Religious Literacy and Government Symposium: Keynote Address by Shaun Casey, MDiv ’83, ThD ’98
Held on December 7–8, 2017, the Religious Literacy and the Professions Initiative (RLPI) seeks to consider how religion is embedded in both constructive and antagonistic approaches to immigration, esp...
5 Des 20171h 56min
James Luther Adams in Unitarian Universalist History
From the Commission of Appraisal in 1936 to the Black Empowerment impulse of the 1960s, James Luther Adams was a significant shaper of Unitarian and Unitarian Universalist institutions. And as a socia...
29 Nov 20171h 14min
E.J. Dionne: Fighting for Justice with an Open Heart
Journalist and author E.J. Dionne, William H. Bloomberg Visiting Professor, delivers the 2017 Horace De Y. Lentz Lecture.
16 Nov 201733min
South Asian Religions Colloquium (SARC): James Mallinson
The South Asian Religions Colloquium (SARC) seeks to share ongoing, current scholarly research on topics in South Asian religions with Harvard students and faculty as well as the wider Boston academic...
15 Nov 20171h 18min
FBI and Religion Scholars: Reflecting on the Past 25 Years
As part of the American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, this panel reflects on the interaction between religion scholars and law enforcement officials over the past 25 years and what may be learne...
15 Nov 20172h 47min
Anthropology as Cosmic Diplomacy: Toward an Ecological Ethics for the Anthropocene
"Forests think." Eduardo Kohn, author of the book How Forests Think, discusses a kind of thinking, which he calls “sylvan," that is manifested by tropical forests and those that live with them. This m...
13 Nov 20171h 24min
Enclosed Gardens Revealed: The Concept of Virginity in Medieval Jewish Culture
WSRP 2017–18 Research Associate Avital Davidovich-Eshed, PhD (Bar Ilan University), Visiting Lecturer in Women's Studies and Judaism, delivers her talk, "Enclosed Gardens Revealed: The Concept of Virg...
8 Nov 20171h 1min
Fighting for Justice with an Open Heart: Conviction, Empathy, and the Niebuhrian Imperative
Journalist and author E.J. Dionne, William H. Bloomberg Visiting Professor, delivers the 2017 Horace De Y. Lentz Lecture. Dionne is a distinguished journalist and author, political commentator, and l...
7 Nov 20171h 21min
