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Head and Heart Work: Harvard Divinity Community Spends Year Deeply Engaged with Harvard Legacy of Slavery Report

April 18, 2023

On a fall afternoon in November inside Harvard Divinity School’s Swartz Hall, the School’s Associate Dean for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging Melissa Wood Bartholomew along with Assistant Dean for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging Steph Gauchel and their colleagues Professors David Holland and Diane Moore, prepared to lead a small group restorative circle session for the HDS community to discuss the report of the Presidential Committee on Harvard and the Legacy of Slavery. They arranged chairs in a circle for participants and readied an agenda with multiple questions to pose to attendees.... Read more about Head and Heart Work: Harvard Divinity Community Spends Year Deeply Engaged with Harvard Legacy of Slavery Report

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Must We Forgive?

January 12, 2023

When a crime is committed or moral injury occurs, we often respond in one of two ways: we condemn the offense and seek redress, or we declare our willingness to forgive and move on. But a reflexive willingness to pardon—though praised by the Christian tradition—can actually be a problem, argues Matthew Potts, MDiv '08, PhD '13, a professor and pastor at Harvard Divinity School, and author of the new book Forgiveness: An Alternative Account.

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World Day That Gives Hope to Children Victims and Survivors

November 18, 2022
Professor David Holland participated in a two-day World Day of Prayer and Action for Children, which took place in Rome, commemorating the first World Day for the Prevention of, and Healing from Child Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Violence.
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What Indigenous Leaders Think about Co-Managing Bears Ears with the Feds

July 22, 2022
"A successful co-management model is all about transparency, and having a consensus in sharing of ideas and ways of knowing. We are taught to take care of the land. It’s more of an act of love, not an act of a job," said Cynthia Wilson, Religion and Public Life Native and Indigenous Rights Fellow.
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HDS Program Aims to Create New Spaces for the Spiritually Marginalized

March 22, 2022

Historically, professional organizations in the study of religion have ignored the experiences and practices of marginal and new religious movements. The new Program for the Evolution of Spirituality (PES) at Harvard Divinity School is working to ameliorate the marginalization of these spiritual movements through associated courses, ongoing colloquia, and conferences that center the experiences and practices of marginal spiritual communities.... Read more about HDS Program Aims to Create New Spaces for the Spiritually Marginalized

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