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The Future of Faith: Is the World Becoming More or Less Religious?

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Harvard Divinity School lecturer Gina Zurlo explores the demographic shifts, global trends, and emerging questions that are reshaping faith and religious practice around the world.

Learning to Love Your Enemies: A Conversation with Rev. Matthew Potts

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In this episode of the Harvard Religion Beat, the Rev. Matthew Potts speaks about forgiveness, anger, and living with harm without letting it define us.

Psychedelics, Spirituality, and a Culture of Seekership

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You're listening to the Harvard Religion Beat, and my name is Paul Gillis-Smith, a correspondent for the Divinity School. I'm standing here in Marsh Chapel at Boston University, where 60 years ago on Good Friday, a famous experiment took place conducted...

Putin's Unholy War

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Vladimir Putin's invasion and war on Ukraine is a crisis. It's a crisis that is unfolding before our very eyes across social media and cable and online news, and it's more than just a political crisis, though that's likely what most of us are hearing...

When Boston Banned Christmas

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‘Tis this season of peace and goodwill, of traditions, both familial, and religious, and to some, it’s the time of year to freak out about the so called “War on Christmas.” A rallying cry for certain sectors of the media, Christmas, apparently, has been...

Fantastic Faiths and What We Can Learn From Them

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On the United Kingdom’s 2001 census, 390,000 people identified their religion as “Jediism.” Yup, you heard right. Jediism . . . as in Jedi Knights . . . the fictional peacekeepers from the Star Wars franchise. As you can imagine, the “Jedi Census...

Podcast: For Trump’s Evangelicals, the Inconvenient Teachings of Christ

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Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election thanks in large part to overwhelming support from one particular group of folks: white evangelicals. In fact, a whopping 81 percent of self-identified evangelicals voted for President Trump. That’s even more...

Mainstream Meditation and the Million-Dollar Mindfulness Boom

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Today, mindfulness meditation can be found everywhere from schools to prisons to sports teams. The trendy fitness apparel company Lululemon is now advertising mindful clothing for men. There’s also Mindful Meats, Mindful Mints, and Sherwin-Williams sells...

Why Hate Crimes Are on the Rise

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Hate crimes committed on the basis of religious identity have surged 23 percent, the biggest annual increase since 9/11. And while many have placed blame at the foot of political leaders and specifically President Trump for emboldening anti-Semites and...

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...