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.”
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Political Paradox and Religion: The Case of the National Parks
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Giving attention to religion’s place in politics can help us to account for the paradoxes we see in democratic life, especially in the politics of environmentalism, long assumed to be a province of the secular.
Religion and Emersonian Decadence in American Politics
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“Any religious tradition can affect decadent forms of practice. We must remain vigilant of the ways religion’s excesses negatively impact our pursuit of political unity amid our diverse cultural contexts and identities. For all political claims are...
Divination, Ritual, and “Miraculous Cures” in Afro-Cuban Religions
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This project focuses on “miraculous cures” at the intersection of Afro-Cuban religion and modern medicine and asks how to better understand and theorize contemporary ritual healing through religious practice.
Africana Religions
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Despite the great internal diversity of Africana religions, sometimes even within the traditions of the same society or ethnic group, Africana religions, those religions embedded in or with significant roots in the continent of Africa, share cosmological...
Reinventing Religion: Ancient Egypt in the European History of Religion
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As the study of religion moved into the domain of cultural studies, there came a shift in the subjects of research.Scholars no longer focused solely on so-called world religions but also looked at the interplay between religion and culture in a broader...
Religions and Ecology at the Center
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On October 14-16, 2016, the Center hosted Religion, Ecology, and Our Planetary Future, a major conference marking the twentieth anniversary of the Religions of the World and Ecology Conference series and subsequent book series, and moved forward the work...
Orientalism and Religion Colloquium
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The Center regularly hosts public lectures, book events, and occasional conversations such as those included in the Religion in the News lunch series. But also of great importance to the Center’s mission are the regular colloquia and reading groups we...
Asian Religions in America
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Originally distributed as a free pamphlet, Be Here Now (1971) went on to sell over two million copies and become a countercultural spiritual classic.[ 1] Illustrated with mandalas, labyrinths, serpents, and bodhisattvas, the book describes the author’s...
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...
Psychedelics and the Future of Religion
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We are pleased to announce that the Center for the Study of World Religions (CSWR) is one of the recipients of a new gift from the Gracias Family Foundation to establish the Harvard Study of Psychedelics in Society and Culture. This gift will support the...
Frontiers in American Religion
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Nicholas Covaleski This Research Reflection by guest contributor Nicholas Covaleski is part of an ongoing series spotlighting the academic study of religions. The frontier myth is the most pervasive in the United States culture. Its central claim is that...