Comparative Theology

Professor Francis X. Clooney, S.J., talks about his role in the revival of the field of comparative theology.

Professor Francis X. Clooney, S.J. is Parkman Professor of Divinity and outgoing director of the Center for the Study of World Religions, which he has led since July 2010. Matthew Weinstein, a second-year master of divinity degree candidate, spoke to...

In CSWR's Annual Comparative Theology Lecture, Robert C. Neville, Professor of Philosophy, Religion, and Theology at the Boston University School of Theology, discusses the nature of comparative theology and the different approaches one could take: being...

The election, inauguration, and first days of President Donald Trump have deepened divisions between the nation’s political parties and its people. Many, afraid and angry, wonder how to respond in the years ahead. We could all do worse than revisit 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.

Marianne Moyaert explores the opportunities, challenges, and problems with liturgy in comparative theology. Read the article

Francis X. Clooney, S.J., discusses his book, His Hiding Place Is Darkness: A Hindu-Catholic Theopoetics of Divine Absence, with two respondents, Catherine Cornille, Professor and Chairperson of the Theology Department and Newton College Alumnae Chair of...

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...

Ahead of his book talk on April 20, CSWR director and HDS professor Francis X. Clooney, S.J., opens up about the importance of comparing religious traditions, the difficulties of academic writing, and if loving God is harder today than it was centuries...

John H. Berthrong, Associate Professor of Comparative Theology at Boston University, delivers this lecture as part of the Center's Comparative Theology Lecture Series. David Mozina, Professor at Boston College in the Theology Department, will serve as a...