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Alan Cooperman, director of religion research at the nonpartisan Washington, D.C.-based Pew Research Center, spoke at HDS during the Dean's Leadership Forum on April 17, 2015, just two weeks after Pew released a sweeping report, " The Future of World...

Ahead of the 2014 Ingersoll Lecture, "Feeding Moloch: The Sacrifice of Children on the Altar of Capitalism," Russell Banks and a panel discuss his work. With Russell Banks, Davíd Carrasco, Neil L. Rudenstine Professor of the Study of Latin America at HDS...

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 issues of race impact Buddhist communities? What can Buddhist communities do to address these issues in their own settings? Panelists Harrison Blum, MDiv '12, Bryan Mendiola, Lama Rod Owens, MDiv candidate, and Roshi Sings-Alone explore these...

Professor Gary Dorrien delivers the 2015 Lentz Lecture. An Episcopal priest, Professor Dorrien is the author of 16 books and approximately 275 articles that range from ethics, social theory, and theology, to philosophy, politics, and history. He is a...

Cities across the northeast are ranked as some of the least Bible-minded cities in America. Both inside and outside the church, people in our region have a lot of issues with the Bible. Rev. Anne Robertson, humanist author Tom Krattenmaker, and Fr. Warren...

Katherine Collins, MTS '11, is a professional investor who's managed billions of dollars of assets. Her new book, The Nature of Investing, lays out the nature-inspired principles she puts into practice today as head of her own research firm. She spoke...

A presentation by Davíd Carrasco, Neil L. Rudenstine Professor of the Study of Latin America, in the series "Have Mercy: The Religious Dimensions of the Writings of Toni Morrison." Toni Morrison, the Robert F. Goheen Professor in the Humanities, Emerita...

Dean David Hempton spoke to members of the Harvard Alumni Association on "Religion and the Promotion of Peace in the 21st Century" on Thursday, May 1, in Cambridge. The talk, which was attended by over 200 alumni leaders from around the University...

HDS opened its 199th academic year on Thursday, August 28, 2014, with a keynote address, "The Matter of Religion and Theology." Dean David N. Hempton offered welcoming remarks and Professor Laura Nasrallah, MDiv candidate Barbara Schreur, and ThD...

Professor Jin Y. Park, Associate Professor and Director of the Asian Studies Program at American University, delivered the 2014 Ahnkook Lecture on Korean Buddhism. Chan/Sŏn Buddhism has been criticized for its seeming lack of social engagement. In this...

Scholars, students, and educators discuss the challenges, insights, and questions of training for Buddhist ministry at the Buddhist Ministry Initiative's recent conference, "Education and Buddhist Ministry: Whither—and Why?" The conference, funded by the...