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Expand your understanding of the ways religion shapes the world with lectures, interviews, and reflections from Harvard Divinity School.
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Hope Podcast: Featuring Swami Sachidananda
In this episode of the Hope Podcast, we sit down with Swami Sachidananda, a student fellow at HDS. We discuss his monastic journey and the power of a smile.
Learn more about religion and spiritual life at Harvard Divinity School here: hds.harvard.edu/community-life/re…nd-spiritual-life
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Hope Podcast: Featuring Jamail Khan, MTS '24
In this episode of the Hope Podcast, we hear from Jamail Khan, a second-year MTS student at HDS. We discuss the importance of religious community for spiritual growth and the power of love and beauty in the face of hopelessness.
Learn more about religion and spiritual life at Harvard Divinity School here: hds.harvard.edu/community-life/re…nd-spiritual-life
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Psychedelics, California, and the Cultures of Consciousness: A Talk with Erik Davis
Pop Apocalypse, hosted by Matthew J. Dillon, postdoctoral fellow at the Center for the Study of World Religions at Harvard Divinity School, explores the mystical and the mythic, the paranormal and the psychedelic in popular culture.
For episode 7, we welcome the writer and scholar Erik Davis to reflect on the journey that led to his new book, BLOTTER: The Untold Story of an Acid Medium. We discuss Erik’s writing for the Village Voice in the early 90s, his breakthrough monograph Techgnosis, and how his home state of California informs his oeuvre. In the second half of the interview, we discuss the academic study of “the weird,” perils and possibilities for the psychedelic renaissance, and how BLOTTER is a love letter to LSD.
A full transcript is forthcoming.
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Hope Podcast: Featuring Michael Fuhrman, MDiv '25
In this episode of the Hope Podcast, we hear from Michael Fuhrman, a second-year MDiv student at HDS. This conversation includes his religious position of non-position, religious sympathy, and the importance of writing for its own sake.
Learn more about religion and spiritual life at Harvard Divinity School here: hds.harvard.edu/community-life/re…nd-spiritual-life
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Hope Podcast: Featuring Ahmaad Edmund, MDiv '24
In this episode of the Hope Podcast, we hear from Ahmaad Edmund, a third-year MDiv student at HDS. He discusses his long-time commitment to the Baptist tradition, starting a basement church as a youngster, and finding hope in transit.
Learn more about religion and spiritual life at Harvard Divinity School here: https://hds.harvard.edu/community-life/religious-and-spiritual-life
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Chaplaincy Across Fields: Nurturing Resilience and Compassion 031924
This alumni webinar explored the role of chaplaincy in fostering resilience and navigating complex challenges. Representing different religious traditions and fields, HDS alumni—Celene Ibrahim, MDiv '11, Faculty and Muslim Chaplain at the Groton School; Naomi Tzril Saks, MDiv '10, Palliative Care Chaplain at University of California, San Francisco; and The Venerable Priya Rakkhit Sraman, MDiv '17, Buddhist Chaplain at Emory University—shared their insights and experiences on providing spiritual care in diverse settings. The conversation was moderated by Kerry Maloney, Chaplain and Director of Religious and Spiritual Life at Harvard Divinity School.
The global impact of Harvard Divinity School is realized through generations of remarkable alumni like Celene, Naomi, and Priya. You can help HDS continue to educate leaders who serve with empathy and care by making a gift this year: www.hds.harvard.edu/give.
This event took place March 19, 2024.
A full transcript can be found online: https://hds.harvard.edu/news/2024/04/16/video-chaplaincy-across-fields-resilience-compassion
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For those of us who HDS would never accept
I’ve never been one to follow the rules as they’ve been laid out by others. I don’t rebel for rebellion’s sake, but I DO ask myself with every breath, every choice, “is this in keeping with TRUTH, or is it in keeping with someone else telling me what’s true?” It can be a lonely path, and I often find myself longing for a spiritual community like the one I sense is formed at Harvard. Alas! I have no letter of recommendation from the Dali Lama (which is what I hear it takes to be accepted to Harvard Divinty School), so I am grateful for the public access—via this podcast—that I am granted.
This podcast can be a little pretentious (at times it feels like a long form commercial for the product that is HDS), but it also can open the door to phrases like “the most divine freaks” (Robin Coste Lewis). I’ve been reading the books written by guests and professors I meet here (Brian Morarescu and Todne Thomas, for example) and while my resumé may never include “Harvard grad,” my spiritual resumé continues to grow through offerings such as this. Thanks, HDS, for making this podcast available to us small-town divine freaks of the world.