Toni Morrison Stories: Goodness and Mercy and Mexico
Professor Davíd Carrasco, Neil L. Rudenstine Professor for the Study of Latin America delivered the 2019 Convocation address "Toni Morrison Stories: Goodness and Mercy and Mexico," on September 5, 201...
12 Syys 20191h 24min
Mainstream Meditation and the Million-Dollar Mindfulness Boom
Today, mindfulness meditation courses 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...
8 Elo 201920min
Divinity Dialogues: 2019 Gomes Honorees
Following the award ceremony on May 2, 2019 for the Peter J. Gomes STB '68 Memorial Honors, the alumni honorees spoke on the topic of “spiritual innovation.” The panelists were: Erik Martínez Resly,...
6 Touko 201956min
The Song Within Thinking Outwardly: Navajo Thought and Poetry
In Navajo worldview, thought creates the world, which is then spoken into being. This process places sacred value on the power of language. Sherwin Bitsui’s poetry attempts to connect Diné thought to ...
2 Touko 20195min
Concordance: An Evening with Susan Howe
Award-winning American poet Susan Howe visited Harvard Divinity School on April 24 to speak about the binding together of freedom and law, spontaneity and habit, as occasions for awakening a reader to...
23 Huhti 201939min
Lived Religion and Spirituality in 2019
How is our lived experience of religion and spirituality changing? Where are the boundaries of religion being tested and transformed? How will scholars and practitioners define and understand religion...
22 Huhti 20191h 55min
Why Hate Crimes Are on the Rise
In November of 2018, the FBI released its report on hate crimes in the U.S. for 2017. It wasn’t good news. Hate crimes on the basis of religious identity surged 23 percent, the biggest annual increase...
18 Huhti 201917min
Gross National Happiness Conference: Keynote Address
How do you measure and govern for happiness? Harvard Divinity School hosted an international conference on April 13, 2019, inspired by the Gross National Happiness policies of the Kingdom of Bhutan. ...
12 Huhti 201935min
