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"That's a pretty good sign, that there is now a formal psychedelics research center connected to Harvard Medical School. And what's happening at Harvard Divinity School is incredible. They are so into psychedelics these days," says Rick Doblin, an adviser...

Anthea D. Butler, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, delivered Harvard Divinity School’s Greeley Lecture for Peace and Social Justice last Thursday.

What is the place of spirit possession, divination, and experiences perceived as “out-of-the ordinary” in our lives? How can we study and approach these types of phenomena? Going beyond dichotomies such as body and mind, ordinary and extraordinary, reason...

To some, the word “psychedelics” is a synonym for the 1960s. This name—coined in 1957 for a class of drugs that profoundly alter our states of consciousness—derives from the Greek deloun and psyche meaning to “manifest the soul” or, as Michael Pollan puts...

Kenneth W. Morgan died at the age of 103 on December 23, 2011, bringing a long life of accomplishment to a close. In noting his death here, the Center for the Study of World Religions also wants to celebrate all that Kenneth Morgan did that continues to...

Although many have said that Judaism does not have a theology, it is clear that the Siddur, or Prayer Book, has a clear sense of the nature of God and God's relation to humans. In addition, as Franz Rosenzweig has suggested, Jewish liturgy invites Jews to...