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The World Religions Café

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Each year the Center is privileged to host a most interesting community of students and visiting scholars, and 2016-17 is no exception: over 20 people of various backgrounds, faith traditions, and academic interests. In keeping with one of the oldest...

Center for the Study of World Religions Releases Report on Psychedelic Facilitation Training

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The Center for the Study of World Religions (CSWR) at Harvard Divinity School has released “Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Training in the US: A Landscape Analysis,” an assessment of the current state of psychedelic facilitation training programs across the...

Is Religion True? Christians, Buddhists, and the Difficult Quest for Truth

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“Religion, I would argue, ought not to be a functional aspect of social norms, but a method to escape the ordinary world.”

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

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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." Here are talks by...

A Week in the Life of the Center for the Study of World Religions

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The Center for the Study of World Religions has always been a place where students, faculty and the greater community engage in scholarly and community events. The week of April 13 through April 20, 2015 is a good example of the many varied and exciting...

Worlds of Religion at Harvard

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By facilitating connections with the Harvard community and beyond, the CSWR convenes conversations about cutting-edge research.

Video: Toward a World Theology: Wilfred Cantwell Smith and the Center for the Study of World Religions

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This lecture by Donald K. Swearer, Distinguished Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies, Harvard Divinity School, and director of the CSWR, was part of the CSWR 50th Anniversary Symposium. An introduction was given by incoming CSWR director Francis X...

Magic Crossings, Magic Transformations

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Sorcerers reveal unexpected aspects of religions in a wide, wild world.

HDS students participate in the 2015 Parliament of the World's Religions

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The 2015 Parliament of the World's Religions took place on October 15-19 in Salt Lake City. The first Parliament dates back to 1893, and 122 years later, the gathering drew approximately 9,500 people from over 50 different faiths from various parts of the...

Charles Stang Named Director of Center for the Study of World Religions

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Charles Stang, Professor of Early Christian Thought, has been appointed the next director of the Center for the Study of World Religions (CSWR) at Harvard Divinity School, beginning July 1. He will succeed Francis X. Clooney, S.J., Parkman Professor of...

Center for the Study of World Religions Brings Psychedelic Chaplaincy to the Forefront

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Photos by Jeffrey Blackwell A global resurgence of scientific, medical, and public interest in the therapeutic and transformational potential of psychedelic drugs, plants, and fungi is raising questions about the availability of spiritually responsive...

Video: CSWR 50th Anniversary Symposium Panel Discussion on 'World Religions'

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A panel chaired by Janet Gyatso , Harvard Divinity School, with Devaka Premawardhana, PhD candidate, Harvard University; Steven Hopkins, Swarthmore College; and Hent de Vries, Johns Hopkins University. Part of the Center for the Study of World Religions...

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The World Religions Café

Center for the Study of World Religions Releases Report on Psychedelic Facilitation Training

Is Religion True? Christians, Buddhists, and the Difficult Quest for Truth

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

A Week in the Life of the Center for the Study of World Religions

Worlds of Religion at Harvard

Video: Toward a World Theology: Wilfred Cantwell Smith and the Center for the Study of World Religions

Magic Crossings, Magic Transformations

HDS students participate in the 2015 Parliament of the World's Religions

Charles Stang Named Director of Center for the Study of World Religions

Center for the Study of World Religions Brings Psychedelic Chaplaincy to the Forefront

Video: CSWR 50th Anniversary Symposium Panel Discussion on 'World Religions'