Religion, Conflict, and Peace

A message from David N. Hempton, Dean of Harvard Divinity School Today we announce a big step forward for Harvard Divinity School—the launch of Religion and Public Life at Harvard Divinity School. At its core, Religion and Public Life (RPL) is about...

As the 2020 presidential election nears, Lauren R. Kerby and Jeff Sharlet discussed the politics of white evangelicals in the U.S. today. Kerby's book, Saving History: How White Evangelicals Tour the Nation's Capital and Redeem a Christian America, offers...

Stand-up comedian, activist, and 2019-20 Visiting Fellow in Conflict and Peace Noam Shuster contracted COVID-19 on her return voyage to Israel. Her recordings and reflections on her experience, in particular in one of Israel's "Coronavirus Hotels"...

On March 9, 2020, Harvard Staff Writer Colleen Walsh covered the story of of poet Mosab Abu Toha, a Scholar at Risk and Religious Literacy Fellow at Harvard Divinity School, who faced intimidation and danger in creating an English-language library in Gaza...