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24 results for "Mystical Scriptures Essay Series"

24 results for "Mystical Scriptures Essay Series"

Lydia Maria Child and the Eclectic Church of the Future

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By Leigh E. Schmidt | Edited by Gosia E. Sklodowska As a nineteenth-century social reformer and writer, New Englander Lydia Maria Child (1802–1880) covered a lot of ground: woman’s equality, abolition, prison reform, historical fiction, children’s...

Letter from the Director

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"It has been another incredible year here at 42 Francis Avenue. This is my penultimate year as the Center’s Faculty Director, and so I am looking back on eight years and ahead to one more."

Video: Religion Around Virginia Woolf Author Discussion

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Stephanie Paulsell, HDS Susan Shallcross Swartz Professor of the Practice of Christian Studies and Interim Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church, discusses her recent publication about Virginia Woolf. Amy Hollywood (HDS) and Terry Tempest Williams (HDS)...

Video: Sophia and Sophiology: From Boehme to Schelling

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Jacob Boehme may have been the first to have developed the Old Testament figure of Sophia, Yahweh’s eternal partner of Proverbs 8, into a metaphysical doctrine of divine androgyny. Beginning in his 1809 Freedom Essay, and continuing through to his 1841...

Video: Are Psychedelics Theologically Significant for Judaism?

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On April 27, 2023, The Center for the Study of World Religions co-hosted this discussion with panelists Sam S. B. Shonkoff, Taube Family Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies at the Graduate Theological Union. Melila Hellner-Eshed, professor of Jewish...

Video: What is Psychedelic Chaplaincy?

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This panel brought together Daan Keiman, spiritual caregiver and facilitator at a psilocybin retreat in the Netherlands, with Jamie Beachy, a MAPS MDMA Therapist and director of the Center for Contemplative Chaplaincy at Naropa University, in dialogue...

Transcendentalism Initiative

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About ​​ The Transcendentalism Initiative examines American Transcendentalism as a living tradition shaping religious, ethical, and political life today. Hosted by the Center for the Study of World Religions at Harvard Divinity School, the Initiative...