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The Center for the Study of World Religions is an integral part of Harvard Divinity School. By its resources and programming the Center supports, focuses, and enhances the School’s mission, with respect to research, teaching, and community. The Center seeks

• to promote the study of the world's religions in their classical and historical forms, drawing on traditional and contemporary disciplines of learning;
• to promote understanding of the complex roles that religions play in today’s cultures, economies, and political structures;...

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Reflections of an Interfaith Movement in Jordan

January 31, 2013

In the summer of 2012, I experienced an interfaith movement unlike anything I had observed elsewhere, in which a discourse between Christianity and Islam is both living and politically significant on local and global scales.... Read more about Reflections of an Interfaith Movement in Jordan



Harvard and HDS Celebrate Interfaith Awareness Week

February 4, 2013

 

Harvard University and HDS are celebrating Interfaith Awareness Week (February 4-9) with events aimed at promoting interfaith dialogue and understanding. The events coincide with and are inspired by World Interfaith Harmony Week declared by the United Nations.

Events taking place on campus during Interfaith Awareness Week are located in the right-hand column of this page. Below you will find links to news and videos related to the interfaith work and community at Harvard and at HDS.

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Pastor to His Church

February 18, 2013

Susan Abraham, assistant professor of ministry studies at HDS, weighs in on Pope Benedict's resignation in The Indian Express.



Video: Studying Religion in the Post-9/11 World

September 11, 2013

On September 11, 2013 the Center for the Study of World Religions hosted a panel titled "Studying Religion in the Post-9/11 World: The Importance of Taking Religion Seriously from a Humanities Perspective in Troubled Times."... Read more about Video: Studying Religion in the Post-9/11 World



Beyond Belief

September 15, 2013

Charles Carstens, a Ph.D. student in Buddhist studies, spoke at CSWR on Sept. 11 as part of the panel “Studying Religion in the Post-9/11 World: The Importance of Taking Religion Seriously from a Humanities Perspective in Troubled Times.”



Remembering Narges Moshiri

October 4, 2013

We at HDS and the Center for the Study of World Religions are saddened to learn that Narges Moshiri, MTS '86, who was on the CSWR staff from 1988 through 1996, died at her home in Louisville, Kentucky... Read more about Remembering Narges Moshiri



Video: Homelessness at Harvard—How Serving Your Neighbor Can Save the World

November 13, 2013

Reverend Thomas Hathaway from The Outdoor Church in Cambridge, Mass., Richard Parker, Lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School, and MDiv student Zachary Kerzee speak about the issue of homelessness in Cambridge... Read more about Video: Homelessness at Harvard—How Serving Your Neighbor Can Save the World



Audio: Fellowship of the Spirit

November 21, 2013

The creation of a true "world community," wrote Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan in 1960, demanded "goodwill and understanding of the basic principles which govern the lives of the different peoples."... Read more about Audio: Fellowship of the Spirit

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