Religion
POSTCARD: Priestly Lessons
I’d been dreaming of swimming through a vast black sea, and in the morning my bed was an island.
POSTCARD: To the Anti-Burqa Taxi Driver
It seems as though it isn’t the “subjugation” of these burqa-wearing women that you really care about—it’s their difference, their “otherness.”
GOD IS NOT ONE RELIGION
Religion scholar and bestselling author Stephen Prothero speaks at the Harvard Book Store last night about his new book “God Is Not One” in which he seeks to demonstrate how differences in paths leading to the same destination can enrich, not prevent, dialogue and cooperation.
Goldstein Opens Up Religious Discussion in ‘36 Arguments’
“36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction” doesn’t settle any of the questions it raises, but it certainly edifies, entertains, and provokes.
Consuming Religion
Taylor Lewis Guthrie and Tiffany L. Stanley, HDS '10 facilitate a discussion about faith and religion in the context of today's youth at the Women's Center.
Evangelist Panel Discusses Religion in Politics
At an IOP panel discussion yesterday, several evangelists discussed their religious traditions and questions that arose after the financial crisis.
Openly Gay Harvard Alum Named Clergy-in-Charge of Ky. Church
“All are welcome. We are not fancy. We especially welcome sinners,” proclaims the Web site of St. Martha’s Episcopal Church in Lexington, Ky., where the Reverend Timothy R. Fleck ’86 was made Clergy-in-Charge.
Theology Professor Talks About Sex, Catholicism in First Lent-themed Speech
Last night, a talk on contemporary Catholic sexual ethics kicked off the Lenten speaker series “What’s Sex Got to Do With It?”
Sex and the Church
Lisa Cahill, J. Donald Monan Professor of Theology at Boston College, describes the debates about sex within the Catholic church yesterday evening at Memorial Church.
Ash Wednesday at St. Paul Parish
Leaha A Wynn (2013) serving dinner at St. Paul Parish after Ash Wednesday mass.
Pinker and Goldstein Challenge Religion
Psychology Professor Steven A. Pinker and his wife, Rebecca N. Goldstein spoke on the similarities between moral communities formed both within and outside of the context of religion.
