Harvard
Is the university good for the Jews? With Mark Oppenheimer
By Jeffrey Salkin — January 25, 2024
How did the university become a battle ground for Jewish identity? A conversation with Mark Oppenheimer reveals some interesting nuances to that question.
Poll: Less than half of Jewish college students feel safe on campus
By Yonat Shimron — November 29, 2023
(RNS) — The poll of 3,084 American college students, of whom 527 were Jewish, comes amid an alarming rise in incidents of both antisemitism and Islamophobia as Israel and Hamas wage war.
The Supreme Court’s colorblindness
By Cheryl Townsend Gilkes — June 30, 2023
(RNS) — It's a different colorblindness than the one envisioned in King's 'Dream' speech.
Why is there a place called East Palestine, Ohio?
By Jeffrey Salkin — March 9, 2023
Salem, MA. Sharon, MA. Bethel, CT. New Canaan, CT. A biblical tour through the United States.
What Harvard’s humanist chaplain shows about atheism in America
By Wendy Cadge and Penny Edgell — September 27, 2021
(The Conversation) — Americans are getting more comfortable with new forms of spirituality, but their views of atheists are still complicated.
‘You can’t think yourself out of racism’: Black religion scholars call for conversion
By Renée Roden — August 18, 2021
(RNS) — Black religion scholars say their work is routinely undervalued and their advancement blocked by a bias that sees the study of Black religious experience as secondary to white theology.
Campus chaplains, religious clubs advocate for students in a moment of anxiety
By Aysha Khan — March 16, 2020
BOSTON (RNS) — As university campuses around the country shut down and move classes online, chaplains and faith-based campus groups are stepping in to ease the transition.
Christian love in a time of coronavirus
By Shaunti Feldhahn — March 13, 2020
(RNS) — When society is beginning to see panicky behavior, this is the time for the body of Christ to be a voice of faith instead of fear — and a source of practical help.
A spiritual icon to the Boomers, Ram Dass was godfather to the ‘nones’
By Ira Rifkin — December 23, 2019
(RNS) — One of the spiritual teacher's great gifts was his great willingness to share his imperfections with the world and his ability to laugh about them.
Harvard scholar admits ‘Gospel of Jesus’ Wife’ is likely a forgery
By Emily McFarlan Miller — June 20, 2016
(RNS) If "The Gospel of Jesus' Wife" sounds a bit like something out of a Dan Brown novel or an episode of "The X-Files," that's because, the Harvard scholar who introduced it to the world now admits, it likely is a fake.
A great rabbi passes
By Mark Silk — April 29, 2016
Ben-Zion Gold, who directed Harvard Hillel for four decades.
5 faith facts about Lawrence Lessig: Long shot, freedom fighter
By Brian Pellot — September 8, 2015
(RNS) The Harvard professor withdrew from the 2016 race November 2, 2015
After atheists asked, Tufts creates first university-funded Humanist position
By Chris Stedman — September 3, 2014
Five years after a group of atheist and agnostic students launched a campaign to get a Humanist chaplain at Tufts, the university has created a Humanist staff position—the first of its kind in the U.S.
Satanism 101: The ‘faith’ behind the headlines
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — May 13, 2014
They're devil worshippers. No, they're atheists. They're witches. Well, maybe, but not Wiccan. A quick look at Satanists, who currently worship controversial headlines.
‘Black Mass’ at Harvard: Not a black and white issue
By Chris Stedman — May 12, 2014
The planned "Black Mass" at Harvard raises concerns about the selective ways in which we support free speech.
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