National Catholic Reporter

Harvard Divinity School pauses religion and conflict educational initiative, cuts its staff

Harvard Divinity School announced last week it was pausing its Religion, Conflict and Peace Initiative, a program that focused on Israel-Palestine as a case study. On Wednesday (April 2), it cut the ...
The Christian Century

Indonesian entrepreneur donates $5 million to divinity school for global Christianity studies

Tandean Rustandy, an Indonesian Christian entrepreneur, gave $5 million to the Divinity School at the University of Chicago to endow a chair in global Christianity. A goal for the position is to make ...
The Harvard Crimson

Author Mike Jay Talks Religious and Scientific Perspectives on Psychedelics at Div School Webinar

Author and cultural historian Mike Jay discussed the role of psychedelics as a bridge between science and spirituality at a Monday webinar hosted by the Harvard Divinity School’s Center for the Study ...
The Harvard Crimson

Leaders of Harvard Divinity School’s Religion and Public Life Program To Depart Abruptly

The leader of the Religion and Public Life program at the Harvard Divinity School departed suddenly in January, creating turnover at the top of an initiative that became a lightning rod for ...
Daily Herald

District 214 hosts World Religions Summit, explores religious diversity in a multicultural society

In mid-March, District 214’s World Religions team hosted its second World Religions Summit, themed “Building pluralistic spaces through religious literacy.” The all-day summit brought together 75 ...
The University of Chicago Chronicle

Franklin I. ‘Chris’ Gamwell, religious ethics scholar devoted to justice, 1937-2023

Franklin I. “Chris” Gamwell, the Shailer Mathews Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Religious Ethics, Philosophy of Religions, and Theology and dean of the Divinity School from 1980-1990, ...