Danny Kraft: Interreligious Dialogue in Poland

October 26, 2017

HDS is known to take interfaith dialogue very seriously. But what happens when that dialogue leaves the classroom? How does it work in the context of the “real world”—where faith is lived in addition to studied—and where trauma is a matter of experience, not just an object for discursive, intellectual analysis?... Read more about Danny Kraft: Interreligious Dialogue in Poland

Professors Arvind Sharma and Guy Stroumsa, Former Residents, Give Distinguished Lectures at the Center

November 17, 2016

This is the bicentennial year of Harvard Divinity School, and in addition to high profile special events on campus, most of us are naturally taking the long view, placing our work in the light of that 200-year history.... Read more about Professors Arvind Sharma and Guy Stroumsa, Former Residents, Give Distinguished Lectures at the Center

On Jewish Liturgy as Jewish Theology

September 28, 2015

On Thursday, October 1, Steven Kepnes, director of the Chapel House and chair of the Department of Religion at Colgate University, will deliver the Albert and Vera List Fund for Jewish Studies Lecture at the Center for the Study of World Religions (CSWR).... Read more about On Jewish Liturgy as Jewish Theology

A Contemporary Jewish Theology of Creation

April 23, 2015

Arthur (Avraham Yizhak) Green defines himself as a neo-Hasidic Jewish theologian. Hasidism, as he sees it, is an approach to religion that begins with the prophet’s intoxicating and transformative insight that “The whole world is filled with God’s glory (Isa. 6:3).... Read more about A Contemporary Jewish Theology of Creation

Joel S. Kaminsky of Smith College delivers the 2015 Albert and Vera List Fund for Jewish Studies Lecture

Video: "Would You Impugn My Justice?"

February 18, 2015

Joel S. Kaminsky, Professor of Religion and Morningstar Family Professor in Jewish Studies at Smith College, delivers the 2015 Albert and Vera List Fund for Jewish Studies Lecture.... Read more about Video: "Would You Impugn My Justice?"

Alexander Samely, Analyzing Ancient Jewish Texts

Video: Written Religion: Some New Avenues in Analyzing Ancient Jewish Texts

October 27, 2014

Professor Alexander Samely (University of Manchester) discusses new tools in analyzing ancient Jewish texts, including a database of comparative profiles of ancient Jewish texts.... Read more about Video: Written Religion: Some New Avenues in Analyzing Ancient Jewish Texts