Since the signing of Oslo, or the Declaration of Principles, in 1993, the question of Palestine has been rammed into the constricting paradigms of statehood and diplomatic negotiations. The peace process framework not only eschewed the consequential dimension of power from the question of Palestine but limited its possible futures by reducing it to a matter of, at best, equitable partitions. This conversation aimed to peel back those debilitating frameworks to consider how other approaches like anti-racism, feminism, and anti-imperialism could help overcome restrictive binaries and lead to decolonial futures.... Read more about Video: Decolonize Now: A Conversation about Radical Imagination and Justice in Israel/Palestine

Climate collapse has been an “all-hands-on-deck issue for a long time,” says Diane L. Moore, Faculty Director of Religion and Public Life. She continues, “We all have a stake in addressing this question. We must all be attentive to climate if we are to engage in a more sustainable future. That includes Religion and Public Life.”

The first semester of the newly launched Religion and Public Life (RPL) program has been characterized by its investment in climate.... Read more about All Hands on Deck: A Conversation on Climate After Religion and Public Life’s Weather Reports

Religion and Public Life’s first Climate Change Fellow, Teresa Cavazos Cohn, says that working with the Religion and Public Life (RPL) community is a real opportunity. She shares, “RPL has proven to be a creative space in terms of my own thinking. For example, RPL is helping me think about diverse, global audiences in relation to climate in new and dynamic ways that are quite energizing.”

Cohn is a co-instructor in Harvard Divinity School’s “Religious Literacy in the Professions” course, filling the roles of issue-specific expert, teacher, and mentor.... Read more about Understanding Climate Through Stories: Teresa Cavazos Cohn, RPL 2021–22 Climate Change Fellow 

Join us in witnessing and celebrating the inaugural cohort of Master of Religion and Public Life candidates as they present their final projects that engage the complexity of religion within their vocations. The final project is shaped in consultation with Dr. Diane L. Moore, the faculty instructor of the Religion and Public Life Seminar, MRPL candidate peers in the seminar, and the students' faculty advisor. MRPL candidates promote a robust and capacious understanding of the power of religion in human experience and contemporary global affairs. 

See the full line-up of presentations.... Read more about Announcing Public MRPL Final Presentations