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Video: Anthropology as Cosmic Diplomacy: Toward an Ecological Ethics for the Anthropocene

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"Forests think." Eduardo Kohn, author of the book How Forests Think, discusses a kind of thinking, which he calls “sylvan," that is manifested by tropical forests and those that live with them. This mode of thought can provide an ethical orientation in...

Boarding the Voyage: The Archive as Altar, Research as Ritual--An Evening with Robin Coste Lewis

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Robin Coste Lewis, National Book Award winner and poet laureate of Los Angeles, will give a talk and reading at the inaugural event in the Poetry, Philosophy, and Religion series at the Center for the Study of World Religions at Harvard Divinity School...

Stang Discusses the CSWR's 'Peculiar Alchemy'

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Video: Claiming God's Peace When Whiteness Stands Its Ground

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The Annual Greeley Lecture for Peace and Social Justice was delivered by the Rev. Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas, and examined the social/political and theological implications of whiteness as an impediment to living God’s justice. Rev. Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas...

Video: Dharma Gaze: Practices of Buddhism and Poetry--An Evening with Anne Waldman

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“Form is emptiness, emptiness is form.” —from the Heart Sutra Based on personal study and experience, Anne Waldman speaks on the refuge and Bodhisattva vows, the Six Realms of Existence, “co-emergent wisdom” and a parallel vow to poetry, and the joys and...

The Spacetime of Dreams: An Interview with Christopher White

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On Monday, March 5, at 5:30 PM, Christopher White will give a lecture at the CSWR entitled "The Spacetime of Dreams." White, Professor and Chair of the Religion Department at Vassar College, will examine the higher-dimensional time theories of the British...

Speaking For and Against Oneself: An Interview with Dr. Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad

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Please note that due to inclement weather, the annual Hindu View of Life lecture has been canceled, and will be rescheduled at a future date. Dr. Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad will give the annual Hindu View of Life lecture, entitled "Speaking For and Against...

Video: The Spacetime of Dreams

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This talk examines the higher-dimensional time theories of the British aviator and writer John Dunne, whose widely-read Experiment with Time (1927) offered anecdotal evidence that dreams and other visionary experiences allowed people to perceive events...

Video: Eco-Alchemy: Anthroposophy and the History and Future of Environmentalism

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Dan McKanan, Ralph Waldo Emerson Unitarian Universalist Association Senior Lecturer in Divinity (HDS), discusses his recent publication, Eco-Alchemy: Anthroposophy and the History and Future of Environmentalism. Terry Tempest Williams (HDS) and Rebecca...

Arvo Pärt's White Light: An Interview with Dr. Laura Dolp

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On March 26, Dr. Laura Dolp of Montclair State University will participate in a panel discussion with Dr. Andrew Shenton of Boston University, Dr. Charles Stang, Director of the CSWR, and Kythe Heller, PhD candidate at Harvard University, regarding the...

Video: Arvo Pärt's White Light: A Panel and Performance

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Estonian composer Arvo Pärt is the most performed living composer in the world today. His style is often characterized as a “mystic” or “holy” minimalism, inspired in part by Gregorian chant. This panel explores the religious dimensions of Pärt’s music...

The Future of "Spiritual, but Not Religious": An Interview with Dr. William Parsons.

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On Friday, April 13, at 4:00 PM, the CSWR will host a public panel featuring Linda Mercadante, Robert Fuller, Jeffrey Kripal, and Charles M. Stang, entitled "The Future of 'Spiritual, but Not Religious'". This public panel is part of a collaboration...