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Dear Colleagues and Friends, As this academic year draws to a close, I find myself reflecting with gratitude on the extraordinary vitality, intellectual ambition, and creative breadth that have animated the Center for the Study of World Religions over the...

Greetings, friends and colleagues, As the summer slowly winds down in our quiet corner of Harvard’s campus, I am delighted to introduce you to what promises to be an extraordinary year at the Center for the Study of World Religions. The vitality and...

Monday, August 31, was an auspicious day at Harvard Divinity School. It was not only our Convocation, the formal opening of the new academic year, but also, at the start of 2015-16, a step closer to the actual bicentennial of the School. It was also an...

On March 20, Frédérique Apffel-Marglin, Professor Emerita of Anthropology at Smith College, spoke about her latest book, Subversive Spiritualities: How Rituals Enact the World. This talk was part of the "African, Diasporic, and Indigenous Religions in...

As part of Interfaith Awareness Week, the Pluralism Project and the Center for the Study of World Religions at HDS hosted a panel discussion about what it means to build "common ground" in interfaith work.Panelists included Latifa Ali, board president of...