Harvard Divinity School

What are the moral questions that underlie issues of money in politics, corporate power, and wealth in democracy? What resources do we find in our various religious traditions to help us approach these questions with thoughtful consideration, moral insight, action, and hope? This panel discussion brings together leaders, scholars, writers, and activists of many faith traditions to discuss questions at the intersection of democracy, faith, money, and morals. Panelists are Sojourners founder, Jim Wallis; Cambridge City Councillor, Nadeem Mazen; president of American Promise, Jeff Clements; recent HDS alum Tajay Bongsa; the Rev. Mariama White-Hammond; and Rabbi Aryeh Klapper. The event and panel was moderated by HDS Professor Dan McKanan. Learn more about Harvard Divinity School and its mission to illuminate, engage, and serve at http://hds.harvard.edu/.

WSRP Research Associate Taylor Petrey delivers his talk, “The Mormon Homosexual: Caring and Curing from the 1970s to the Present.” Learn more about Harvard Divinity School and its mission to illuminate, engage, and serve at http://hds.harvard.edu/.

Cities across the northeast are ranked as some of the least Bible-minded cities in America. Both inside and outside the church, people in our region have a lot of issues with the Bible. This September, Rev. Anne Robertson, humanist author Tom Krattenmaker, and Fr. Warren Savage are traveling to New Haven, Albany, Providence, and Boston to help us talk about it in a series of town-hall style discussions about the Bible. Learn more at massbible.org/experiment. Learn more about Harvard Divinity School and its mission to illuminate, engage, and serve at http://hds.harvard.edu/.

Sandeep Das (tabla) and Rajib Karmaker (sitar) perform music from India. Remarks by Anne Monius, Professor of South Asian Religions. Learn more about Harvard Divinity School and its mission to illuminate, engage, and serve at http://hds.harvard.edu/.

For twenty-five years, the Pluralism Project at Harvard has studied the changing religious landscape of the United States. Join us as we mark this milestone with “The Pluralism Project at 25: Diversity and Inclusion in the American Crucible,” a conference featuring conversations about the critical challenges and opportunities religious diversity poses today. In this panel co-sponsored by the El Hibri Foundation and moderated by Diana L. Eck, Parvez Ahmed, Imam Hassan Selim, Taymullah Abdur-Rahman, Celene Ibrahim discuss Islamaphobia in the interfaith age. “The Pluralism Project at 25: Diversity and Inclusion in the American Crucible” is part of Harvard Divinity School Bicentennial celebrations. From August 2016 through May 2017, HDS will celebrate 200 years of excellence in the study of religion and look ahead to its future. Learn more at http://hds.harvard.edu/about/hds-bicentennial. Learn more about Harvard Divinity School and its mission to illuminate, engage, and serve at http://hds.harvard.edu/.

For twenty-five years, the Pluralism Project at Harvard has studied the changing religious landscape of the United States. Join us as we mark this milestone with “The Pluralism Project at 25: Diversity and Inclusion in the American Crucible,” a conference featuring conversations about the critical challenges and opportunities religious diversity poses today. In this panel, Preeta Bansal, Patrice Brodeur, Kathryn Lohre, and Melissa Nozell discuss pluralism and the practice of peacebuilding. “The Pluralism Project at 25: Diversity and Inclusion in the American Crucible” is part of Harvard Divinity School Bicentennial celebrations. From August 2016 through May 2017, HDS will celebrate 200 years of excellence in the study of religion and look ahead to its future. Learn more at http://hds.harvard.edu/about/hds-bicentennial. Learn more about Harvard Divinity School and its mission to illuminate, engage, and serve at http://hds.harvard.edu/.

For twenty-five years, the Pluralism Project at Harvard has studied the changing religious landscape of the United States. Join us as we mark this milestone with “The Pluralism Project at 25: Diversity and Inclusion in the American Crucible,” a conference featuring conversations about the critical challenges and opportunities religious diversity poses today. In this keynote, Imam Khalid Latif and Rabbi Yehuda Sarna lead a dialogue on religious diversity and inclusion. “The Pluralism Project at 25: Diversity and Inclusion in the American Crucible” is part of Harvard Divinity School Bicentennial celebrations. From August 2016 through May 2017, HDS will celebrate 200 years of excellence in the study of religion and look ahead to its future. Learn more at http://hds.harvard.edu/about/hds-bicentennial. Learn more about Harvard Divinity School and its mission to illuminate, engage, and serve at http://hds.harvard.edu/.

For twenty-five years, the Pluralism Project at Harvard has studied the changing religious landscape of the United States. Join us as we mark this milestone with “The Pluralism Project at 25: Diversity and Inclusion in the American Crucible,” a conference featuring conversations about the critical challenges and opportunities religious diversity poses today. In this panel, Zaheer Ali, Chloe Breyer, Nancy Khalil, and Harpreet Singh discuss challenges of diversity and inclusion. “The Pluralism Project at 25: Diversity and Inclusion in the American Crucible” is part of Harvard Divinity School Bicentennial celebrations. From August 2016 through May 2017, HDS will celebrate 200 years of excellence in the study of religion and look ahead to its future. Learn more at http://hds.harvard.edu/about/hds-bicentennial. Learn more about Harvard Divinity School and its mission to illuminate, engage, and serve at http://hds.harvard.edu/.

For twenty-five years, the Pluralism Project at Harvard has studied the changing religious landscape of the United States. Join us as we mark this milestone with “The Pluralism Project at 25: Diversity and Inclusion in the American Crucible,” a conference featuring conversations about the critical challenges and opportunities religious diversity poses today. In this panel, Anurima Bhargava, Greg McGonigle, Janet Penn, Brendan Randall, Neelima Shukla-Bhatt discuss religious diversity on campuses. “The Pluralism Project at 25: Diversity and Inclusion in the American Crucible” is part of Harvard Divinity School Bicentennial celebrations. From August 2016 through May 2017, HDS will celebrate 200 years of excellence in the study of religion and look ahead to its future. Learn more at http://hds.harvard.edu/about/hds-bicentennial. Learn more about Harvard Divinity School and its mission to illuminate, engage, and serve at http://hds.harvard.edu/.

Former directors, residents, and students of the Center for the Study of World Religions discuss the different eras of the Center’s history of studying religion. Speakers include Khytie Brown, PhD student in the Department of African and African American Studies at Harvard University with a primary field in Religion; William A. Graham, Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor, Murray A. Albertson Professor of Middle Eastern Studies (FAS), and Member of the Faculty of Divinity at HDS; Anne E. Monius, Professor of South Asian Religions at HDS; David Mozina, Assistant Professor, Department of Theology, Boston College; and Peter Slater, fellow emeritus, Professor of Theology, Trinity College at University of Toronto. Learn more about Harvard Divinity School and its mission to illuminate, engage, and serve at http://hds.harvard.edu/.

On August 30, former HDS Dean George Rupp delivered the 2016 Convocation address. Harvard University President Drew Faust offered welcoming remarks. Learn more about Harvard Divinity School and its mission to illuminate, engage, and serve at http://hds.harvard.edu/.

A panel of HDS faculty launches the bicentennial of HDS by discussing the outcome of the 200-year history of the School: a multireligious divinity school. The panel includes Dean David N. Hempton, Associate Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs Janet Gyatso, Professor Diana Eck, Professor David Lamberth, Professor Jacob Olupona, Professor Stephanie Paulsell, and Professor Ahmed Ragab. Learn more about Harvard Divinity School and its mission to illuminate, engage, and serve at http://hds.harvard.edu/.

WSRP Research Associates share their thoughts on the ethical responsibility of scholars to be engaged in the study of gender.

Religions and the Practice of Peace (RPP) Colloquium presents: Dr. R. Scott Appleby, Dean of Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame, presented "Integral Human Development and the Moral Imagination: Implications for Religion, Development, and Peacebuilding," on January 28, 2016. The event was moderated by HDS Dean David N. Hempton, Alonzo L. McDonald Family Professor of Evangelical Theological Studies and John Lord O'Brian Professor of Divinity. With generous support from the El-Hibri Foundation. Learn more about Harvard Divinity School and its mission to illuminate, engage, and serve at http://hds.harvard.edu/.

Congratulations to the Harvard Divinity School class of 2016, who received their diplomas during the HDS Diploma Awarding Ceremony on May 26, 2016. Erez Golan, MTS ’16, gave the student address. Learn more about Harvard Divinity School and its mission to illuminate, engage, and serve at http://hds.harvard.edu/.

Graduating HDS students, their families, faculty, and staff participated in the 2016 Multireligious Commencement Service on May 25, 2016. Kimberley C. Patton, Professor of the Comparative and Historical Study of Religion, gave the faculty address. Learn more about Harvard Divinity School and its mission to illuminate, engage, and serve at www.hds.harvard.edu.

Helmut Koester, John H. Morison Professor of New Testament Studies and Winn Professor of Ecclesiastical History Emeritus, passed away on New Year’s Day, 2016, at age 89. Koester was a leading scholar in the history of Christianity, New Testament exegesis and theology, the religions of the ancient Roman world, and archeology. HDS faculty and friends remembered Professor Koester during a memorial service on May 6, 2016.

Dr. Marc Gopin presents “The Ethical and Spiritual Foundations of Judaic Conflict Resolution Practice and Peacebuilding: A Thirty Year Journey.” Dr. Elizabeth H. Prodromou presents “Orthodox Christianity, Humanitarianism, and Peacebuilding: Crisis, Sustainability, Human Security." Jocelyne Cesari mediates the conversation. Learn more about Harvard Divinity School and its mission to illuminate, engage, and serve at http://hds.harvard.edu/.

Following the award ceremony on April 7, 2013 for the Peter J. Gomes STB '68 Memorial Honors, the alumni honorees formed a panel of speakers for the final installment of this year's Divinity Dialogues. The panelists were Cynthia L. G. Kane, MDiv '96, Lieutenant Commander in the Chaplain Corps of the United States Navy; Valarie K. Kaur, MTS '07, activist, filmmaker, and lawyer; Betsee Parker, MDiv '85 an Episcopal priest whose philanthropy supports education, community development, and public health in Africa; and Dean of the Howard University School of Divinity, Alton B. Pollard III, MDiv '81. Learn more about Harvard Divinity School and its mission to illuminate, engage, and serve at http://hds.harvard.edu/.

Dr. Leah Gunning Francis discusses “A Boy, A Wrestler and the Racialized Imaginiation: (En)Countering Narrative in Ferguson and Beyond.” Rev. Dr. David Anderson Hooker presents on “Transforming Historical Harms: Performing Historical and Spiritual Narratives to Transform Race, Privilege, Fear, and Faith.” The event will be moderated by Catherine Brekus, Charles Warren Professor of the History of Religion in America. Co-sponsored by the Racial Justice and Healing Initiative at Harvard Divinity School. With generous support from the El-Hibri Foundation. Learn more about Harvard Divinity School and its mission to illuminate, engage, and serve at http://hds.harvard.edu/.