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177 results for "U.S. News"

Ready to Change the World

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It's one thing to apply, be accepted to, and attend Harvard. It's another to do that while writing a successful book and helping shift the public discourse around health care. That was the demanding path of Lauren A. Taylor, who arrived at Harvard...

The Curious Case of Kim Davis

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Kim Davis, clerk of Kentucky's Rowan County, inspired passionate responses from all quarters recently when she refused to grant marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Many in her community see Davis as a civil rights crusader, standing up for religious...

America's Divide Seen in a Clash of Symbols

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"Biden is intent on taking his oath on the steps of the Capitol because he understands its symbolic power. He is determined to reclaim the Capitol from those who claimed, in the midst of erecting nooses and wreaking violence against the police, to be...

New Research on Responses to Sexual and Gender-Based Violence

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Religious leaders "have little support and little training in dealing with issues related to sexual and gender-based violence" (SGBV), concludes the new "Interrogating the Silence" report from the Science, Religion, and Culture Program at Harvard Divinity...

Helping to Reveal a Present History

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In the spring of 2006, Andover-Harvard Theological Library at Harvard Divinity School was contacted by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C., with an expressed interest in obtaining copies of the library's records of the Unitarian...

Serving in the Service

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HDS alumna Rev. Cynthia L. G. Kane is a peace-loving pacifist and Unitarian Universalist minister. She is also a Lieutenant Commander in the Chaplain Corps of the United States Navy. As we celebrate Veterans Day on November 11 and honor those who risk...

Slowly, Shifts at the Vatican

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The pace of change has sped up at the Vatican in recent months as key shifts in both personnel and tone have signaled a push by Pope Francis toward a more inclusive Catholic Church. In September, the pope tapped the moderate Bishop Blase Cupich to head...

Distinguished Gentleman

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Bill Rainer planned to enter Harvard Divinity School in the fall of 1999 as a full-time student. At age 53, the successful finance industry executive had discovered a passion for the study of religion and looked forward to immersing himself in the...

Finding the Light

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Standing on the roof of the Center for the Study of World Religions (built in 1960), you can see Jewett House (1913), Andover Hall (1911), and now, solar panels (2014). The juxtaposition highlights the Center's and Harvard Divinity School's commitment to...

Growing as a Scholar at the CSWR

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Shaireen Rasheed has been a visiting scholar for the 2014–15 academic year at the Center for the Study of World Religions at Harvard Divinity School, where she has worked on a manuscript that explores the ethical concept of sexuality, Islam, and the war...