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Ralph DeFlorio, director of operations at HDS, and Munjed Murad, ThD candidate and Junior Fellow at the Center for the Study of World Religion, discuss the intersection of sustainability and religion. Murad is a panelist at "Spiritual and Sustainable...

WSRP Research Associate Rosalind I. J. Hackett, Visiting Professor of Women's Studies and Religion, explores how "sacred" sounds impact gender and religion. Read our interview with Rosalind Hackett

On October 17, 2013, the Buddhist Ministry Colloquium hosted the talk "Caste Politics in the Ambedkar Buddhist Movement." Christopher Queen, Lecturer at Harvard Extension, and Dr. Gail Omvedt, author of 'Ambedkar: Towards an Enlightened India' (Penguin...

The annual endowed Dudleian Lecture, the oldest and most prestigious endowed lecture at Harvard, was presented by Sister Mary Hughes, prioress of the Dominican Sisters of Amityville and former president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious. The...

Film, television, and other forms of entertainment media frequently include religious themes and characters, whether implicitly or explicitly. These on-screen representations shape how many Americans understand religion off-screen and how we interact with...

Matthew L. Potts, Assistant Professor of Ministry Studies at HDS, discusses his recent book, Cormac McCarthy and the Signs of Sacrament: Literature, Theology, and the Moral of Stories. Amy Hollywood, Elizabeth H. Monrad Professor of Christian Studies at...

Partners in Health founder and Harvard's Kolokotrones University Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine Paul Farmer discussed how he was influenced by liberation theology. Farmer spoke with Davíd Carrasco, the Neil L. Rudenstine Professor of the...

“I am spiritual but not religious.” We have all heard this phrase. But, where did this expression come from? What does it mean today? And what may it mean tomorrow? This panel explores these questions, clarify surrounding scholarship, and forwards the...

Laurel C. Schneider discusses challenges and possibilities for comparative theology from the study of Native American traditions. Laurel C. Schneider is a professor of religious studies and women's and gender studies at Vanderbilt University. This lecture...

The annual Ingersoll Lecture on Immortality was presented on December 6 by Toni Morrison, the Robert F. Goheen Professor in the Humanities, Emerita, Princeton University, and recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature and the Presidential Medal of...

Longtime presidential adviser and Harvard Kennedy School professor David Gergen captivated a packed audience during the Dean's Leadership Forum in a wide-ranging conversation with HDS Dean David N. Hempton on religion, politics, and public life. Read more

For over 20 years, January 16th has been recognized annually in the United States as Religious Freedom Day. Diane Moore and Dudley Rose discuss religious freedom as a principle based not on shared ancestry, culture, or faith but on a shared commitment to...