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Video: Myths of Sects and Sectarianism in Islam

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Mohammad Sagha, Lecturer in the Modern Middle East at Harvard University, delivered the lecture, "Myths of Sects and Sectarianism in Islam," on December 4, 2023. Full transcript: SPEAKER 1: Harvard Divinity School. SPEAKER 2: Myths of sects and...

The Call of the Qur'an

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Mohsen Goudarzi, AM '14, PhD '18, heard the call of the Qur'an at a young age. Now, in his first year as Assistant Professor in Islamic Studies at HDS, he continues to delight in uncovering new understandings within the sacred text's complexities. Growing...

Video: "Wild Life" Film Screening and Discussion

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This discussion followed the screening of Oscar-winning filmmakers Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin's extraordinary film "Wild Life". The film is a story of love, wildness, and restoration in Chile and Argentina, recording the life of Kris Tompkins through...

Religion in Times of Earth Crisis

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A Series of Public Online Conversations Mondays, 6–7:30 pm (ET) on Zoom Spring Semester 2024 “We need a more capacious sense of collectivity that can only emerge when we are willing to honor our stories and tell the truth about injustices that have shaped...

Faculty by Area of Expertise

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To locate experts on a particular subject, please choose a topic from the list below. These members of the Harvard Divinity School faculty welcome inquiries from reporters and editors concerning their fields of interest and areas of expertise. To request...

Religion and the Legacies of Slavery

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A Series of Public Online Conversations Mondays, 7–8:30 pm (Eastern Time Zone) Harvard Divinity School Spring Semester 2023 What does the academic study of religion teach us about the complex histories and legacies of slavery? How can a deeper...

Faculty Insight: What Trump’s Nigeria Travel Ban Means

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In late January 2020, Nigerians reacted to U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement that Nigeria would be added to the administration's controversial visa and travel bans list. In a statement, the Association for Credible Leadership in Nigeria (ACLN)...

Charles M. Stang

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  • AB, Harvard College
  • MDiv, University of Chicago
  • ThD, Harvard Divinity School

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Charles Stang joined the Faculty of Divinity in 2008. His research and teaching focus on Christianity in late antiquity and, more broadly, philosophy and religion...

Video: The Palestinian Question as a Jewish Question

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On March 23, 2023, the Divinity School hosted Religion and Public Life Visiting Scholar in Conflict and Peace Raef Zreik. The question of Palestine and the Palestinians, according to Zreik, is shifting more and more from an external matter to an internal...