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HDS Professor Francis X. Clooney, S.J. writes in his latest blog post that the dour headlines of loss and decay don't reflect the fact that more is happening to bring people together than ever before in human history.

Professor Stephanie Paulsell writes how peer-led discussions among young Muslims, Christian experiments in communal living, and pop-up Shabbat meals embody common yearnings.

Professor Stephanie Paulsell writes about how in her course on contemplative prayer, she assigns just six books—and she and student read them each twice.

A newly opened exhibition at the Harvard Art Museums features animal-shaped drinking vessels from across the ancient Mediterranean called Rhyta. Professor Laura Nasrallah discusses how food and drink facilitated and mediated a relationship with the divine...

If we’re committed to using the Bible to argue about immigration, let us not start by taking Romans out of context, writes Professor Laura Nasrallah.

In this 12-minute video, Jon Levenson, Albert A. List Professor of Jewish Studies, speaks about the Akedah with BINA, an educational project of the Jewish Community Center of Palo Alto, California.

A student exhibition at Andover-Harvard Theological Library probes the ties and tensions between Christianity and slavery during American bondage.

“There is a deeply rooted tradition in the United States, (and) around the world, of clergy functioning as representatives of their community and, in particular, functioning as community representatives who remind the community of their ideals,” says...

In an op-ed, HDS professor Francis X. Clooney, S.J. expresses his concern over a planned black mass, hosted by the Harvard Extension Cultural Studies Club.

Professor Jon Levenson discusses how the concept of 'love' differed in ancient Israel, whether Song of Songs can/should be read allegorically, and how understandings of love developed and changed throughout history.

Professor of the Comparative and Historical Study of Religion Kimberley C. Patton, who teaches the course "Dreams and Dreaming" at HDS, discusses the role dreams played in earlier, more religious cultures.

Francis X. Clooney, S.J., director of the Center for the Study of World Religions, examines some of Pope Francis's recently-issued apostolic exhortation "On Love in the Family."