Tag: the Bible

  • Nation & World

    Books on repeat

    The Gazette asked a few Harvard faculty to talk about the book that they have reread the most and why they keep coming back.

    6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    The books that shaped them

    The Gazette spoke with six faculty members about the formative books that shaped their lives and even their scholarship. From the quirky to the downright serious, their responses offer a varied and candid look at what resonates.

    7 minutes
  • Nation & World

    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.”

    11 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Deep devotion, explored

    Harvard Divinity School’s annual convocation included an address by Houghton Professor of the Practice of Ministry Studies Stephanie Paulsell, who explored the theme of devotion in the texts of the Bible’s “Song of Songs,” and in the work of author Virginia Woolf.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    A moving tribute

    Friends and colleagues offered heartfelt remembrances during a memorial service for the Rev. Peter J. Gomes.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Rev. Peter J. Gomes dies at 68

    The Rev. Professor Peter J. Gomes, Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church at Harvard University, died from complications arising from a stroke on Feb. 28. He was 68 years old.

    7 minutes