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Tag: Harvey Cox
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Arts & Culture
Religious relevance found in works of a dedicated atheist
Scholar Stephanie Paulsell discusses her forthcoming book, “Religion around Virginia Woolf,” in which she explores religious elements in the work of one of literature’s most noted atheists.
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Nation & World
Politics in a ‘post-truth’ age
Harvard analysts discuss the unusual dynamics and events of the 2016 presidential election, and what they mean for our political system going forward.
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Nation & World
King’s Harvard connections
Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. may be most associated with his efforts to desegregate the South, but the minister also had a valuable and lasting relationship with New England, and with Harvard.
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Arts & Culture
Time to turn the page
A look at notable work by Harvard authors in 2015 wouldn’t be complete without their own best reads of the year.
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Arts & Culture
Out of the blue, strokes of brilliance
A phone call last month led to the acquisition of Corita Kent prints at Radcliffe’s Schlesinger Library.
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Arts & Culture
The sacred middle
Harvey Cox, the Hollis Research Professor of Divinity Emeritus at the Divinity School, talks about his new book, “How to Read the Bible.”
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Nation & World
My memories of Dr. King
Harvard Divinity School Professor Harvey Cox was a longtime friend of Civil Rights icon the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. The clergymen had similar interests and a desire for social justice and equality.
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Campus & Community
The oldest endowed professorship
The product of a gift from a London merchant in 1721, the chair set a tone for how American universities teach students.
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Campus & Community
A portrait of change
Preston Williams was honored with a new portrait in Andover Hall. The picture of Williams, the Houghton Research Professor of Theology and Contemporary Change Emeritus, is part of the Harvard Foundation Portraiture Project.
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Campus & Community
American Academy inducts 17 faculty
A group of Harvard faculty members has been inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 230th class of fellows.
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Science & Tech
Sustaining the cities
An interdisciplinary Harvard working group on sustainable cities is in search of some organizational details, but is already certain of its urgent mission.
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Campus & Community
Grazing rights
In honor of his retirement from the Divinity School’s Hollis Chair, Harvey Cox exercised his right to graze a cow in Harvard Yard.
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Campus & Community
Harvard unleashes a historic sacred cow
Retiring Harvard professor Harvey Cox, who for 44 years has held the oldest endowed chair at a US university finally lay claim to the Hollis Professor of Divinity’s centuries-old right to graze his cow in Harvard Yard, which a colleague of his said was the equivalent of parking privileges in the 1700s.
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Campus & Community
Around the Schools: Harvard Divinity School
On Sept. 10, at 4:30 p.m., a cow will cross the Yard — in celebration of the achievements of Hollis Professor of Divinity Harvey Cox, who retired in June.