# Named Lecture Series ## expand\_more Harvard Divinity School’s endowed lectureships have a long history of enriching our intellectual community and extending the reach of important ideas. We host four named lectures, which are recommended by faculty and chosen by the Dean in consultation with Faculty Council. ## Ingersoll Lectures **Frequency**: Annually, between May and December **Theme:** The “Immortality of Man” The Ingersoll Lectures were initiated by Harvard president Charles W. Eliot in 1896 with funding from the bequest of Caroline Haskell Ingersoll (d. 1893). Caroline Ingersoll’s gift carried out the wishes of her father, Harvard alumnus Rev. George Goldthwaite Ingersoll. Rev. Ingersoll was born in Boston in 1796 and led parishes in Vermont, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire until his death in 1863. Caroline Ingersoll stipulated that the lecture ‘not form a part of the usual college course’ and was ‘not to be delivered by any Professor or Tutor as part of his usual routine of instruction.’ The Ingersoll lecture was to be given once a year; the choice of the lecturer was not to be restricted to any one denomination or profession. Ingersoll further directed that the lecture should be made available to the public gratis in written form. This fund was increased by a bequest of Mary S. Rauber. ### Past Ingersoll Lectures expand\_more SortDateSpeakerTitlePublishedURL1896 Gordon, George A. Immortality and the New Theodicy Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1897. 1897-98 James, William Human Immortality. Two Supposed Objections to the Doctrine Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1899. 1898-99 Wheeler, Benjamin Ide Dionysos and Immortality. The Greek Faith in Immortality as affected by the Rise of Individualism Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1899. 1899 Royce, Josiah The Conception of lmmortality Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1900. Republished by Greenwood Press, 1968 and by Scholarly Press, 1970. 1900 Fiske, John Life Everlasting Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1901. 1901-1902 none 1902-1903 none 1904 Osler, William Science and Immortality Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1904. 1905 Crothers, Samuel McChord The Endless Life Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1905. Also London: Archibald Constable, 1906. 1906 Dole, Charles Fletcher The Hope of lmmortality New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1906. 1906 Ostwald, Wilhelm Individuality and Immortality (Buddhism and Immortality?) Boston, Houghton, Mifflin, 1906. 1907 none 1908 Bigelow, William Sturgis Buddhism and Immortality Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1908. 1909 Dickinson, G. Lowes Is Immortality Desirable? Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1909. (Note: Lecture incorrectly dated as 1908.) 1910 none 1911 Reisner, George Andrew The Egyptian Conception of lmmortality Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1912. 1912 Palmer, George Herbert Intimations of lmmortality in the Sonnets of Shakespeare Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin, 1912. [Also in HTR 7:2 (April 1914) 27-277] 1913 none 1914 Moore, George Foot Metempsychosis Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1914. [Also in HTR v. 9, no. 2 (April 1960): 239-241.] 1915 none 1916 none 1917 none 1918 Moore, Clifford Herschel Pagan Ideas of Immortality During the Early Roman Empire Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1918. 1919 none 1920 Brown, Charles Reynolds Living Again Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1920. 1921 Fenn, William Wallace Immortality and Theism Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1921. 1922 Lake, Kirsopp Immortality and the Modern Mind Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1922. 1923 Horr, George Edwin The Christian Faith and Eternal Life Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1923. 1924 Cabot, Philip The Sense of lmmortality Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1924. 1925 Brightman, Edgar Sheffield Immortality in Post-Kantian Idealism Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1925. 1926 Kruger, Gustav The Immortality of Man According to the Views of the Men of the Enlightenment Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1927. 1927 Fosdick, Harry Emerson Spiritual Values and Eternal Life Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1927. 1928 Lyman, Eugene Williams The Meaning of Selfhood and Faith in Immortality Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1928. 1929 Mackenzie, W. Douglas Man's Consciousness of lmmortality Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1929. 1930 Falconer, Robert A. The Idea of lmmortality and Western Civilization Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1930. 1931 Bixler, Julius Seele Immortality and the Present Mood Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931. 1932 Montague, Wm. Pepperell The Chances of Surviving Death Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1934. 1933 Mathews, Shailer Immortality and the Cosmic Process Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1933. 1934 Clark, Walter Eugene Indian Conceptions oflmmortality Cambrige: Harvard University Press, 1934. 1935 Dodd, C.H. The Communion of Saints Harvard Divinity School Bulletin v. 1 (1935-36): 7- 21. 1936 Hocking, William Ernest Meanings of Death Published with his "Meanings of Life" as Thoughts on Death and Life. Harper, 1937. (The text has been expanded form the original lectures.) 1937 Kittredge, George Lyman The Old Teutonic Idea of the Future Life Harvard Divinity School Bulletin v. 3 (1937-38): 5-25. 1938 Rostovtzeff, Michael Ivanovich The Mentality ofthe Hellenistic World and the After-Life Harvard Divinity School Bulletin v. 4 (1938-39): 5-25. 1939 none 1940 Pratt, James Bissett The Implications of Selfhood Harvard Divinity School Bulletin v. 6 (1940-41): 5-18. 1941 Whitehead, Alfred North Immortality Harvard Divinity School Bulletin v. 7 (1941-42): 5-21. Reprinted in Whitehead's Essays in Science and Philosophy (New York: Philosophical Library, 1947) 77-96; an din Ruth Nanda Anshen, ed. Alfred North Whitehead: His Reflections on Man and Nature (NY: Harper, 1961) 157-77. 1942 Steere, Douglas V. Death's Illumination of Life Harvard Divinity School Bulletin v. 8 (1942-43): 5-28. Reprinted in his On Beginning from Within (New York: Harper, 1943) 115-149. 1943 Jones, Rufus Matthew The Spell of lmmortality Harvard Divinity School Bulletin v. 9 (1943-44): 5-25. Reprinted in Jones' The Radiant Life (New York: Macmillan, 1944) 109-137. 1944 Finkelstein, Louis The Jewish Doctrine of Human Immortality Harvard Divinity School Bulletin v. 10 (1944-45): 5-34. 1945 Shih, Hu The Concept of lmmortality in Chinese Thought Harvard Divinity School Bulletin v. 11 (1945-46): 23-42. 1946 Holmes, John Haynes The Affirmation of lmmortality Harvard Divinity School Bulletin v. 12 (1946-47): 5-27. Also published separately with the same title (New York: Macmillan, 1947.) 1947 Thurman, Howard The Negro Spiritual Speaks of Life and Death Harvard Divinity School Bulletin v. 13 (1947-48): 5-25. Also published separately with the same title (New York: Harper, 1947.) 1948 Kluckhohn, Clyde Kay Maben Conceptions of Death Among the Southwestern Indians Harvard Divinity School Bulletin v. 14 (1948-49): 5-19. 1949 Aubrey, Edwin Ewart Immortality and Purpose Harvard Divinity School Bulletin v. 15 (1949-50): 5-21. 1950 Dodd, Charles Harold Eternal Life Harvard Divinity School Bulletin v. 16 (1950-51): 5-15. 1951 Florovsky, Georges The Resurrection of Life Harvard Divinity School Bulletin v. 17 (1951-52): 5-26. 1952 Stefansson, Vilhjalmur The Mackenzie River-Coronation Gulf Eskimos: Their Concept of the Spirit World, and of lmmortality Harvard Divinity School Bulletin v. 18 (1952-53): 5-28. 1953 Sperry, Willard Learoyd Approaches to the Idea of lmmortality Harvard Divinity School Bulletin v. 19 (1953-54): 5-21. 1954 Wedel, Theodore Otto The Community of Faith as the Agent of Salvation Harvard Divinity School Bulletin v. 20 (1954-55): 7-18. Reprinted in his The Pulpit Rediscovers Theology(GreenwichCT: Seabury, 1956) 159-177. 1955 Cullmann, Oscar Immortality of the Soul and the Resurrection of the Dead: the Witness of the New Testament Harvard Divinity School Bulletin v. 21 (1955-56): 5-36. Also published in French with the title: Immortalite de l'ame ou Resurrection des morts? (Neuchatel: Delachaux & Niestle, 1956) and in England with the title: Immortality of the Soul and Resurrection of the Dead? The Witness of the New Testament (London: Epworth, 1958.) A German edition of the lecture was published in the Festschrift to Karl Barth: "Festgabe fur Karl Barth zum 70. Gebrutstag I," Theologische Zeitschrift 12 (1956) 126-56, and a summary appeare din the french periodical Verbum Caro 9 (1956) 58-78. Reprinted in Immortality and Resurrection edited by Krister Stendhl (New York: Macmillan, 1965) 9-53. 1956 Wolfson, Harry Austryn Immortality and the Resurrection in the Philosophy of the Church Fathers Harvard Divinity School Bulletin v. 22 (1956-57): 7-40. Reprinted in Wolfson's Religious Philosophy (Cambridge: Belknap, 1961) 69-103 and in Immortality and Resurrection edited by Krister Stendahl (New York: Macmillan, 1965) 54-96. In 1964 Wolfson replied to critics of this essay in an article entitled Notes on Patristic Philosophy, HTR 57 (1964) 119-131. 1957 Hofmann, Hans Immortality or Life Harvard Divinity School Bulletin v. 23 (1957-58): 5-25. 1958 Jaeger, Werner The Greek Ideas of lmmortality Harvard Theological Review v. 52 (1959): 135-147. Reprinted in Immortality and Resurrection edited by Krister Stendahl (New York: Macmillan, 1965) 97-114. 1959 Cadbury, Henry J. Intimations oflmmortality in the Thought of Jesus Harvard Theological Review v. 53 (1960), 1-26. Reprinted in Immortality and Resurrection edited Krister Stendahl (New York: Macmillan, 1965) 115-149. 1960 Knox, John The Hope of Glory Harvard Divinity Bulletin v. 24 (April 1960): 9-19. This lecture is an abridgement and adaptation of his book Christ and the Hope of Glory (New York: Abingdon, 1960.) 1961 Jonas, Hans Immortality and the Modern Temper Harvard Theological Review v. 55 (1962): 1-20. 1962 Tillich, Paul Symbols of Eternal Life Harvard Divinity Bulletin v. 26 (April 1962): 1-10. Also in Pastoral Psychology v. 16 (April 1965): 13-20. 1963 Pelikan, Jaroslav Immortal Man and Mortal God Printed as chapter two with the title Origenism: Finality Transmuted in his The Finality of Jesus Christ in an Age of Universal History (Richmond, VA: Knox, 1966) 19-30. 1964 Wilder, Amos Niven Mortality and Contemporary Literature Harvard Theological Review v. 58 (1965): 1-20. 1965 Voegelin, Eric Immortality: Experience and Symbol Harvard Theological Review v. 60 (1967): 235-279. 1966 Smith, Wilfred Cantwell Eternal Life not published 1967 Moltmann, Jurgen Resurrection as Hope Harvard Theological Review v. 61 (1968): 129-147. 1968 Pahnke, Walter N. The Psychedelic Mystical Experience in the Human Encounter with Death Harvard Theological Review v. 62 (1969): 1-21. In the same issue Henry K. Beecher, "Response to the Ingersoll Lecture by a Physician," 21-26 and Gordon D. Kaufman, "Response to the Ingersoll Lecture by a Thologian," 26-32. 1969 none 1970 Ross, Elisabeth Kubler On Death and Dying not published 1971 Mills, Liston O. The Gift of Presence not published. Synopsis in Harvard Divinity Bulletin 2 (Nov 1971):3. 1969 essay "Pastoral Care of the Dying and the Bereaved" in Perspectives on Death (Abington Press, Nashville, 1969) 253-283. 1972 none 1973 none 1974 none 1975 none 1976 none 1977 Smith, Jane I. Reflections on Aspects of lmmortality in Islam Harvard Theological Review v. 70 (1977): 85-98. See also "Jane Smith shares fruits of her research into concepts ofthe afterlife in Islam," Harvard Divinity Bulletin 7 (April1977) 2-3. 1977 Hick, John Present and Future Life Harvard Theological Review v. 71 (1978), 1-15. 1978 none 1979 none 1980 none 1981 Turner, Victor Images of Anti-Temporality: An Essay in the Anthropology of Experience Harvard Theological Review v. 75 (1982): 243-265. 1982 none 1983 Pannenberg, Wolfhart Constructive and Critical Functions of Christian Eschatology Harvard Theological Review v. 77 (1984): 119-139. 1984 Marty, Martin E. Hell Disappeared. No One Noticed. A Civic Argument Harvard Theological Review v. 78 (1985): 381-398. See also: "Who Needs Hell?" Harvard Divinity Bulletin v. 15 (December 1984- January 1985): 2. 1985 Lifton, Robert Jay The Future of lmmortality Printed as chapter one in his The Future of lmmortality and Other Essays for a Nuclear Age. (New York: Basic Books, 1987) 10-27. 1986 none 1987 Cobb, John B., Jr. The Resurrection of the Soul Harvard Theological Review v. 80 (1987): 213-227. 1988 Smith, Wilfred Cantwell Transcendence Harvard Divinity Bulletin v. 18 (Fall 1988): 10-15. 3/2/89 Bynum, Carolyn Walker Bodily Miracles and the Resurrection of the Body in the High Middle Ages "Bodily miracles and the resurrection of the body in the high Middle Ages." In Belief in history, 68-106. Notre Dame, Ind: Univ of Notre Dame Pr, 1991. 1990 Gould, Stephen Jay The Only Thing an Evolutionary Biologist Can Say About Immortality Gould decided not to have it published/printed 1991 Sullivan, Lawrence 3 Lectures: "Death at Harvard," "Death in American, "Deaths and Afterlifes in Global Perspectives" not published. Interview: "Crossing Cultures and Disciplines" Harvard Divinity Bulletin 20 No. 3 (1990-1991) 12-15. 1992 none 1993 Wright Edelman, Marian Leave No Child Behind Harvard Divinity Bulletin v. 22 (Spring 1993): 8-13. 1994 Mann, Jonathan (M.D.) Health, Society and Human Rights Harvard Divinity Bulletin v. 23 (Spring/Summer 1994): 8-12. 1995 Katz, Steven The Shoah and Historical Memory Harvard Divinity Bulletin v. 24, no. 4 (1995): 6-9. 1996 Tumarkin, Nina Russia and the Theopolitics of Immortality Harvard Divinity Bulletin v. 25, no. 4 (1996), 8-11. 1997 Douglas, Mary An Anthropology of the Afterlife Harvard Divinity Bulletin v. 26, no. 4 (1997): 20-23. 1998 Doniger, Wendy The Immortal Foot: The Theological Implications of Standing Upright Harvard Divinity Bulletin v. 27, noo. 2/3 (1998): 16-21. 1998 Marion, Jean Luc The Face: An Endless Hermeneutics Excerpt in Harvard Divinity Bulletin v. 28, no. 2/3 (1999): 9-10. 3/?/2000 Zaleski, Carol In Defense of lmmortality Harvard Divinity Bulletin v. 29, mo. 2 (2000): 12-17. 2000 Schimmel, Annemarie Heaven is No Holiday: Ideas on Immortality and Eternal Life in the Islamic Tradition not published 2001 Smith, Huston Intimations of Mortality: Three Case Studies Harvard Divinity Bulletin Winter (2001-02): 12-15. 11/7/02 Callahan, Daniel The Desire for Eternal Life: Scientific Versus Religious Visions Harvard Divinity Bulletin Spring 31 no. 2 (2003): 13-17. [Lecture Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buxNDrj_woc) 2003-2004 none 10/28/04 Lopez, Donald Meditations on the Immortality of the Buddha not published [Lecture Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AA_YAmxm5UQ) 11/10/05 Armstrong, Karen Is Immortality Important? Harvard Divinity Bulletin v. 43, no. 1 (Winter 2006). [Lecture Video](https://news-archive.hds.harvard.edu/multimedia/video/is-immortality-important) [Lecture Text](https://bulletin.hds.harvard.edu/is-immortality-important/) 10/19/06 Cone, James Strange Fruit: The Cross and the Lynching Tree Harvard Divinity Bulletin v. 35, no. 1 (Winter 2007). [Lecture Video](https://bulletin.hds.harvard.edu/strange-fruit/) 10/30/08 Batnitzky, Leora From Resurrection to Immortality: Theological and Political Implications in Modern Jewish Thought Harvard Theological Review v. 102, no. 3 (July 2009): 279-296. [Lecture Text](https://www.jstor.org/stable/40390018) 12/8/09 Bovon, François The Soul's Comeback: Immortality and Resurrection in Early Christianity Harvard Theological Review v. 103, no. 4 (Oct 2010): 387-406. [Lecture Text](https://www.jstor.org/stable/40930894) 11/4/10 Raboteau, Albert Memory Eternal: The Presence of the Dead in Orthodox Christian Piety [Lecture Video](https://news-archive.hds.harvard.edu/news/2010/11/04/video-memory-eternal-presence-dead-orthodox-christian-piety) 11/3/11 Desjarlais, Robert Cessation and Continuity: Poiesis in Life and Death among Nepal's Yolmo Buddhists Similar article in Harvard Divinity Bulletin v .40, no. 1/2 (Winter/Spring 2012) can't find hard copy [Lecture Video](https://news-archive.hds.harvard.edu/multimedia/video/2011-ingersoll-lecture-on-immortality) 12/11/12 Morrison, Toni Goodness: Altruism and the Literary Imagination [Lecture Video](https://news-archive.hds.harvard.edu/news/2012/12/11/goodness-altruism-and-literary-imagination) 2013 None (Seamus Heaney was invited, but unfortunately passed away the preceding summer.) 11/5/14 Banks, Russell Feeding Moloch: The Sacrifice of Children on the Altar of Capitalism [Lecture Video](/news/2014/11/05feeding-moloch-sacrifice-children-altar-capitalism "Video: Feeding Moloch: The Sacrifice of Children on the Altar of Capitalism ") 4/27/17 Robinson, Marilynne Old Souls, New World Not available online due to permission issues 4/28/18 Williams, Terry Tempest The Liturgy of Home Harvard Divinity Bulletin, v.46, nos. 1 & 2 (Spring/Summer 2018) [Lecture Video](/news/video-liturgy-home-terry-tempest-williams "Video: The Liturgy of Home: Terry Tempest Williams") 9/6/18 Atul Gawande A Conversation on Being Mortal with Dr. Atul Gawande and Dean David N. Hempton [Lecture Video ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjJXX2O3B3w) 2019 none due to COVID pandemic 2020 none none none none 2021 none none none none 2022 none none none none 2023 none none none none ## William James Lectures **Frequency:** Annually **Theme:** *The Varieties of Religious Experience* with reference to the scholarship of William James Harvard Divinity School inaugurated the annual William James Lectures on Religious Experience on October 14, 1970 A 1968 gift from the John Lindsley Fund established the William James Lectures at the Harvard Divinity School, inspired by Thayer Lindsley’s long-standing interest in William James as a teacher and in his religious ideas, especially James’ book *The Varieties of Religious Experience*. Thayer Lindsley (1882-1976) graduated from Harvard College in 1903 and was one of the 20th Century's most prominent mine developers. ### Past William James Lectures expand\_more SortDateSpeakerTitlePublishedFall 1970 Pro-seminar (10/14/1970) Strout, Cushing "Morbidibity, Mind Cure, and 'Methodism': The Varieties of Religious Experience" Strout, Cushing. “[The Pluralistic Identity of William James: A Psycho-Historical Reading of ‘The Varieties of Religious Experience.’](https://doi.org/10.2307/2711922)” American Quarterly 23, no. 2 (1971): 135–52. Fall 1970 Pro-seminar Richardson, Herbert W. "The Secret of the Third Wish" Fall 1970 Pro-seminar Fingarette, Herbert "The Unconscious and the Ineffable" Fall 1970 Pro-seminar Slater, Philip E. "Autarchy, Anxiety, and Effigy" Fall 1970 Pro-seminar (12/16/1970) Coles, Robert "Psychological Sanctity and Social Protest" Coles, Robert. “'What Is Right, What Has to Be Done'.” Harvard Today, March 1971. Fall 1970 Pro-seminar Lifton, Robert Jay "Prophetic Survivors" Lifton, Robert Jay. “Prophetic Survivors.” Essay. In The Future of Immortality and Other Essays for a Nuclear Age, 160–70. New York: Basic Books, 1987. Spring 1971 Pro-seminar Ulanov, Ann B. "The Birth of Otherness" Ulanov, Ann B. “The Birth of Otherness.” Religion in Life XII, no. 2 (April 1973): 301–21. Ulanov, Ann Belford. “The Birth of Otherness: the Feminine Elements of Being and the Religious Life.” Essay. In Receiving Woman: Studies in the Psychology and Theology of the Feminine. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1981. Spring 1971 Pro-seminar Bakan, David "Paternity and Infanticide in the Judeo-Christian Tradition" Spring 1971 Pro-seminar Homans, Peter "Instrumentality and Creativity in Psychology and Religion" Spring 1971 Pro-seminar Ruether, Rosemary "Male Chauvinist Theology and the Anger of Women" Ruether, Rosemary Radford. “[Male Chauvinist Theology and the Anger of Women](http://www.jstor.org/stable/24457579).” CrossCurrents 21, no. 2 (1971): 173–85. Spring 1971 Pro-seminar Rogers, William R. "Conjunctio: Intimacy, Independence, and Isolation" Spring 1971 Pro-seminar Heschel, Abraham "Kierkegaard and Hasidism: A Comparison" 1971-1972 Bojar, Samuel "On Caring" 1972-1973 None 1974-1975 Hillman, James "The Mythology of Psychopathology and the Psychopathology of Mythology" 1974-1975 Satinover, Jeffrey "Metaphor and the Imagination", "The Mythology of Giftedness" and "Religious Transformation" 1975-1976 Fackenheim, Emil L. "After the Holocaust or Theology on Trial" 1976-1977 None 1977-1978 None 1978-1979 None 1979-1980 None 1980-1981 None 1981-1982 None 1982-1983 None 1983-1984 None 1984-1985 None 1985-1986 None 1986-1987 None 11/12/87 Proudfoot, Wayne “God’s Claims and Human Claims” Revised and published as "[From theology to a science of religions : Jonathan Edwards and William James on religious affections.](https://www.jstor.org/stable/1509641)" in Harvard Theological Review 82, no. 2 (April 1, 1989): 149-168. 4/24/89 Mottahedeh, Roy "God’s Claim and Human Claims: An Islamic Analogue to Sacred and Secular" Not published 3/6/90 Nussbaum, Martha “Transcending Humanity” Love's Knowledge (New York : Oxford University Press, 1990.): 365-391. 12/6/90 Putnam, Hilary “Ultimate Questions” Not published 11/7/91 West, Cornel "Democracy and the Christian Tragic Sense of Life" An excerpt of this lecture was published in Religion & Values In Public Life: West, Cornel. "Cornel West on Jefferson and democracy: the cure for the ills of democracy is more democracy." Religion & Values In Public Life (Harvard Divinity Bulletin) 1, no. 3 (March 1, 1993): 2. 1992-1993 None 12/2/93 Waltzer, Michael "Biblical Wisdom: The Value and Limits of Political Prudence" mentioned, Harvard Divinity Bulletin v.23, no. 1 (1993): 23. 10/27/94 Yearley, Lee H. "Taoist Wandering and the Adventure of Religious Ethics" Harvard Divinity Bulletin v. 24, no. 2 (1995): 11-15. 3/21/96 Smith, Jonathan Z. "A Matter of Class" [Harvard Theological Review v. 89, no. 4 (Oct 1996):387-403.](https://www.jstor.org/stable/1509924) 3/6/97 Kleinman, Arthur "Everything That Really Matters" Harvard Divinity Bulletin v. 26, no. 4 (1997): 11-17. Fall 1998 Geertz, Clifford "The Pinch of Destiny: Religion as Experience, Meaning, Identity, Power" Harvard Divinity Bulletin v.27, no.4 (1998): 7-12. 3/18/99 Taylor, Charles "Transformations in Religious Experience" Harvard Divinity Bulletin v. 28, no. 4 (1999): 19-20. 4/13/00 Niebuhr, Richard R. "Adding to the Universe's Value" Not published 5/3/01 Levinson, Henry S. "Festive Naturalism and 'The Legends of the Jews'" Harvard Divinity Bulletin v. 30, no. 2 (Summer/Fall 2001): 5-10 3/21/02 Taves, Ann "William James as Religious Theorist" Not published 3/20/03 Ashton, John “The Religious Experience of Jesus” Harvard Divinity Bulletin v. 32, no. 1 (Fall/Winter 2003): 17-20. 4/22/04 Obeyesekere, Gananath “The Buddhist Meditative Askesis: Probing the Visionary Experience” Harvard Divinity Bulletin v. 32, no. 3 (Summer 2004): 7-10 3/10/05 McGinn, Bernard “Visions and Visualizations in the Here and Hereafter” [Harvard Theological Review v. 98, no. 3 (July 2005): 227-246.](https://www.jstor.org/stable/4125214) 4/20/06 Baker-Fletcher, Karen “Dancing with God in a World of Crucifixion” 4/18/07 Hage, Ghassan “This is Not a Religious Experience: Muslims in the West and the Specter of Extermination” 4/10/08 Spivak, Gyatri Chakravorty “Imagination, Not Culture: A Singular Example” 4/23/09 Griffiths, Paul “Experience Attenuated: The Proper End of Liturgical Life” 5/6/10 McDermott, John J. “A Jamesian Personage: The Fringe as Messaging to the ‘Sick Soul’” 10/27/10 Simon, Linda "William James's Transitions" 12/9/11 Kleinman, Arthur “The Unfulfilled, Yet Not Unfulfillable, Quest for Moral Wisdom in Academic Life: Why William James Still Matters” 4/25/13 Carrette, Jeremy "William James on Love: The Varieties, Intimacy, and the Divine" [Lecture Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBgLUZGzgyo) 2/13/14 Luhrmann, Tanya Marie "William James in Accra" 3/30/15 Leonard, Bill "Dull Habit or Acute Fever? William James and the Protestant Conversion Crisis" 3/9/17 Pinn, Anthony "The Problem Soul and Life Without Appeal" [Lecture Video](https://news-archive.hds.harvard.edu/news/2017/03/09/video-problem-soul-and-life-without-appeal) 3/28/18 Butler, Judith "Death Drive: Organic Pacifism. Reconsidering Freud and Einstein for the Present" 5/1/19 Chakrabarty, Dipesh "The Planet: An Emergent Matter of Spiritual Concern?" [Lecture Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DDYdIVLss4&t=329s) 2/2/23 Kaag, John "William James and the Sick Soul" [Lecture Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z80EnEs-4oI) ## Dudleian Lectureship **Frequency:** Annually **Theme:** A rotating schedule between natural religion, revealed religion, Roman Catholicism, and Presbyterian or Congregational Ordination. Paul Dudley was born on September 3, 1675, in Roxbury, Massachusetts. He was the son of Governor Joseph Dudley and the grandson of Governor Thomas Dudley, one of the colony’s founders. After graduating from The Roxbury Latin School, Paul Dudley attended Harvard University, graduating at the age of 15 in 1690. He studied law at the Temple in London and later served as the Attorney General of Massachusetts from 1702 to 1718. Dudley was a member of the Royal Society of London, and he contributed several papers on the natural history of New England to the *Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society*, its scientific journal. He became the Associate Justice of the Superior Court of Judicature from 1718 to 1745, before becoming the Chief Justice from 1745 until his death in 1751. Dudley left a bequest to Harvard University in 1751 to fund an annual lecture, making the Dudleian Lecture one of Harvard's oldest foundations. Dudley provided the fund so that a series of four topics would be addressed on a rotating basis, addressing one of the following topics per year: 1) Natural Religion, 2) Revealed Religion, 3) Roman Catholicism, and 4) Presbyterian or Congregational Ordination. As detailed in the [Report of the Presidential Committee on Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery](https://legacyofslavery.harvard.edu/report), Paul Dudley benefited financially from human slavery and enslaved at least two people of African descent. Dudley also fully participated in the anti-Catholic prejudices prevalent in his culture. These historical realities will be considered carefully when selecting lecturers, whose work may help shine a light on past harms or provide resources for a more just future. ### Past Dudleian Lectures expand\_more SortDateSpeakerThemeTitleTextPublished00/00/1755 Holyoke, Edward Natural Religion The Proof of Natural Religion Heb. 11:6 Not published, manuscript in library 06/23/1756 Barnard, John Revealed Religion A Proof of Jesus Christ, his being the ancient promised Messiah Mark 14:61-62 Boston: Printed and sold by J. Draper, in Cornhill, 1756. 05/11/1757 Wigglesworth, Edward The Romish Church/Errors of Popery Some Thoughts upon the Spirit of Infallibility, Claimed by the Church of Rome I John 4:1 Boston: John Draper, 1757. 08/30/1758 Appleton, Nathaniel Validity of Non-Episcopal Ordination The Safety and Validity of Presbyterian Ordination supported by Scripture arguments Isa. 8:20 Not published, manuscript in library 05/09/1759 Gay, Ebenezer Natural Religion Natural Religion as Distinguished from Revealed Rom. 2:14-15 Boston: John Draper, 1759. 05/14/1760 Wigglesworth, Samuel Revealed Religion [Untitled] I Cor. 1:21 Boston; New-England: Printed and sold by John Draper, in Cornhill, MDCCLVII. [1757] 05/13/1761 Foxcroft, Thomas The Romish Church The Pope's Supremacy, an Usurpation Mark 10:43 Not published, manuscript in library 05/12/1762 Chauncy, Charles Validity of Non-Episcopal Ordination The Validity of Presbytyerian Ordination asserted and maintained. With an appendix giving a brief historical account of the epistles ascribed to Ignatius, and exhibiting the reasons why they ought not to be depended on as uncorrupted works I Tim. 4:14 Boston: Richard Draper, 1762. 05/11/1763 Clark, Peter Natural Religion Man's dignity and duty as a reasonable creature; and his insufficiency as a fallen creature Job 35:10-11 Boston: Richard and Samuel Draper, 1763. 08/29/1764 Abbot, Hull Revealed Religion [Untitled] Zech. 4:6; Rom. 10:18 Not published, manuscript in library 05/08/1765 Mayhew, Jonathan The Romish Church/Errors of Popery Popish Idolatry: A Discourse Delivered in the Chapel of Harvard-College in Cambridge, New England, May 8, 1765 2 Cor. 6:16 Boston: R & S Draper, Edes, & Gill, and T. and J. Fleet, 1765. 00/00/1766 Pemberton, Ebenezer Validity of Non-Episcopal Ordination Validity of Presbyterian Ordination Acts 20:28 Not published, manuscript in library 05/13/1767 Cooke, Samuel Natural Religion [Untitled] Rom. 1:19-20 Not published, manuscript in library 05/11/1768 Barnard, Thomas Revealed Religion The Power of God, the Proof of Christianity 1 Cor. 2:5 Salem [Mass.]: Printed by Samuel Hall, at his printing-office (newly opened) nearly opposite to the late Rev. Mr. Huntington's meeting-house., M.DCC.LXVIII. 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Fleet, 1779. 09/03/1780 Barnes, Rev. David Revealed Religion [Untitled] John 20:31 Not published, manuscript in library 09/05/1781 Gordon, William The Romish Church/Errors of Popery The Doctrine of Transubstantiation Considered and Refuted Matt. 26:26 Not published, manuscript in library 09/04/1782 West, Samuel Validity of Non-Episcopal Ordination The Validity of Ordination by Presbyters Proved Matt. 28:18-20 Not published, manuscript in library 09/03/1783 Hemenway, Moses Natural Religion A Discourse on the Evidences and Uses of Natural Religion Prov. 20:27 Not published, manuscript in library 09/01/1784 Payson, Phillips Revealed Religion [Untitled] Acts 26:25 Not published, manuscript in library 09/07/1785 Willard, Joseph (President, Harvard College) The Romish Church/Errors of Popery Persecution Opposite to the Genius of the Gospel Luke 9:55-56 Not published, manuscript in library 09/06/1786 Symmes, William Validity of Non-Episcopal Ordination [Untitled] Mark 7:7-8 Not published, manuscript in library 09/05/1787 Howard, Simeon Natural Religion A Discourse on Natural Religion Acts 17:28 Not published, manuscript in library 09/03/1788 Hilliard, Timothy Revealed Religion [Untitled] Rom. 1:4 Boston: Printed by Edmund Freeman opposite the north door of the State-House, M,DCC,LXXXVIII. 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Zabdiel Validity of Non-Episcopal Ordination A Discourse on the Validity of Presbyterian Ordination 1 Cor. 14:40 Not published, manuscript in library 09/03/1795 Barnard, Thomas Natural Religion A Discourse on Natural Religion Acts 14:14-57 [Boston] : Printed by Samuel Hall, no. 53 Cornhill, Boston., 1795. 09/07/1796 Fiske, Nathan Revealed Religion [Untitled] John 10:32 Boston: Manning & Loring, 1796. 09/06/1797 Bridge, Rev. Josiah Errors of Popery [Untitled] 2 Tim. 3:17 Not published, manuscript in library 09/05/1798 Haven, Rev. Samuel Validity of Non-Episcopal Ordination The Validity of Presbyterian Ordination, and the Importance of Candor and Union among Christians of Difference Persuasions, who are agreed in the Essentials of Christianity Phil. 1:15-18 Boston: Printed by Manning & Loring, 1798. 09/04/1799 Mellen, John Natural Religion A Discourse on Natural Religion Acts 17:27 Boston: Manning & Loring, 1799. 00/00/1800 Prentiss, Thomas Revealed Religion [Untitled] n.p. 09/02/1801 Stearns, Rev. Charles The Romish Church/Errors of Popery [Untitled] Rev. 13:14 Not published, manuscript in library 05/05/1802 Osgood, Rev. David Validity of Non-Episcopal Ordination A Discourse on the Validity of Presbyterian Ordination Matt. 23:8 Cambridge: William Hilliard, 1802. 05?/03?/1803 (2nd Wednesday in May Porter, Eliphalet Natural Religion [Untitled] n.p. 05?/09?/1804 Eliot, John Revealed Religion [Untitled] n.p. 05/08/1805 Thacher, Thomas Errors of Popery [Untitled] Cambridge: William Hilliard, 1805. 05/14/1806 Eckley, Joseph Validity of Non-Episcopal Ordination A Discourse on the Validity of Presbyterian Ordination 1 Pet. 5:1-2 Boston: Printed by Lincoln & Edmands, no. 53, Cornhill. 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W. Metcalf and Co., 1829. 05/11/1830 Allen, William Validity of Non-Episcopal Ordination Ordination by Elders Vindicated 2 Tim. 2: 2 Pubd. Boston: Peirce and Williams, 1830. 05/10/1831 Wayland, Francis Natural Religion A Discourse on Natural Religion Rom. 2: 14 Not published, manuscript in library 05/09/1832 Frothingham, Nathaniel Langdon Revealed Religion The Manifestation of Christ 1 Tim. 3: 16 Manuscript in library, no evidence of printed version 05/08/1833 Francis, Convers Errors of Popery Popery and Its Kindred Principles, Unfriendly to the Improvement of Man Eph. 5: 8 Manuscript in library, no evidence of printed version 05/14/1834 Lamson, Alvan Validity of Non-Episcopal Ordination The Validity of Congregational Ordination Christian Examiner v. 17, v. 12 (1835): 177-202. 05/13/1835 Brazer, John Natural Religion Review of the Argument in Support of Natural Religion Cambridge: C. 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Nichols, 1846. 05/12/1847 Furness, William Henry Natural Religion Nature and Christianity Deut. 30: 14 Christian Examiner v. 43, s. 4, v. 3 (1847): 31-52. 05/10/1848 Gilman, Samuel Revealed Religion Revealed Religion Christian Examiner, v. 45, s. 4, v. 10 (1848): 60-83. 05/09/1849 Blagden, George Washington Errors of Popery [Untitled] Manuscript in library, no evidence of printed version 05/08/1850 Hall, Edward Brooks Validity of Non-Episcopal Ordination Validity of Presbyterian Ordination Luke 22: 21 Manuscript in library, no evidence of printed version 05/14/1851 Hedge, Frederic Henry Natural Religion [Untitled] Matt. 16: 17; John 1: 9; Rom. 1: 20 Manuscript in library, no evidence of printed version 05/12/1852 Bushnell, Horace Revealed Religion [Untitled] Rom. 8: 22 Manuscript in library, no evidence of printed version 05/11/1853 Burnap, George Washington Errors of Popery The Errors and Superstitions of the Church of Rome Christian Examiner and Religious Miscellany lv (1853), 46-53. 05/17/1854 Bacon, Leonard Validity of Non-Episcopal Ordination The Validity of New England Ordination n.p., manuscript in library 05/09/1855 Lunt, William Parsons Natural Religion [Untitled] Christian Examiner v.59, s.4, v. 24 (1855): 157-187. 05/14/1856 Peabody, Andrew Preston Revealed Religion The Analogy of Nature and the Bible Gen. 1: 1; John 1: 1-14 Christian Examiner v. 61, s. 4, v. 26 (1856): 321-334. 05/13/1857 Neale, Rollin Heber (Yale) Errors of Popery? 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John Validity of Non-Episcopal Ordination Priesthood in the Modern World Manuscript in library, no evidence of printed version 03/29?30?/1932 Wieman, Prof. Henry Nelson (Chicago Divinity School) Natural Religion [Untitled] n.p. 04/18/1933 Moffat, Prof. James (Union Theological Seminary) Revealed Religion What is Superstition? 04/10/1934 Canby, Henry Seidel (Editor, Saturday Review of Literature) Validity of Non-Episcopal Ordination [Untitled] Summary: “Harvard Divinity Alumni Reunion” (1934, Apr 11). Daily Boston Globe (1928-1960). 04/30/1935 Tillich, Paul Natural Religion Natural and Revealed Religion [Chicago, Ill. : Willett, Clark & Company], 1935. p. [159]-170. 04/21/1936 Richards, George W. Revealed Religion The Myth of the Twenieth Century - A. Rosenberg Harvard Divinity Bulletin (1937): 5-23. 04/20/1937 Sclater, Rev. J. R. P. Validity of Non-Episcopal Ordination The Priesthood of All Believers Harvard Divinity Bulletin (1938): 26-45. 04/26/1938 Schneider, Prof. Herbert W. 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Coverage, Harvard Divinity Bulletin v. 10, no. 1 (Oct.-Nov. 1979): 7. 10/06/1980 Carr, Burgess Concepts of Ministry in African Theology n.p. 11/09/1981 Williams, George Huntston (Harvard Divinity School) Roman Catholicism and Protestantism The Ecumenical Intentions of Pope John Paul II Harvard Theological Review v. 75, no. 2 (April 1982): 141-176. 00/00/1982 none 03/07/1983 Harrison, Beverly Natural Law in Ethics: Now Dead is Dead? n.p. 03/15/1984 Gutierrez, Gustavo Theology and Spirituality in a Latin-American Context Harvard Divinity Bulletin v. 14, no. 5 (June-Aug 1984): 4-5. 10/22/1984 Brown, Robert McAfee (Berkeley) Roman Catholicism and Protestantism "Protestant Catholicity: our Ecumenical Legacy" or "Liberation Theology and the Vatican: A Drama in Five Acts" Harvard Divinity Bulletin v. 15, no. 4 (April-June 1985): 4-5, 10. 11/15/1984 Marty, Martin [Untitled] unknown, 04/01/1985 Howlett, Duncan [All Souls Church, Washington, D.C. (emeritus)] Natural Religion Natural Religion: After 25 Centuries the Debate Still Goes on n.p. 11/18/1985 Ruether, Rosemary Why Women-Church?: The Ecclesia of Patriarchy and Feminist Exodus Ethics Harvard Divinity Bulletin v. 16, no. 3 (Feb/March 1986): 5-7, 11. 03/00/1986 Ruether, Rosemary Renewal or New Creation? Feminist Spirituality and Historical Religion A reader in feminist knowledge (1991) pp.277-289. 00/00/1987 none 04/01/1988 Howlett, Duncan [Untitled] unknown, [Archive information](https://hollisarchives.lib.harvard.edu/repositories/12/archival_objects/244450) 1989-1990 none 12/05/1991 Wilson, Edward O. Natural Religion The Return of Natural Philosophy Harvard Divinity Bulletin v.21, no. 3 (1992): 12-13, 15. 1992-1993 none 02/10/1994 Gomes, Peter John Roman Catholicism and Protestantism? Holy Orders: Authority and Vocation Reconsidered in Light of an Inclusive God Harvard Divinity Bulletin v.23, no.2 (1994): 6-9. 1994-1995 none 1995-1996 none 1996-1997 Wolterstorff, Nicholas Is It Possible and Desirable for Theologians to Recover from Kant? Wolterstorff, Nicholas. "Is It Possible and Desirable for Theologians to Recover from Kant." Modern Theology 14, no. 1 (January 1, 1998): 1-18. 1997-1998 (spring 98?) Martini, Carlo Maria Cardinal (Archbishop of Milan) The Third Millennium: Predictions and Prophecy Harvard Divinity Bulletin v. 27, no.3 (1998): 22-24. 04/16/1999 MacIntyre, Alasdair The Recovery of Moral Agency Harvard Divinity Bulletin v. 28, no.4 (1999): 6-10. 03/23/2000 Ward, Sister Benedicta Hermits and Harlots: An Exploration of Images Harvard Divinity Bulletin v. 29, no. 3 (2000): 9, 15-17. 04/26/2001 Mitchell, Margaret M. (University of Chicago Divinity School) Pauline Palimpsests and the Protestant-Catholic Divide Harvard Divinity Bulletin v. 30 no. 1 (Spring 2001): 9-16. 11/8/2001 Kasper, Cardinal Walter [Pres. Of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (Rome)] The Nature and Purpose of Ecumenical Dialogue Harvard Divinity Bulletin v. 30, no.3 (2001): 19-23. 05/01/2003 Seyyed Hossein Nasr (University Professor, George Washington University) In the Beginning of Creation was Consciousness Harvard Divinisty School Bulliten, Winter 2023 Harvard Divinity Bulletin v. 32 no. 1 (2003): 13-16, 43. 06/26/1905 none 03/17/2005 Volf, Miroslav (Henry B. Wright Professor of Systematic Theology at Yale Divinity School) Memory, Salvation, and Perdition n.p., Adapted essay in HDB v. 34, no.1 (Winter 2006). 04/27/2006 Heschel, Susannah From Jesus to Shylock: Christian Supersessionism and "The Merchant of Venice" [Harvard Theological Review v. 99, no. 4 (2006): 407-431.](http://www.jstor.org/stable/4125264) 06/29/1905 none 04/17/2008 Rorem, Paul Negative Theologies and the Cross Harvard Theological Review v. 101, no. 3-4 (2008): 451-464. 03/19/2009 Aquino, Maria Pilar (Visiting Professor of Theology at Harvard Divinity School, Professor of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of San Diego) Globalization, Identity, and Religious Peacebuilding 10/28/2009 McFague, Sallie Cities, Climate Change, and Christianity: Religion and Sustainable Urbanism [Coverage in Harvard Divinity Bulletin v. 38, no. 1&2 (Winter/Spring 2010).](https://bulletin.hds.harvard.edu/cities-climate-change-and-christianity/) 07/02/1905 none 02/17/2011 Appleby, Scott Contending Revelations: Catholic, Muslim, Secular n.p. 03/08/2012 Schreiter, Robert Catholicity Between Empire and Solidarity [Lecture Video](/news/2012/03/14/catholicity-between-empire-and-solidarity "Video: Catholicity between Empire and Solidarity") 02/28/2013 Hughes, Sister Mary Priesthood of the Faithful: Light in the Darkness [Lecture Video](/news/2013/02/28/2013-dudleian-lecture "Video: 2013 Dudleian Lecture") 04/17/2014 Harjo, Suzan Shown Rescuing Religion fron "Civilization:" Cultural Loss and Reclamation in Native America [Lecture Video](/news/2014/04/21/rescuing-religion-civilization-cultural-loss-and-reclamation-native-america-video "Video: Rescuing Religion from 'Civilization:' Cultural Loss and Reclamation in Native America") 02/19/2015 Livingstone, David N. Religious Encounters with Evolution: Place, Politics, Polemics [Lecture Video](/news/2015/02/19/video-religious-encounters-evolution-place-politics-polemics "Video: Religious Encounters with Evolution: Place, Politics, Polemics") 10/28/2015 Cummings, Kathleen S. American Afterlives: U.S. Nation-Saints and the Second Vatican Council [Lecture Video ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzNIt9dt9r0) 3/29/2017 Roberts, Tyler Signs of Life: Fidelity, Theology, and Critique [Lecture Video ](https://news-archive.hds.harvard.edu/news/2017/03/29/video-signs-life-fidelity-theology-and-critique) 9/28/2017 Paul C.H. Lim (Associate Professor of the History of Christianity and Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Vanderbilt) Reformation and Racial Taxonomies: An Unexplored Narrative of Modernity [Lecture Video](/news/reformation-and-racial-taxonomies-underexplored-narrative-modernity "Reformation and Racial Taxonomies: An Underexplored Narrative of Modernity") 11/8/2018 Peter Hayes (Professor of Histor and German and Theodore Zev Weiss Holocaust Foundation Professor of Holocast Studies Emeritus, Northwestern University 1928: Crescendo and Overture [Lecture Video](https://hds.harvard.edu/news/2018/11/08/video-dudleian-lecture-kristallnacht) 2019 none 2020 none 2021 none 2022 none 2023 none ## Lentz Lectures **Frequency:** Every third year **Theme:** A topic inspired by the Latin ‘Christo et Ecclesiae’, which appeared on the [Harvard University seal in the 1800s](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2015/05/seal-of-approval/). Mr. Horace de Y. Lentz was a Harvard College graduate (Class of 1891). He went on to become a lawyer and member of the bar in Carbon County, Pennsylvania. As the first agent of the Palmer Land Company, Mr. Lentz played an active part in the establishment of the now thriving town of Palmerton. The Horace de Y. Lentz Memorial Lectureship was established by Mr. Lentz’s bequest to the University. ### Past Lentz Lectures expand\_more SortDATESPEAKERTITLEADDITIONAL INFORMATION10/31/01 Welker, Michael "Who Is Jesus Christ for Us Today?" [News Story](https://news-archive.hds.harvard.edu/news/2011/02/07/welker-and-tanner-bring-cutting-edge-scholarship%20to-hds) 11/16/02 Tanner, Kathryn E. "What Does Grace Have to Do with Money?: Theology within a Comparative Economy" [News Story](https://news-archive.hds.harvard.edu/news/2011/02/07/welker-and-tanner-bring-cutting-edge-scholarship%20to-hds) 4/19/12 Jungkeit, Steven "Geography, Religion, and Power: The Production of Space in Modern Christian Thought" [Lecture Video](https://news-archive.hds.harvard.edu/news/2012/04/19/2012-horace-de-y-lentz-lecture) 3/23/15 Dorrien, Gary "The New Abolition: W.E.B. Du Bois and the Black Social Gospel" [Lecture Video](/news/2015/03/23/video-new-abolition-web-du-bois-and-black-social-gospel "Video: The New Abolition: W.E.B. Du Bois and the Black Social Gospel") 11/9/17 Dionne, E.J. "Fighting for Justice with an Open Heart: Conviction, Empathy, and the Niebuhrian Imperative" [Lecture Video](/news/video-fighting-justice-open-heart-conviction-empathy-and-niebuhrian-imperative "Video: Fighting for Justice with an Open Heart: Conviction, Empathy, and the Niebuhrian Imperative")