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Recordings of all Religion and Public Life events, seminars, and conferences.

Students speak as part of the Climate Justice Week event, "Climate Justice as Racial Justice"

Video: Climate Justice as Racial Justice: Student Panel

May 11, 2023
On April 11, 2023, HDS students gathered to give a panel on climate and racial justice. This panel presented an opportunity to learn from the critical work being done by students to advance justice through analysis, reflection, and action at the intersection of race and climate. Mayra Rivera, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Religion and Latinx Studies, will offered the opening address and the panel included Phil Scholer, Tracey Robertson Carter, Nathan Samayo, and Eve Woldemikael.... Read more about Video: Climate Justice as Racial Justice: Student Panel
Raef Zreik, Religion and Public Life Visiting Scholar in Conflict and Peace 2022-23

Video: The Palestinian Question as a Jewish Question

May 9, 2023

On March 23, 2023, the Divinity School hosted Religion and Public Life Visiting Scholar in Conflict and Peace Raef Zreik. The question of Palestine and the Palestinians, according to Zreik, is shifting more and more from an external matter to an internal question of Israel, Zionism, and the Jewish people writ large. Zreik interrogates the ways questions of war and peace, borders, security, or the ‘two state’ solution become more and more internal to Israel. Related intimately to the state's identity, character and constitutional structure and democratic nature, these questions highlight the merging conversation of existence and essence.... Read more about Video: The Palestinian Question as a Jewish Question

Four headshots of participants in the Leading Toward Justice webinar series including moderator, Susie Hayward, Associate Director of RLPI, and alumnx panelists Jasmine Beach-Ferrara, MDiv ‘10, Erica Williams, MRPL ‘22, and Ryan Anderson, MDiv ‘04

Video: Leading Toward Justice: Intersections of Religion, Ethics, and Community Organizing

April 8, 2023
On February 10, 2023, The Leading Toward Justice webinar series featured a discussion of the critical importance of ethical practices and religious literacy in community organizing and advocacy fields. The Leading Toward Justice webinar series panel discussions spotlight alumni impact in the world and the ways alumni leverage their HDS training while working in secular or public professions.... Read more about Video: Leading Toward Justice: Intersections of Religion, Ethics, and Community Organizing
Karen L. King, David F. Holland, Dan McKanan, Terrence L. Johnson, and Tracey Hucks were the featured speakers for the final conversation of the six part Religion and the Legacies of Slavery series.

Video: Reflecting on Religion and the Legacies of Slavery

April 2, 2023

On March 20, 2023, HDS hosted the final installment in the the six-part series Religion and the Legacies of Slavery: A Series of Public Online Conversations. The featured speakers were Karen L. King, David F. Holland, Dan McKanan, Terrence L. Johnson, and Tracey Hucks. 

This session was a discussion among presenters reflecting upon the insights shared throughout the series. In addition to identifying themes and throughlines among sessions, presenters returned to the overarching questions that framed this collaboration: What does the academic study of religion teach us about the complex histories and legacies of slavery? How can a deeper understanding of the roles of religion enhance our commitment to reparative action in our contemporary times?

Tracey E. Hucks, Victor S. Thomas Professor of Africana Religious Studies, was the featured speaker in the fifth conversation of the six part Religion and the Legacies of Slavery series.

Video: Slavers and Slavery: Dialogue with Descendants

March 22, 2023

On March 6, 2023, HDS hosted the fifth installment in the the six-part series Religion and the Legacies of Slavery: A Series of Public Online Conversations. The featured speakers were Tracey E. Hucks, Victor S. Thomas Professor of Africana Religious Studies, Dain Perry, and Constance Perry.

Slavery is most readily associated with the U.S. American South with the geographies of the North often eclipsed. Tracey Hucks lead a discussion on slavery and the slave trade that focused on New England and the DeWolf family of Rhode Island. The DeWolf family was understood as the largest slave-trading family in the United States and Dain Perry, a direct descendant, will be featured in this webinar. The event will also highlight the reparative and healing workshops co-facilitated by Dain and his wife Constance Perry conducted throughout the U.S. at religious, social, and educational institutions.