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When a sacred lake bursts into toxic flames, and the temple at its shore is charred, the resident goddess flees. Where can She go? Highlighting the paradox between Hinduism’s view of water as female, sacred and sentient, and the endemic pollution of water resources and climate- driven drought in contemporary India, this ethnographic and archival project considers the existential ethics at stake in apocalyptic climate change. If water is life, as our popular understanding suggests, we ask, what is a life without water? Visiting Professor of South Asian Religions and Women's Studies in Religion Program 2022-23 Research Associate Tulasi Srinivas explores these questions in this lecture. This event took place on October 13, 2022 Learn more: https://wsrp.hds.harvard.edu/home Full transcript: https://wsrp.hds.harvard.edu/news/2022/12/2/video-runaway-goddess-sacred-waters-era-climate-apocalypse?admin_panel=1

This conversation with religious studies scholar and Black and biracial educator Marcelitte Failla (Emory University)” our Research Associate Giovanna Parmigiani, the host of the series, discusses the practice of Tarot reading, Black Witches, Divination, Resilience, and the meanings, limitations, and possibilities of being a “scholar practitioner.” Marcelitte Failla is a Black and biracial educator and scholar of African-heritage religions. Through a Black feminist lens, her work explores how religions such as Yoruba Ifá, Haitian Vodou, and North American Hoodoo are used for collective healing and social justice. This event took place on Wednesday, October 19, 2022. Learn more: https://cswr.hds.harvard.edu/ Full transcript: https://cswr.hds.harvard.edu/news/2022/12/5/video-black-tarot-african-american-women-and-divine-processes-resilience

This lecture was part of the 60th anniversary symposium for God is Red at Harvard Divinity School. This lecture series discusses how Vine Deloria Jr.'s landmark text speaks to the field of religious studies, Native American studies, theology, and environmental studies in the twenty-first century. In this lecture Dr. Suzan Harjo (Cheyenne & Hodulgee Muscogee) from the the Morning Star Institute discusses the impact of Deloria's work on studies of Native American rights and Native American Religions. This event took place on Thursday, October 6, 2022 Learn more: https://hds.harvard.edu/news/public-events-calendar?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D162305702 Full transcript: https://wsrp.hds.harvard.edu/news/2022/11/15/video-impact-god-red-native-american-rights-and-native-american-religion

This lecture was part of the 60th anniversary symposium for God is Red at Harvard Divinity School. This lecture series discusses how Vine Deloria Jr.'s landmark text speaks to the field of religious studies, Native American studies, theology, and environmental studies in the twenty-first century. In this lecture Dr. Dan Wildcat (Yuchi/Muscogee) from Haskell Indian Nations University discusses the impact of Deloria's work in the present and in future scholarship. This event took place on Friday, October 7, 2022 Learn more: https://wsrp.hds.harvard.edu/home Full transcript: https://wsrp.hds.harvard.edu/news/2022/11/29/video-impact-god-red-future

Repeated elections in Israel reveal the intensification of rhetoric around "transfer" and the normalization of the settlement project in the Palestinian Occupied Territories. At the same time, recent reports by a host of respected human rights organizations brought into question the limits and blinders of the construct of "Jewish democracy." A panel of public intellectuals examined the gradual strengthening of Jewish exclusionary political parties, the influences of Jewish and Christian American agendas on Israeli political trends, and the historical and philosophical meanings of Jewish political modernity. This event took place October 25, 2022. Learn more: https://rpl.hds.harvard.edu/programs/religion-conflict-peace Full transcript: https://rpl.hds.harvard.edu/news/2022/10/27/video-another-israeli-election-assessing-trends-israeli-and-jewish-politics

This lecture was part of the 60th anniversary symposium for God is Red at Harvard Divinity School. This lecture series discusses how Vine Deloria Jr.'s landmark text speaks to the field of religious studies, Native American studies, theology, and environmental studies in the twenty-first century. In this lecture Dr. Susan Hill (Mohawk) from the University of Toronto discusses the impact of Deloria's work on studies of religion, land, and the environment . This event took place on Friday, October 7, 2022 Learn more: https://wsrp.hds.harvard.edu/home Full transcript: https://wsrp.hds.harvard.edu/news/2022/11/21/video-impact-god-red-religion-land-and-environment

This lecture was part of the 60th anniversary symposium for God is Red at Harvard Divinity School. This lecture series discusses how Vine Deloria Jr.'s landmark text speaks to the field of religious studies, Native American studies, theology, and environmental studies in the twenty-first century. In this lecture Dr. Michael McNally from the Carleton College discusses the impact of Deloria's work on religious studies. This event took place on Friday, October 7, 2022 Learn more: https://wsrp.hds.harvard.edu/home Full transcript: https://wsrp.hds.harvard.edu/news/2022/11/7/video-impact-god-red-religious-studies?admin_panel=1

This lecture was part of the 60th anniversary symposium for God is Red at Harvard Divinity School. This lecture series discusses how Vine Deloria Jr.'s landmark text speaks to the field of religious studies, Native American studies, theology, and environmental studies in the twenty-first century. In this lecture Dr. Robert Warrior (Osage) from the University of Kansas discusses the impact of Deloria's work on theology. This event took place on Friday, October 7, 2022 Learn more: https://hds.harvard.edu/news/public-events-calendar?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D162305702 Full transcript: https://wsrp.hds.harvard.edu/news/2022/11/08/video-impact-god-red-theology-4

Lecture by Gerald J. Steinacher, James A. Rawley Professor of History, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, who specializes in the history of the Holocaust and its immediate aftermath. Introduction of the speaker by Professor Kevin J. Madigan, Winn Professor of Ecclesiastical History and Faculty Dean, Eliot House, Harvard College. This event took place on September 29, 2022 Learn more: https://hds.harvard.edu/ Full transcript: https://hds.harvard.edu/news/2022/11/02/video-pope-against-nuremberg-nazi-war-crime-trials-vatican-and-question-postwar-justice

Associate Dean for Ministry Studies Teddy Hickman-Maynard talks about preparing future leaders, innovative teaching, and trauma theology. Faculty Focus is a special new podcast series from Harvard Divinity School, where we speak with HDS professors about their courses and research interests. Full episode transcript: https://hds.harvard.edu/news/2022/10/17/faculty-focus-teddy-hickman-maynard-preparing-future-leaders-peace-justice Learn more about HDS: https://hds.harvard.edu/ Music track: "Old Dog New Tricks"; Extreme Music Limited