Tag: Capital punishment

  • Nation & World

    The death penalty and Christianity

    In a question-and-answer session, Harvard Divinity School’s Francis X. Clooney discusses how Christian advocates and opponents of the death penalty turn to Scripture for support of their positions.

    16 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Pinker explains ‘The Long Peace’

    As part of the John Harvard Book Celebration, Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker brought the findings from his latest book, “The Better Angels of Our Nature,” to the Allston community, presenting his findings on how the world is growing less violent.

    6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Matters of life and death

    As part of a series of talks sponsored by Harvard Law School, criminal justice scholar Carol Steiker offered final words of advice to the parting class.

    3 minutes