Introducing "Like a Tree Universally Spread Sri Sabhapati Swami and Śivarājayoga", Keith Cantú, Author

November 7, 2023

Sri Sabhapati Swami, a nineteenth- to early twentieth-century Tamil yogin named Sri Sabhapati Swami (Śrī Sabhāpati Svāmī, Capāpati Cuvāmikaḷ, ca. 1828–1923/4), had a significant impact on the development of modern yoga as well as modern occultism yet whose historical context and literature remains little-understood. Sabhapati’s works introduced elements of Tamil Śaiva cosmology to North India (especially British Punjab and Bengal), and he pioneered a yogic system that—on the surface—anticipates one later popularized by Swami Vivekananda, about whom by contrast there are enough books...

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The Peripheries Poetry Series and Sherah Bloor at the Center for the Study of World Religions

July 11, 2023

In working to advance its mission to “promote the study of the world’s religions in their classical and contemporary forms,” the Center for the Study of World Religions(CSWR) focuses its efforts along five themes, one of them being, “poetry, philosophy, and religion.”... Read more about The Peripheries Poetry Series and Sherah Bloor at the Center for the Study of World Religions

Video: Author Discussion: "We God's People: Christianity, Islam and Hinduism in the World of Nations"

May 4, 2022

A discussion with Jocelyne Cesari, HDS T. J. Dermot Dunphy Visiting Professor of Religion, Violence, and Peacebuilding, on her recent publication, We God's People: Christianity, Islam and Hinduism in the World of Nations.... Read more about Video: Author Discussion: "We God's People: Christianity, Islam and Hinduism in the World of Nations"

Beyond Timbuktu: An Intellectual History of Muslim West Africa

March 31, 2017

Ousmane Kane, the HDS Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor of Contemporary Islamic Religion and Society and professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences,... Read more about Beyond Timbuktu: An Intellectual History of Muslim West Africa

Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, Congress of Women book talk

Video: Congress of Wo/men: Religion, Gender, and Kyriarchal Power

March 27, 2017

Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, HDS Krister Stendahl Professor of Divinity, discusses her recent publication, Congress of Wo/men: Religion, Gender, and Kyriarchal Power.... Read more about Video: Congress of Wo/men: Religion, Gender, and Kyriarchal Power

Congress of Wo/men: Religion, Gender, and Kyriarchal Power

March 23, 2017

On Monday, March 27, HDS Krister Stendahl Professor of Divinity Elisabeth Schússler Fiorenza will discuss her recent book, Congress of Wo/men: Religion, Gender, and Kyriarchal Power.... Read more about Congress of Wo/men: Religion, Gender, and Kyriarchal Power

Director’s Welcome to the 2016–17 Academic Year

August 29, 2016

September is once again upon us, and after a long hot and dry summer here in Cambridge, we are ready – or almost ready - for the new academic year.... Read more about Director’s Welcome to the 2016–17 Academic Year

Video: To Forgive Is Human—Jewish Reflections on the Meaning and Practice of Forgiveness

April 4, 2013

On April 4, Louis Newman delivered this year's Albert and Vera List Fund for Jewish Studies Lecture at the Center for the Study of World Religions at HDS.... Read more about Video: To Forgive Is Human—Jewish Reflections on the Meaning and Practice of Forgiveness

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