# All News ## expand\_more [### RPL Explores Intersections of Justice and Public Theology ](/news/2026/05/22/rpl-explores-intersections-justice-and-public-theology) May 22, 2026 In a recent lecture, guest speakers Quinton Dixie and Rev. Leslie Callahan explored the legacy of the Rev. C.T. Vivian, discussing the intersections of justice and public theology. ![Leslie Callahan and Quinton Dixie headshots](/sites/g/files/omnuum8216/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-05/RPL%20Pub%20theo%20justice%20webinar%20hero%20copy.jpg?itok=5o5o_S3Z) [### RPL Examines Black Religious Thought and American Democracy ](/news/2026/03/10/rpl-examines-black-religious-thought-and-american-democracy) March 10, 2026 In a recent RPL guest lecture, Paul Cato examined the role of Black religious thought in American democracy, emphasizing the influence and challenge of love. ![Paul Cato](/sites/g/files/omnuum8216/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-03/Paul%20Cato%20headshot%20wide.jpg?itok=DtWY7K3s) [### RPL Examines Relational Sovereignty and Indigenous Liberation ](/news/2026/02/20/rpl-examines-relational-sovereignty-indigenous-liberation) February 20, 2026 In a recent RPL lecture, Natalie Avalos examined the concept of "relational sovereignty," a framework of indigenous liberation emphasizing the kinship of all living things. ![Natalie Avalos](/sites/g/files/omnuum8216/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-02/Profile_Avalos%20wide.jpg?itok=yfqtrh5j) [### RPL Lecture Explores Gendered Authority at Women's Mosque of America ](/news/2025/12/02/rpl-lecture-explores-gendered-authority-womens-mosque-america) December 02, 2025 In a recent RPL lecture, Tazeen Ali explored how Muslim women at the Women’s Mosque of America exercise different forms of religious authority. ![book cover](/sites/g/files/omnuum8216/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-12/RPL%20women%27s%20mosque%20book%20cover%20wide.jpg?itok=gTPTJnL5) [### RPL Explores Relationship Between Inner Work and Outer Change ](/news/2025/11/17/rpl-explores-relationship-between-inner-work-and-outer-change) November 17, 2025 The Religion in Public Life program at Harvard Divinity School recently explored how transformative leaders are formed by spiritual development and centering others’ wellbeing. ![Rebecca Henderson posing for photo ](/sites/g/files/omnuum8216/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-11/Rebecca%20Henderson%20headshot%20crop.jpg?itok=JV2toZyo) [### RPL Lecture Examines Compassion in Societal Structures ](/news/2025/11/03/rpl-lecture-examines-compassion-societal-structures) November 03, 2025 In a recent RPL lecture, guest speaker Marc Gopin and HDS Professor Swayam Bagaria examined the role of compassion in its functional and moral capacity to reshape how political and religious systems respond to crisis. ![Two people sit in chairs and have a conversation against beige backdrop](/sites/g/files/omnuum8216/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-11/10152025_Oct%2015%20RPL%20photo_thumb%20crop.jpg?h=3b7af8d0&itok=qcLwPWVJ) [### Religion and Public Life Fall Series Concludes with Discussion on Sudan ](/news/2025/10/14/religion-and-public-life-fall-series-concludes-discussion-sudan) October 14, 2025 The Religion and Public Life (RPL) program at Harvard Divinity School hosted the final session of its three-part series, "Scripture, Secularism, and Statecraft," with a lecture by Professor Alden Young of Yale University on religion and the postcolonial... ![Divinity Hall](/sites/g/files/omnuum8216/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-10/070207_DivHall_005.jpg?itok=C-yVoXV1) [### Religion and Public Life Fall Series Explores the Making of Modern Statecraft ](/news/2025/10/08/religion-and-public-life-fall-series-explores-making-modern-statecraft) October 08, 2025 The Religion and Public Life (RPL) program at Harvard Divinity School hosted the second session of its three-part series, "Scripture, Secularism, and Statecraft," with a lecture by Professor Jocelyne Cesari on religion and the making of modern statecraft. ![Flowers at the entrance to Divinity Hall](/sites/g/files/omnuum8216/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-06/09242024-HDScampus-014.png?itok=JU8qFbbv) [### Religion and Public Life Begins Three-Part Series on Scripture, Secularism, and Statecraft ](/news/2025/10/08/religion-and-public-life-begins-three-part-series-scripture-secularism-and) October 08, 2025 The Religion and Public Life (RPL) program at Harvard Divinity School hosted the opening installment of its three-part series, "Scripture, Secularism, and Statecraft," with a lecture by Professor Jacques Berlinerblau on the legacy of "secularism." ![Swartz Hall autumn with students in the foreground](/sites/g/files/omnuum8216/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-10/09302022-HDS-Campus-075%20crop.jpg?itok=IYgUcDG9) [### Terrence L. Johnson Begins Tenure as Director of Religion and Public Life ](/news/2025/07/10/terrence-johnson-begins-tenure-director-religion-public-life) July 10, 2025 Terrence L. Johnson, MDiv ’00, has assumed the role of director of Religion and Public Life (RPL) at Harvard Divinity School (HDS), a program that promotes the public understanding of religion. ![Terrence Johnson in conversation in 2023](/sites/g/files/omnuum8216/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-07/Johnson-RPL-Banner.jpg?itok=9sFFAGZq) [### Annual Report 2024-25: Religion, Conflict, and Peace Initiative ](/news/2025/06/30/annual-report-2024-25-religion-conflict-and-peace-initiative) June 30, 2025 RCPI has entered a temporary period of pause this year while strategic planning processes among the HDS faculty work to chart a new vision for its next stage of programming. Reflecting on the first seven years of RCPI, we recognize the impact it has had... ![Stone carving of a dove](/sites/g/files/omnuum8216/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-06/Programs_RCPI_Resources_MOOC-dove.jpg?itok=jL2LexFk) [### Student Highlight: Yoni Altman-Shafer, MTS ’26 ](/news/2025/06/30/student-highlight-yoni-altman-shafer-mts-26) June 30, 2025 RPL was the best place to be for people who are interested in the application of religion beyond the textbook and house of study. 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