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Father Frank Clooney, director of HDS's Center for the Study of World Religions, writes about the 50th anniversary of the document that reshaped the relationship between Catholics and Jews.

It’s hard not to be astonished by the sheer breadth of Jim Hackett’s achievements. He attended the United States Air Force Academy, where he flew jets and was qualified as a glider pilot. He has an MBA from Harvard Business School. He worked as a field...

Professor Francis X. Clooney, S.J., the director of the Center for the Study of World Religions, continues exploring "The Study Quran," this time on the theme of Mary, the Mother of Jesus.

Professor Frank Clooney, director of the Center for the Study of World Religions, discusses finding, losing, and again finding wisdom in Rabindranath Tagore's Gitanjali.

On April 18, Harvey Cox, HDS Hollis Professor of Divinity Emeritus, discussed his recent publication, The Market as God, at the Center for the Study of World Religions.

Francis X. Clooney, S.J., director of the Center for the Study of World Religions, examines some of Pope Francis's recently-issued apostolic exhortation "On Love in the Family."

Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Religion and Latinx Studies Mayra Rivera and Drew University Professor Catherine Keller reflect on "the end of the world," "climate apocalypse," and the aftermath of Hurricane María.

Francis Clooney, director of the Center for the Study of World Religions, shares the piece of literature he has reread the most, and what about it that keeps him coming back.

Hosted by the Center for the Study of World Religions at Harvard Divinity School, a panel of HDS professors explores tensions and creative possibilities professors face in the role of public intellectuals. The panel, moderated by Francis X. Clooney, S.J...

Over the course of its 133-year history, the prestigious Gifford Lectures delivered annually in Scotland have developed deep ties to Harvard University whose faculty—including Professors Diana Eck, William James, and Steven Pinker—have broken new ground...

Katharine Gerbner, McKnight Land-Grant Professor and Assistant Professor of History at the University of Minnesota, discusses how religion was fundamental to the development of both slavery and race in the Protestant Atlantic world.

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...