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Video: What Does It Mean to Awaken Our Dignity?

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On March 20, 2023, Phakchok Rinpoche asked, What does it mean to awaken our dignity? Is it something conferred upon us externally by others, or an inner quality that we all possess? Drawing from the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, Rinpoche provided a fresh...

Divinity Dialogues: Lama Rod Owens on Love, Rage, and Freedom

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Continuing Divinity Dialogues—a special edition podcast series from Harvard Divinity School that puts conversations on faith, purpose, and bearing witness at the center of today’s most pressing issues.  Today, we hear from HDS alum Rod Owens, MDiv ’17...

Francis Fiorenza on His Esteemed Teaching Career, the Pluralization of Theology, and Studying with the 'Stars of the Stars'

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Harvard Divinity School celebrates and honors the distinguished career of Professor Francis Schüssler Fiorenza , who, in July 2021, retired from full-time teaching at HDS and now serves as the Charles Chauncey Stillman Research Professor of Roman Catholic...

Video: Illuminations Launch Party

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On October 24, 2022, HDS released Illuminations. This imited series from Ministry of Ideas reveals the untold friendship of religion and science. Through interviews and stories drawn from a range of cultures, faiths, and eras, this series reveals the...

Video: LGBTQ+ Rights Under Attack - Session 2: Protecting Against Violence and Discrimination

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Full title: LGBTQ+ Rights Under Attack - Session 2: Protecting Against Violence and Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity: A Global Perspective This is the second event in the three-part series “LGBTQ+ Rights Under Attack: The...

Video: Public Courage and the Academy: The Future of the Church and the Cosmopolitan Leaders It's Calling For

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Watch this online conversation featuring Bishop Yvette Flunder and the Rev. Eric Ovid Donaldson. Bishop Yvette Flunder (she/her) is an American womanist, preacher, pastor, activist, and singer from San Francisco, California. She is the senior pastor of...

Podcast: Religion in the Time of Pandemic

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Religious life, like everything else in life, has been drastically impacted by the COVID-19 global pandemic. Here at Harvard and in the Boston area, we’ve seen houses of worship closed, religious gatherings moved online, holidays celebrated in isolation...

Eduardo Matos Moctezuma Sobre La Creación De Colaboraciones Transfronterizas Fructíferas

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La Cátedra Eduardo Matos Moctezuma, la primera serie de conferencias que lleva el nombre de un ciudadano mexicano en los 400 años de la historia de la Universidad de Harvard, se lanzó hace tres años como parte de una colaboración entre instituciones...

Video: Rebuilding Community and Accountability in L’Arche: Lessons Learned from a Founder’s Abuse of Power

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On October 13, 2021, the Program for the Evolution of Spirituality hosted the next iteration in its series on power dynamics in emerging and alternative spiritual organizations. This event featured Tina Bovermann and Timothy Moore from L’Arche, a non...

Video: Refuge in the Storm Webinar Series Part II: Sickness, Aging, and Death: Caring for Life-Cycle Crises

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This webinar is the second in a series offered by the Buddhist Ministry Initiative at Harvard Divinity School. It featured a panel discussion of contributors to part II of Refuge in the Storm: Buddhist Voices in Crisis Care, edited by Nathan Jishin Michon...

Video: On Being a Hindu Monastic: Personal Journeys

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This year, HDS is hosting two Hindu Swamis, Swami Chidekananda of the Ramakrishna Order, and Swami Sachidananda of the Arsha Vidya Gurukul. Both Swamis quickly became cherished members of our community, in the classroom, in community activities, and at...

Video: Emmanuel Levinas and Decolonial Jewish Thought

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This talk explored the relations between post-Holocaust Jewish thought and decolonial thought through the work of French-Jewish philosopher Emmanuel Levinas. Elad Lapidot offered an innovative presentation of Levinas’s entire intellectual project.