Adams spoke at Noon Service, hosted by HDS Baptists. HDS Noon Service events present a weekly opportunity for the HDS community to pray or meditate with each other across many respective traditions.

This lecture and discussion with Charles G. Adams, Nickerson Professor of the Practice of Ethics and Ministry at HDS, and Angela Dillard, Professor in the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, University of Michigan, took place on April 30 and...