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This conversation was presented on August 27, 2020, by the HDS Women’s Studies in Religion Program, which brings five scholars in gender from around the country each year to enrich the experience of HDS students. The research associates shared their...

Center for the Study of World Religions Visiting Scholar Sasha Dehghani provides an introduction to the life and writings of Bahá'u'lláh (1817–1892), with a focus on the principle of unity in its diverse forms of expression on the occasion of the...

Sr. Simone Campbell, co-organizer of the 'Nuns on the Bus' campaign and resounding speaker at the 2012 Democratic National Convention, spoke at HDS on November 14 on faith and politics. The event was part of the Religion and American Public Life Series...

WSRP Research Associate Yakir Englander , Visiting Lecturer on Women's Studies and Judaism, discusses gender in post-holocaust ultra-orthodox theology.

"Refiguring American Jewish Identity through Solidarity with Palestinians: A Relational Approach to Religious Innovation" by Atalia Omer , Faculty Fellow at the Center for the Study of Religion and Society and Associate Professor of Religion, Conflict and...

This dynamic panel discussion featured Judith Lief, Buddhist teacher and senior editor of the writings of Chogyam Trungpa; Carolyn Gimian, editor of many of Chogyam Trungpa's books; Chuck Lief, President of Naropa University; and David I. Rome, Focusing...

Journalist and author E.J. Dionne, William H. Bloomberg Visiting Professor, delivers the 2017 Horace De Y. Lentz Lecture. Dionne is a distinguished journalist and author, political commentator, and longtime op-ed columnist for The Washington Post. He is...

"America needs to care for its soul." That's the provocative conclusion of a new report (PDF) from HDS Ministry Innovation Fellows Casper ter Kuile, Angie Thurston, and Rev. Sue Phillips. Over the past four years, the trio have traveled the country to...

Lynne Gerber never imagined that she would become an avid consumer of Focus on the Family Christian radio. "I grew up in New York in a very Jewish community," Gerber said. "We understood what Catholics were, but Protestants were a whole entire other thing...

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...

This session of the fourth annual RPP Colloquium Series explores some of the key challenges that nonviolent resistance movements face, including obstacles to building and maintaining movement cohesion, ensuring effective communication, and gaining...

Laura Dassow Walls, author of Henry David Thoreau: A Life and Richard Higgins, author of Thoreau and the Language of Trees discuss Thoreau's life and work. Respondents include Barry Andrews, a Unitarian Universalist minister, who is the author of several...