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Harvard Professor Karen King with the previously unknown papyrus fragment that, when translated, contains “Jesus said to them, my wife.” “This new gospel doesn’t prove that Jesus was married, but it tells us that the whole question only came up as part of vociferous debates about sexuality and marriage," said King.

Suggestion of a married Jesus

Ancient papyrus shows that some early Christians believed he wed

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DateSeptember 18, 2012July 30, 2019

“Jesus said to them, my wife”

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DateSeptember 18, 2012February 13, 2018

New Harvard Divinity School Dean David Hempton and Ann D. Braude, director of the women's studies in religion program, lead the procession from Andover Hall. During a moving keynote address, Hempton reflected on religious and ethnic conflict, and suggested ways to move beyond it.

Lessons that lead toward peace

In convocation speech, new Divinity School dean recalls past

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DateSeptember 4, 2012July 25, 2019

“If you live in a society that is dysfunctional and unhealthy, where people are doing better than you, you need solace from somewhere. You get it from religion,” said Jerry Coyne. “The thing that blocks acceptance of evolution in America is religion.” Coyne's talk, sponsored by the Harvard Museum of Natural History, was part of its “Evolution Matters” lecture series.

The whys of religion vs. evolution

Biologist examines why Americans often choose faith over scientific findings

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DateMay 8, 2012May 20, 2019

“My dining room table was my first and primary classroom," said Jonathan L. Walton, the new Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church effective July 1. "I saw the ministry as an opportunity to think out loud about the most pressing human questions without losing sight of human needs.”

Preacher, scholar, friend

New Memorial Church minister has won a wide range of admirers in his time at Harvard

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DateApril 27, 2012

"To be considered for this position was an honor; to be selected is both exciting and humbling. I will do my utmost to continue the church’s tradition of intellectually challenging and spiritually nourishing preaching, its outreach to students of all faiths, and its impact well beyond Harvard Yard," said Jonathan L. Walton, who was named the Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church and Plummer Professor of Christian Morals today by President Drew Faust.

Walton named Memorial Church minister

Divinity School professor succeeds the late Rev. Gomes in historic pulpit

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DateApril 25, 2012June 19, 2019

"If 'and what are you going do with that?' is the question that is most often asked of a literature student after disclosing his major at a family reunion, then to tell the world that I am studying theology is often to be met with a befuddlement beyond words," said Harvard Divinity School student Chen Zhang. "When confronted by the Christopher Hitchens-wielding types from the Yard, I suddenly discover that I am a poor apologist for the ecclesiastical vocation, as I belong to neither formal tradition nor do I have sacred dogmas to defend."

A chaplain without robes

Divinity School student reflects on his calling, and how it has defined him

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DateMarch 22, 2012

Princeton University historian Anthony Grafton, a leading cultural and intellectual historian of Renaissance Europe, suggested in a Radcliffe Institute talk that it was 16th-century scholar Joseph Scaliger, in particular, who led to the theory that the Last Supper may well have been in fact a Passover Seder.

The Last Supper as Passover

Christian discovery of a Jewish Jesus began in the Renaissance

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DateFebruary 16, 2012May 21, 2019

Helen Whitney is an award-winning producer, director, and writer of documentaries whose features have aired on PBS, HBO, and ABC. In these lectures, she will talk about her passionate interest in religious experience and her equally passionate fascination with peoples’ lives, especially the lives of outsiders.

Helen Whitney to deliver Noble Lectures

Award-winning director to discuss interest in religious experience

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DateJanuary 25, 2012April 11, 2019

HDS professor receives funding from Battelle Memorial Institute

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DateOctober 20, 2011May 15, 2019

“We know that family environment explains a lot of why some people believe more than others, but it doesn’t explain everything,” said Amitai Shenhav (center), a doctoral student in Harvard’s Psychology Department. Conducting the research with Shenhav were postdoctoral fellow David Rand (left) and Professor Joshua Greene.

Intuitive? Try God

Researchers say those who rely on instinct are more likely to be religious

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DateSeptember 20, 2011March 29, 2019

Gordon Kaufman, leading theologian, dies

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DateJuly 29, 2011May 24, 2019

Gates receives honor, gives lecture

Awarded the 2011 Media Bridge-Builder Award

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DateJune 28, 2011July 19, 2019

Center for Jewish Studies awards seniors

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DateMay 26, 2011June 26, 2019

Guided by faith

HDS student to lead youth ministry

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DateMay 26, 2011

HDS announces the Religious Literacy Project

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DateMay 25, 2011May 31, 2019

Gram gives peace a chance

Confronted by violence, Gram works to give kids alternatives

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DateMay 23, 2011July 19, 2019

Written by Amy Brenneman '87 (left) and co-created and directed by her longtime collaborator Sabrina Peck ’84 (right), “Mouth Wide Open” draws on Brenneman’s personal struggle for balance and spirituality amid the pressures of celebrity and illness. "Mouth Wide Open" will be onstage at the Loeb Drama Center May 24-29.

The spirituality of the stage

Brenneman, Peck bring actress’ triumphs and trials to life

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DateMay 23, 2011May 17, 2019

"I’ve learned a lot through my study of environmental ethics here at Harvard, but the garden has really been where the rubber meets the road, or more appropriately, the shovel meets the soil. Through a lived relationship with this community of plants, animals, and people, I’ve come to be me," said Harvard Divinity School student Tim Severyn, seen here at the School's Community Garden.

Wholly (and holy) organic

New Divinity School garden a kind of sacred space

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DateMay 12, 2011

“There’s no visual art in the Jewish tradition that actually focuses on God,” said Harvard Hillel chaplain Rabbi Norman Janis, who called the assignment a challenge.

Lasting power

Tales of art, faith, inspiration at Divinity School event

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DateApril 12, 2011June 14, 2019

From left, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, Derek Bok, former Harvard President, Harvard President Drew Faust speaks at a memorial service for Rev. Peter J. Gomes inside The Memorial Church at Harvard University. Kris Snibbe/Harvard Staff Photographer

A moving tribute

Hundreds celebrate the memory of Rev. Peter J. Gomes

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DateApril 6, 2011

“We are witnessing a fundamental shift in the social and political conditions in much of the Arab world,” said Stephen Walt of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School. “The clock is not going to be turned back.”

The tipping point

Harvard analysts look to the future of a changing Arab world

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DateMarch 23, 2011March 6, 2019

The Moche of Ancient Peru: Media and Messages

<h4>Peabody Museum Press, February 2011</h4><h5>By Jeffrey Quilter</h5>

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DateMarch 22, 2011

Mark Jordan Selected as Luce Fellow in Theology for 2011-12

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DateMarch 21, 2011May 17, 2019

Harvard Thinks Big: “Religion in the Age of Pluralism” – Diana Eck

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DateMarch 1, 2011February 6, 2018

The Rev. Peter Gomes, Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church, passed away on Feb. 28. “We are deeply saddened by this loss,” said President Drew Faust. “For 40 years, he has served Harvard as a teacher in the fullest sense — a scholar, a mentor, one of the great preachers of our generation, and a living symbol of courage and conviction."

Rev. Peter J. Gomes dies at 68

Harvard scholar regarded as one of America’s leading preachers

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DateMarch 1, 2011September 12, 2019

C. Conrad Wright, renowned scholar of American Unitarianism, dies

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DateFebruary 22, 2011May 1, 2019

It’s only natural, Philosophy Department Chair Sean Dorrance Kelly said, for people to ask themselves questions like “What constitutes human excellence?” and “What is the best way to live a life?” But those questions prove particularly troublesome in this age, he explained, because religion no longer provides many people with a shared set of values or justifies their existence the way it did in centuries past.

Whistling through the darkness

Authors offer perspective, guide to finding meaning in a secular age

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DateFebruary 17, 2011

American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us

<h4>Simon & Schuster, October 2010</h4><h5>By David E. Campbell and Robert D. Putnam </h5>

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DateFebruary 17, 2011

Robert D. Putnam, Peter and Isabel Malkin Professor of Public Policy, polled a group of 3,000 Americans in 2006 and again in 2007. The comprehensive surveys, combined with case studies of 13 churches across the country, provided the backbone of his book “American Grace.” What the data showed, Putnam said, is that America is a remarkably devout, religiously diverse, and surprisingly tolerant place.

Church of one

Fewer Americans identify with a particular religion, Putnam finds

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DateFebruary 16, 2011May 6, 2019

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