The Harvard Gazette

Bible

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Jonathan Walton, Harvard

‘Lens of Love’ focuses on justice

Walton takes a critical look at how selective Bible interpretations justify injustices

Arts|

DateSeptember 28, 2018

Diane Moore, a senior lecturer on religious studies and education, a senior fellow at the Center for the Study of World Religions, and director of the Religious Literacy Project, has long been an advocate of “religious literacy,” meaning an understanding of how religion works in its cultural and political contexts.

A religion course for the Internet age

HarvardX MOOC explains world religions through their scripture

World|

DateFebruary 12, 2016

Examining the roots of American ‘chosenness’

News +|

DateJuly 2, 2015

Ellery Schempp, one of the last living symbols of a series of Supreme Court cases that banned mandatory displays of faith in public schools, brought the contentious battle over religious expression to life for a Harvard Divinity School audience.

Bypassing the Bible

Decades later, plaintiff recalls cases limiting religious incursions in public schools

World|

DateNovember 2, 2012

Using defamiliarization to explore the Bible, a work produced in a culture far removed in time, complexity, and perspective from today, helps to “make that text speak,” said Harvard Divinity School professor Peter Machinist during the School's convocation.

New meaning in the familiar

At Divinity School convocation, speaker urges listeners to upend their own expectations

World|

DateSeptember 2, 2010April 16, 2019