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Last week, when a Tennessee judge forcibly changed an infant’s name from Messiah to Martin, it was hard to decide which was more noteworthy, the parents’ grandiosity in naming their child for the one they consider their Savior or the judge’s religious zealotry in prohibiting the name. “The word ‘Messiah’ is a title, and it’s…
A visiting Harvard professor will be the inaugural speaker of a new lectureship series from the Religious Studies Department at the University of Oklahoma.
While, in terms of their form, Matthew 5:10 and 5:11-12 may seem at first glance to constitute two distinct "beatitudes," it's pretty
Harvard Divinity School (HDS) hosted a semester-long series on religion and slavery to discover how religion can enhance "commitment to reparative action."
By Timothy Cahill ’16 M.A.R.