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Video: Convocation 2013: Devotion in the Study of Religion

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HDS opened its 198th academic year on Thursday, August 29, 2013, with its annual Convocation activities. Featured in the video above are welcome remarks by HDS Dean David N. Hempton, an introduction to the speaker by Rev. Jonathan Walton, musical...

Video: Is Health Care a Spiritual Discipline?

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On September 25, 2013, the Science, Religion, and Culture Program at HDS, in partnership with Harvard Medical School, presented the talk 'Is Health Care a Spiritual Discipline?' by Dr. Daniel Sulmasy. Sulmasy is the Kilbride-Clinton Professor of Medicine...

Video: Seasons of Light

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Enjoy the sights, sounds, and readings from the beloved annual service honoring the interplay of holy darkness and light in the world's religious traditions. Photos and video by Brian Tortora.

Video: The Vatican's Role in the Promulgation of Italy's 1938 Racial Laws

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On October 7, 2013, David Kertzer, Paul Dupee University Professor of Social Science and Professor of Anthropology and Italian Studies at Brown University, spoke about Pope Pius XI's complicity with Mussolini's fascist regime in 1930s Italy. Kertzer is...

Video: American Women, Christian Politics, and the Long Red Scare

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Amanda Izzo, Visiting Assistant Professor of Women's Studies and WSRP Research Associate, recently talked about her study of the YMCA, particularly its liberal Christianity and how it was impacted by anti-Communist movements in twentieth century America...

Video: Religious Literacy: What's at Stake?

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On November 7, 2013, David N. Hempton, Dean of Harvard Divinity School, and Stephen Prothero, Professor of Religion at Boston University, spoke about the importance of religious literacy and why government leaders and educators should not ignore the...

Video: Female Piety in Contemporary Catholic Renewal and the Concept of Agency

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Visiting Assistant Professor of Women's Studies and Sociology of Religion and WSRP Research Associate Sarah Bracke recently discussed her study of a Catholic Renewal women's group in Milan, Italy in 2000. Bracke, who is also an associate professor of the...

Video: Paul and the Faithfulness of God

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Professor N.T. Wright spoke about his book Paul and the Faithfulness of God at Harvard Divinity School on November 15, 2013. Wright is the Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at the University of St. Andrews' School of Divinity. Full Video...

Video: Preston Williams Portrait

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View Preston Williams's portrait unveiling ceremony, which took place in Andover Hall on August 30, 2011. The portrait of Williams, Houghton Research Professor of Theology and Contemporary Change Emeritus, is part of the Harvard Foundation Portraiture...

Video: Religions & Peace: Do Universities Have a Role?

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On December 2, 2013, Harvard Divinity School convened a group of practitioners and scholars to explore the ways that people of different religions can work together to end violence—and what universities can do to facilitate this process. HDS professor...

Video: Aslan on Faith, Jesus, and Fox News

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Reza Aslan, M.T.S. ’99, author of the best-selling book “ Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth”, spoke about Jesus as a historical figure and revolutionary insurrectionist against Roman authority. Aslan, whose book soared on the best-seller...

Video: Making the 'Disappeared' Visible

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On December 5, 2002, Colombian sculptor Doris Salcedo spoke about and showed slides of her work, which focuses on different forms of confinement within the context of war. She is a fellow at the Divinity School's Center for the Study of World Religions...