Art and Religion

Welcome to the Harvard Divinity School's Praxis podcast, where I, Maddison Tenney, interview HDS students about what brought them here, what they study, and where they hope to go next. This week's guest, Marisol Andrade Muñoz, is a master of theological...

Tara Yazdan Panah is a first-year master of theological studies student at Harvard Divinity School. Her research interests include exploring the intersection of spiritual affect and artistic expression as well as childhood mystical experiences. In...

Harvard Divinity School recently hosted Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient and legendary gospel artist Twinkie Clark, who talked about her musical journey and performed from her catalog of over 350 songs. Scholars Charrise Barron, Assistant...

“How do we tell complex, nuanced stories about religion? I think part of that depends on good writing. And when you can figure out – how to tell a complex story about a person – religion organically fits into that. But if you’re just like, well, we all...

Abstract art has long served as a vessel for artists — think Hilma af Klint or Wassily Kandinsky — to explore religion and spirituality. Isabel Haro ’24, a concentrator in art, film, and visual studies with a secondary in music, was inspired to pursue a...

This interview is one in an ongoing series exploring the intersection of art and religion in HDS courses. How can we imagine a better world from within our current context? When Charles Hallisey , MDiv ’78, and Molly Silverstein, MDiv ’22, began...

This interview is one in an ongoing series exploring the intersection of art and religion in HDS courses. The Harvard Divinity School course, “Spiritual Paths to Abstract Art,” is more than just an academic exploration. Led by Ann Braude, Senior Lecturer...