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Harvard Divinity School

Harvard Divinity School

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

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01:44:50

The End of White Christian America: A Conversation...

Harvard Divinity School ·

2018/02/19

America is no longer a majority-white-Christian nation. Journalist, author, commentator, and Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne and Dr. Robert P. Jones, author of The End of White Christian America, discuss this seismic change, its impact on the politics and social values of the United States, and its implications for the future. Learn more about Harvard Divinity School and its mission to illuminate, engage, and serve at hds.harvard.edu/.

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01:35:27

Dharma Gaze: Practices of Buddhism and Poetry—An...

Harvard Divinity School ·

2018/02/13

Based on personal study and experience, Anne Waldman speaks on the refuge and Bodhisattva vows, the Six Realms of Existence, “co-emergent wisdom” and a parallel vow to poetry, and the joys and contradictions therein. She integrates her own poetry, particular writers associated with the Beat Literary Movement, and Giorgio Agamben’s notion of being contemporary with one’s time as “looking into the darkness”. Learn more about Harvard Divinity School and its mission to illuminate, engage, and serve at

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01:58:07

RPP Colloquium: Why Nonviolent Civil Resistance Works

Harvard Divinity School ·

2018/02/06

This session of the fourth annual RPP Colloquium Series explores some of the key challenges that nonviolent resistance movements face, including obstacles to building and maintaining movement cohesion, ensuring effective communication, and gaining political leverage; how advocates of principled nonviolence (who promote nonviolence on a moral basis) often clash with advocates of civil resistance (who promote nonviolent action on a strategic or utilitarian basis); the ongoing debate on diversity of

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01:26:22

Claiming God's Peace When Whiteness Stands Its Ground

Harvard Divinity School ·

2018/02/04

The Annual Greeley Lecture for Peace and Social Justice was delivered by Kelly Brown Douglas and examined the social/political and theological implications of whiteness as an impediment to living God’s justice. Learn more about Harvard Divinity School and its mission to illuminate, engage, and serve at http://hds.harvard.edu/.

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02:11:22

RPP Colloquium: The Church as a Reconciling Presence...

Harvard Divinity School ·

2018/01/24

Is religion a cause of violent conflict or a catalyst for its transformation? Do faith leaders have a role at the international peacebuilding tables? Current international affairs highlight the power of religious ideologies—and their misappropriation—as a catalyst for social action. They have also prompted unprecedented interest in the role of religious leaders and ideologies to transform conflict and violence. The keynote session of the fourth annual RPP Colloquium dinner series features Canon

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01:00:56

Religious Literacy and Government Symposium: Panel on...

Harvard Divinity School ·

2017/12/07

Held on December 7–8, 2017, the Religious Literacy and the Professions Initiative (RLPI) seeks to consider how religion is embedded in both constructive and antagonistic approaches to immigration, especially with respect to work undertaken by (or in collaboration with) governmental agencies. This panel continues this discussion in relation to Middle Tennessee. The panelists include Melissa Borja, Abdou Kattih, Kim Snyder, and Daniel Valdez. Learn more about Harvard Divinity School and its mission

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01:52:49

Religious Literacy and Government Symposium: Panel on...

Harvard Divinity School ·

2017/12/06

Held on December 7–8, 2017, the Religious Literacy and the Professions Initiative (RLPI) seeks to consider how religion is embedded in both constructive and antagonistic approaches to immigration, especially with respect to work undertaken by (or in collaboration with) governmental agencies. This panel continues this discussion in relation to the Greater Boston Area. The panelists include Celina Barrios-Millner, Joe Curtatone, Erica James, Marjean Perhot, Patricia Montes, and Kathleen O'Keefe

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00:49:44

Religious Literacy and Government Symposium: Wrap-up...

Harvard Divinity School ·

2017/12/06

Held on December 7–8, 2017, the Religious Literacy and the Professions Initiative (RLPI) seeks to consider how religion is embedded in both constructive and antagonistic approaches to immigration, especially with respect to work undertaken by (or in collaboration with) governmental agencies. This panel and the following remarks will close the symposium. The panelists include Michelle Boorstein, Jack Jenkins, Diane L. Moore, Stephen Prothero, and Amy Sullivan. Learn more about Harvard Divinity

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01:31:37

Religious Literacy and Government Symposium: Panel on...

Harvard Divinity School ·

2017/12/06

Held on December 7–8, 2017, the Religious Literacy and the Professions Initiative (RLPI) seeks to consider how religion is embedded in both constructive and antagonistic approaches to immigration, especially with respect to work undertaken by (or in collaboration with) governmental agencies. This panel continues this discussion in relation to the Arizona-Mexico Border. The panelists include Kristin Du Mez, Scott Harshbarger, Juanita Molina, and Christopher Montoya. Learn more about Harvard

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01:56:16

Religious Literacy and Government Symposium: Keynote...

Harvard Divinity School ·

2017/12/05

Held on December 7–8, 2017, the Religious Literacy and the Professions Initiative (RLPI) seeks to consider how religion is embedded in both constructive and antagonistic approaches to immigration, especially with respect to work undertaken by (or in collaboration with) governmental agencies. Shaun Casey, MDiv ’83, ThD ’98, gives the keynote address at the Religious Literacy and Government Symposium. Nadeem Mazen, Cambridge City Council member, and Diane L. Moore, director of the Religious Literacy

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01:14:24

James Luther Adams in Unitarian Universalist History

Harvard Divinity School ·

2017/11/29

From the Commission of Appraisal in 1936 to the Black Empowerment impulse of the 1960s, James Luther Adams was a significant shaper of Unitarian and Unitarian Universalist institutions. And as a social ethicist, he helped envision the new national and international institutions that emerged in the post-World War II period. Professor Dan McKanan’s lecture explores the way Adams translated his theological and ethical vision into institutional practice, seeking insights that might help religious

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00:33:28

E.J. Dionne: Fighting for Justice with an Open Heart

Harvard Divinity School ·

2017/11/16

Journalist and author E.J. Dionne, William H. Bloomberg Visiting Professor, delivers the 2017 Horace De Y. Lentz Lecture.

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02:47:03

FBI and Religion Scholars: Reflecting on the Past 25...

Harvard Divinity School ·

2017/11/15

As part of the American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, this panel reflects on the interaction between religion scholars and law enforcement officials over the past 25 years and what may be learned from that experience to inform interaction going forward. Panelists include Eileen Barker, London School of Economics and Political Science; Michael Barkun, Syracuse University; David T. Resch, Federal Bureau of Investigation; Robin Montgomery, Brookfield, CT; Steven Weitzman, University of

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01:18:27

South Asian Religions Colloquium (SARC): James Mallinson

Harvard Divinity School ·

2017/11/15

The South Asian Religions Colloquium (SARC) seeks to share ongoing, current scholarly research on topics in South Asian religions with Harvard students and faculty as well as the wider Boston academic community. This event features speaker James Mallinson, Senior Lecturer in Sanskrit and Classical Indian Studies at the University of London. Learn more about Harvard Divinity School and its mission to illuminate, engage, and serve at http://hds.harvard.edu/.

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01:24:03

Anthropology as Cosmic Diplomacy: Toward an...

Harvard Divinity School ·

2017/11/13

"Forests think." Eduardo Kohn, author of the book How Forests Think, discusses a kind of thinking, which he calls “sylvan," that is manifested by tropical forests and those that live with them. This mode of thought can provide an ethical orientation in these times of planetary human-driven ecological devastation that some call the “Anthropocene." He presents his work as “cosmic diplomacy." How Forests Think, which has been translated into several languages, won the 2014 Gregory Bateson Prize and is

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01:01:08

Enclosed Gardens Revealed: The Concept of Virginity...

Harvard Divinity School ·

2017/11/08

WSRP 2017–18 Research Associate Avital Davidovich-Eshed, PhD (Bar Ilan University), Visiting Lecturer in Women's Studies and Judaism, delivers her talk, "Enclosed Gardens Revealed: The Concept of Virginity in Medieval Jewish Culture." Learn more about Harvard Divinity School and its mission to illuminate, engage, and serve at http://hds.harvard.edu/.

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01:21:25

Fighting for Justice with an Open Heart: Conviction,...

Harvard Divinity School ·

2017/11/07

Journalist and author E.J. Dionne, William H. Bloomberg Visiting Professor, delivers the 2017 Horace De Y. Lentz Lecture. Dionne is a distinguished journalist and author, political commentator, and longtime op-ed columnist for The Washington Post. He is also a senior fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution, a government professor at Georgetown University, and a frequent commentator on politics for National Public Radio, ABC’s “This Week,” and MSNBC. His most recent book,

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01:06:28

Diversity and Explorations 2017: Keynote by Davíd...

Harvard Divinity School ·

2017/11/07

At the 2017 Diversity and Explorations Program (DivEx), Davíd Carrasco presents his talk, "Gifts from Mexico: Revitalizing Life Through the Day of the Dead Celebration". He describes one of the gifts from Mexico and Mexican's is the idea of convivencia, which he defines as "living together in order to give life the upper hand over death." He discusses three examples of convivencia that he has experienced and ends on the ways in which convivencia exists on our campus. Davíd Carrasco is Harvard

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01:59:09

Look Inside, Walk Outside: How to Develop Inner Peace...

Harvard Divinity School ·

2017/11/06

As part of the Robert H.N. Ho Family Foundation Speakers Series, Khenpo Sodargye speaks about developing inner peace. Khenpo Sodargye is the abbot and senior educator at the renowned Larung Buddhist Institute, the largest Buddhist academy of this kind in the world. Khenpo trained closely with Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok Rinpoche, one of the great luminaries of his generation. As a Tibetan lama, Buddhist scholar and teacher, prolific translator into Chinese, and modern Buddhist thinker, Khenpo Sodargye

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01:41:07

Teaching Bodies: Moral Formation in the Summa of...

Harvard Divinity School ·

2017/11/05

Mark D. Jordan, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Christian Thought (HDS) and Professor of Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality (Faculty of Arts and Sciences), discusses his recent publication, Teaching Bodies: Moral Formation in the Summa of Thomas Aquinas. James Keenan, S.J. (BC) and David Decosimo (BU) serve as respondents. Learn more about Harvard Divinity School and its mission to illuminate, engage, and serve at http://hds.harvard.edu/.

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