Harvard Divinity School

The Buddhism and Race Conference organized by Harvard Buddhist Community at Harvard Divinity School addresses issues surrounding race and racism within the Buddhist community. Activists, sangha leaders, community members, and students join together to learn from one another and share justice-oriented teachings and training.

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Marla Frederick, Professor of African and African American Studies and of Religion, discusses her recent publication, Colored Television: American Religion Gone Global.

Catherine Brekus, Charles Warren Professor of the History of Religion in America at HDS, and Nimi Wariboko, Walter G. Muelder Professor of Social Ethics at Boston University School of Theology, serve as respondents.

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In this year’s Stendahl Symposium, four Harvard Divinity School students present their papers centered around the broad topic of “conversations across religious boundaries.”

The Stendahl Symposium has become an annual HDS tradition in memory of former professor Krister Stendahl, who tirelessly sought to repair fractions between Jews and Christians, supported the ordination of women, and pushed for the full inclusion and participation of women and minority voices in academia and interfaith work.

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Vasudha Narayanan discusses the role of paradox in the Vaishnava/ Hindu traditions during the CSWR’s inaugural Hindu Way of Life Lecture.

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Dr. Marc Gopin presents “The Ethical and Spiritual Foundations of Judaic Conflict Resolution Practice and Peacebuilding: A Thirty Year Journey.”

Dr. Elizabeth H. Prodromou presents “Orthodox Christianity, Humanitarianism, and Peacebuilding: Crisis, Sustainability, Human Security."

Jocelyne Cesari mediates the conversation.

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Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne discusses the role of religion in politics and the 2016 elections.

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HDS students Angie Thurston and Casper ter Kuile and HDS alumnus Derek van Bever discussed the growing numbers of the religiously unaffiliated in America, and innovations in spiritual practice both within and beyond traditional religious institutions.

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Jill Abramson, AB ’76, lecturer at Harvard University and former executive editor of The New York Times delivers the keynote address at the 2016 Dean’s Leadership Forum.

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Following the award ceremony on April 7, 2013 for the Peter J. Gomes STB '68 Memorial Honors, the alumni honorees formed a panel of speakers for the final installment of this year's Divinity Dialogues.

The panelists were Cynthia L. G. Kane, MDiv '96, Lieutenant Commander in the Chaplain Corps of the United States Navy;

Valarie K. Kaur, MTS '07, activist, filmmaker, and lawyer; Betsee Parker, MDiv '85 an Episcopal priest whose philanthropy supports education, community development, and public health in Africa; and Dean of the Howard University School of Divinity, Alton B. Pollard III, MDiv '81.

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On the second day of the "Spirit of Sustainable Agriculture" conference, speakers at the plenary panel were Michelle Velez, Lauren O’Brien, Hisham Moharram, Sebastian Kretschmer, Joan Armon, Chara Armon.

“The Spirit of Sustainable Agriculture” aims to bring together farmers, religious and spiritual leaders, and academics, respectively, to join in a robust and stimulating discussion about the spirit of sustainable agriculture, delineating its past, celebrating and investigating its present, and theorizing its future.

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