Tag: ” Harvard Divinity School

  • Nation & World

    The sound of celebration

    Bells around Harvard and the City of Cambridge will ring for 15 minutes starting at the 11:45 conclusion of the University’s 368th Commencement.

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    Bells in Lowell House
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    We speak, therefore we are

    Divinity School alum and indigenous Maskoke person Marcus Briggs-Cloud discusses his efforts to maintain his ancestral language and identity in the next installment of the Gazette’s podcast “Heard at Harvard.”

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    Preserving a culture, one speaker at a time

    Since 1996, the Yuchi Language Project has been fighting to preserve the language of the Yuchi people.

    7 minutes
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    Pain, joy, and wisdom

    Four Harvard professors engage students in a weekly dialogue that looks at wisdom as it relates to how we experience the world, and the strategies we need to have a moral life amid uncertainty. 

    5 minutes
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    Celebrating Harvard Heroes

    Sixty Harvard Heroes, exceptional employees from across the University, on Monday basked in the applause of hundreds of colleagues, friends, and family members who gathered to recognize their achievements.

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    7,066 degrees and certificates awarded at Harvard’s 366th Commencement

    Today the University awarded a total of 7,066 degrees and certificates.

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    Forging her path through different worlds

    At Harvard Divinity School, Margaux Fitoussi explored migration as it echoed from her childhood and as it afflicts worlds far from hers.

    5 minutes
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    Lessons of self-care, while caring for others

    Cheryl A. Giles, the Francis Greenwood Peabody Senior Lecturer on Pastoral Care and Counseling, has been counseling and educating young people for more than 30 years.

    10 minutes
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    Taking care of their own

    Harvard Divinity School master’s candidate Nestor Pimienta launched a program for students to tutor children of Harvard workers, hoping to build stronger bonds among students, workers, and their families.

    4 minutes
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    The Harvard that was

    Alumni from the 1950s to 2000s share their memories of Harvard and historical events that marked their time in Cambridge.

    8 minutes
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    ‘Then, I wanted to run’

    Navy SEAL veteran Dan Cnossen, severely wounded in Afghanistan, rebounded to graduate from the Kennedy School, and is bound for the Divinity School.

    6 minutes
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    Teachings from the televangelist

    Andover-Harvard Library receives archive from former Pentecostal televangelist.

    4 minutes
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    A monk with one foot in the world

    Buddhist monk Tajay Bongsa wants to unite social and economic progress with dual master’s degrees in theology and business.

    4 minutes
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    Comic genius

    Cartoonist and visiting lecturer Peter Kuper spoke to the Gazette about comics as an art form, and some of the comic materials in Harvard’s collections.

    7 minutes
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    Sacred words

    Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Marilynne Robinson gave a lecture called “The Divine” at Memorial Church.

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    Building a discussion around the Memorial Church

    Diane Moore, director of the Religious Literacy Project at Harvard Divinity School, used Harvard’s Memorial Church as a focal point in kicking off her discussion on religion. Moore spoke as part of the Harvard Ed Portal’s faculty series.

    4 minutes
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    At the intersection of sexuality and spirituality

    From pastor to corporate lawyer to divinity school student, Danny Ballon has learned that you don’t have to choose between being gay and being Christian. Now he wants to help others understand their options.

    5 minutes
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    Light beyond violence

    Harvard Divinity School Professor Matthew Potts probes religious themes in novels of Cormac McCarthy

    10 minutes
    Matthew Potts in Andover Hall Chapel.
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    Religion is changing, fellowship too

    Two Harvard Divinity School students uncover a new sense of community for millennials who choose a different way to “worship.”

    4 minutes
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    Marianne Williamson brings spirituality to politics

    Marianne Williamson, the internationally acclaimed spiritual leader, will discuss the moral evolution of America, starting from its founding, in her talk “On Consciousness, Spirituality, and Politics in America” at Harvard Divinity School on Oct. 14.

    4 minutes
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    The spirituality of Africa

    Though larger religions have made big inroads, African spirituality, a belief system based in openness and adaptation, endures, says Harvard religion professor Jacob Olupona.

    14 minutes
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    The last companions

    A Harvard Divinity School program helps teach chaplains how to befriend and comfort the sick and the dying.

    9 minutes
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    Pope brings ‘Francis effect’ to U.S.

    Harvard Divinity School faculty will attend two of Pope Francis’ stops during his six-day visit to the United States Sept. 22-27.

    4 minutes
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    Peter J. Gomes

    At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on October 7, 2014, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late Peter J. Gomes, Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and Pusey Minister, was spread upon the records. In his four decades on campus, Reverend Gomes presided as teacher, preacher, and spiritual guide.…

    5 minutes
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    ‘One for the ages’

    The landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding gay marriage nationally is “one for the ages,” a Harvard legal analyst said, a judgment echoed by others.

    7 minutes
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    A blessing to slow climate change

    Scholars in theology, policy, and science weigh in on the pope’s call for sweeping action against climate change.

    8 minutes
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    Ready to change the world

    Lauren A. Taylor, who arrived at Harvard Divinity School in 2012 with a book contract and a desire to delve into global health partnerships, wants to change the public discourse around health care.

    3 minutes
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    The modern Buddhist minister

    The conference “Education and Buddhist Ministry: Whither — and Why?” was held at the Harvard Divinity School and marked a new undertaking for its Buddhist Ministry Initiative.

    4 minutes
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    The future of world religions

    The head of religion research at the Pew Center, Alan Cooperman, told a Harvard Divinity School audience on April 17 that Muslims could exceed the number of Christians in fewer than 60 years.

    3 minutes
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    God and the White House

    Longtime presidential adviser and Harvard Kennedy School Professor David Gergen engaged in a wide-ranging conversation on the complex intersections of religion, politics, and public life.

    6 minutes