Peace Building

A group of Boston community leaders recently addressed a large audience at Harvard Divinity School’s Religions and the Practice of Peace (RPP) Colloquium, in an event focused on the inspirational work being done in the city’s African American communities...

In 2002, two dozen Colombian army officers and former guerrilla fighters gathered at a hotel outside of Bogota. These leaders—representing the opposing sides of a conflict that has lasted 53 years and killed over 220,000 Colombians—arrived on the same...

Part of the Religions and the Practice of Peace Colloquium Dinner Series, this event was held on October 6, 2016, and featured 2011 Nobel Peace Laureate Leymah Gbowee, Liberian peace activist, trained social worker, and women’s rights advocate. Listen on...

This event was organized by the Religions and the Practice of Peace Colloquium and co-sponsored with the conference "Pluralism Project @ 25: Diversity and Inclusion in the American Crucible." The featured speakers were Sarbpreet Singh, playwright...

Faculty and students discussed empathy as a means of bridging societal divides, especially in light of the recent election, at the Divinity School on Thursday.

Leymah Gbowee won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011 for her efforts that led to ending the Liberian civil war. On Thursday, October 6, she will come to HDS to discuss her experiences and insights into peacebuilding as part of the Religions and the Practice of...

HDS Dean David N. Hempton is a social historian of religion with particular expertise in populist traditions of evangelicalism in Europe, North America, and beyond. On September 21, 2016, he spoke at the Morning Prayers service in Holden Chapel, Harvard...

Earlier this month, I was one of six Harvard Divinity School students sitting in the United Nations’ Security Council chamber listening to delegates from countries around the world talk about how faith and religion were both causes and solutions to peace...

Marc Gopin and Elizabeth H. Prodromou discuss humanitarianism, religion, and the practice of peace. Listen iTunes SoundCloud

Mushfiqur Rahman Chowdhury is studying religion, ethics, and politics at HDS. He has a passion for peacebuilding, and last summer he worked as a counselor for Seeds of Peace, helping Jewish and Muslim youth engage in interfaith dialogue, healing, and...