Harvard Divinity School

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Expand your understanding of the ways religion shapes the world with lectures, interviews, and reflections from Harvard Divinity School.

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"It's Good to Sit Down with a Racist Every Now and Then," by Naomi Shihab Nye

Listen to Naomi Shihab Nye read "It's Good to Sit Down with a Racist Every Now and Then" for #NationalPoetryMonth. Originally published in Harvard Divinity Bulletin, Winter/Spring 2012.

Apr 18, 2017•2 min

The Logic of Prayer in Contemporary China

Dr. Anna Sun, HDS Berggruen Fellow and Associate Professor of Sociology and Asian Studies at Kenyon College gives a lecture based on her research project for the year, "The Logic of Prayer in Contemporary China." Learn more about Harvard Divinity School and its mission to illuminate, engage, and serve at http://hds.harvard.edu/.

Apr 18, 2017•1 hr 6 min

New Poems and a Talk on Syrian Artists in Exile

Eliza Griswold, HDS’s inaugural Berggruen Fellow, delivers her talk, "New Poems and a Talk on Syrian Artists in Exile," on April 13, 2017, at the Center for the Study of World Religions at HDS. Griswold, a poet, writer, and journalist, read from poems she's written this year at HDS, and present the blueprint of her Berggruen Fellowship project mapping Syrian artists, filmmakers, poets, and writers since the revolution began. Learn more about Harvard Divinity School and its mission to illuminate,...

Apr 12, 2017•1 hr 3 min

2017 Billings Prize Finals

HDS students Jiaying Ding, Sally Fritsche, and Chandra Plowden deliver sermons for the Billings Preaching Prize Competition during Noon Service on April 12, 2017. The annual preaching competition is open to second- and third-year MDiv students. In addition, Denson Staples, the Massachusetts Bible Society scripture reading winner, and Mandi Rice, the non-biblical text reading winner, each read their scripture passage Learn more about Harvard Divinity School and its mission to illuminate, engage, ...

Apr 11, 2017•40 min

Beyond Militarization: The Role of Religious Communities in the Struggle for Justice and Peace

At a time when the White House proposes to increase military spending by $54 billion while slashing funds for social programs at home and humanitarian aid abroad, we recall the warning of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. that a nation spending more money on the military than on social uplift "is approaching spiritual death." What role can religious communities play today in resisting war and militarism and working for social and economic justice? Speaker David Cortright, Director of Policy Studi...

Apr 04, 2017•2 hr 1 min

Islam, Tradition, and Resources for Nonviolent Conflict Transformation

The Islamic tradition and Muslim communities have rich and long legacies of teachings, practices, and precedents for prioritizing nonviolent approaches to conflict transformation. Two leading scholar-practitioners discuss theological, spiritual, and practical resources for peace in Islamic scripture and tradition, historical cases, and implications for our contemporary world. Dr. A. Rashied Omar speaks on “Justice and Compassion: Embodying the Core Values of Peacebuilding in Islam” Afra Jalabi s...

Mar 21, 2017•2 hr 16 min

Religion and the Sphere of Care and Cooperation

This discussion will consider social scientific research shedding light on religion’s role in advancing cooperation within groups, as well as its complex role in competition and cooperation among groups. Speakers: Omar Sultan Haque, MD, PhD, MTS, Program in Psychiatry and the Law; Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University; and Joseph Henrich, PhD, Professor, Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard; ...

Feb 27, 2017•1 hr 58 min

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