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Dr. Wylin Wilson, an HDS Women’s Studies in Religion Program research associate, is a robust scholar who is deeply concerned with the ethics of her research. Wilson examines African American religions and women in the U.S., and her work often lends itself...

The United States is suffering through an epidemic of youth mental illness. For Varun Soni, MTS ’99, the crisis is not only one of mind, but also of spirit. The nonprofit, independent news site The Conversation reports that “from 2009 to 2017, major...

This event was organized by the Religions and the Practice of Peace Colloquium and co-sponsored with the conference "Pluralism Project @ 25: Diversity and Inclusion in the American Crucible." The featured speakers were Sarbpreet Singh, playwright...

The annual William James Lecture was presented on December 5, 2011, by Arthur Kleinman, Esther and Sidney Rabb Professor of Anthropology in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Medical Anthropology in the Faculty of Medicine at Harvard...

View a selection of photos of Ronald F. Thiemann, who passed away on November 29, 2012, at age 66. Thiemann was long a vital presence at Harvard Divinity School, from 1986, when he was appointed Dean and John Lord O'Brian Professor of Divinity, and in the...

Aaron Zelin explores why jihadism grew so rapidly in Tunisia after the uprisings in 2011 in a lecture on April 27, 2015 at the Center for the Study of World Religions at Harvard Divinity School. The lecture is part of the Junior Fellowship series,...

On a recent Wednesday, Noam Shuster-Eliassi strolled around the tiny village in Israel where she grew up, Neve Shalom or "Oasis of Peace," wishing goodbye to her neighbors. The Israeli comedian was heading to Harvard University in just a few days for to...

In 2002, two dozen Colombian army officers and former guerrilla fighters gathered at a hotel outside of Bogota. These leaders—representing the opposing sides of a conflict that has lasted 53 years and killed over 220,000 Colombians—arrived on the same...

In Leo Tolstoy's The Death of Ivan Ilyich, the title character agonizes over a dreadful thought as he nears the end of his life: “What if my entire life, my entire conscious life, was not the real thing?” Scotty McLennan asks his students to ponder the...

This feature was written by Tajay Bongsa, Odalis Garcia, Nicole Morris, Nicholas J. Scrimenti, Kayla J. Smith, and Hope Williams of the Religions and the Practice of Peace team. It started with a song, "Celebrate Good Times." Everyone got up on their feet...

Robert Franklin is worried about America. He sees distance, mistrust, and division in society eroding the foundations of U.S. democracy. A student of political science, Franklin understands that changing demographics, geographic isolation, identity...

Writing is freedom for Precious Rasheeda Muhammad, MTS ’01: freedom from the life-threatening allergies and respiratory problems that have plagued her since she was a child; freedom from the prejudice and misunderstanding she experienced growing up...