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December 18, 2017

On Tuesday, December 12, Professor Francis Clooney, S.J., was one of five recipients of an honorary doctorate degree from Heythrop College at the University of London....

 

 
The recent spate of sexual harassment cases has led to an unprecedented toppling of powerful men from their hitherto secure positions.
 
 
 

 

Nov 27We Are Winning: Interreligious Respect and Friendship on the Rise 

November 27, 2017

HDS Professor Francis X. Clooney, S.J. writes in his latest blog post that the dour headlines of loss and decay don't reflect the fact that more is happening to bring people together than ever before in human history...

 
 
 

November 7, 2017
 
In today’s political climate, everything is taking on a hostile and confrontational tone. We are increasingly alienated, unable and unwilling to understand and respect one another anymore, writes Professor Frank Clooney.
 
 
October 23, 2017
 
There is still a great conversation among religious people to be had about the Donald Trump presidency, writes Professor Frank Clooney.
 
 
June 12, 2017
 
Professor Francis X. Clooney, S.J., was honored for a lifetime of distinguished theological achievement by the Catholic Theological Society of America.
 
May 22, 2017
 
Francis Clooney, director of the Center for the Study of World Religions, shares the piece of literature he has reread the most, and what about it that keeps him coming back.
 
May 16, 2017
 
Professor Francis X. Clooney, S.J. is Parkman Professor of Divinity and outgoing director of the Center for the...
 
 
 

February 1, 2017
 
The election, inauguration, and first days of President Donald Trump have deepened divisions between the nation’s political parties and its people....
 
 
 
 
January 4, 2017

Professor Frank Clooney, director of the Center for the Study of World Religions, discusses finding, losing, and again finding wisdom in Rabindranath Tagore's Gitanjali.

 

2016

 
 
November 14, 2016
 
Professor Frank Clooney, director of the Center for the Study of World Religion, writes about the outcome of the recent presidential election and says that Jesus teaches us to stand firm in times of crisis.
 
 
 
November 7, 2016

CSWR director Francis X. Clooney, S.J., writes that, with some imagination, we may be able to find ways to celebrate at death the restoration of the body to the cosmos of which we are all part, without intending any disrespect for the mystery of Christian resurrection.

 

October 28, 2016
 
Professor Frank Clooney, director of the Center for the Study of World Religions, writes about the recent conference "Religion, Ecology, and Our Planetary Future," which was attended by hundreds of people.... 
 
 
 
 
One of the problems about being pope, said HDS professor Francis Clooney, director of the Center for the Study of World Religions, is the immensely diverse set of political situations with which a pontiff’s words carry weight.
 
September 28, 2016
 
HDS professor Francis X. Clooney, S.J., on the parable of Lazarus at the rich man's house....
 
 
 
 
September 2, 2016
 
Professor Frank Clooney, director of the Center for the Study of World Religions, recalls his encounter with Mother Teresa, who will be canonized as a saint on Sunday, September 4.
 
August 12, 2016
 
HDS professor and director of the CSWR Francis X. Clooney, S.J. discusses the importance of comparative religious study and his unique path from Brooklyn to Nepal to Cambridge.
 
 
 
 
St. Paul, Baton Rouge, and Dallas are but the latest tragic incidents, but unfortunately, surely not the last.
 
 
 
 
June 6, 2016
 
Professor Francis X. Clooney, S.J., director of the Center for the Study of World Religions, writes about John O'Malley, S.J., who was awarded a Centennial Medal by the Harvard Alumni Association.
 
 
 
April 11, 2016
 
Francis X. Clooney, S.J., director of the Center for the Study of World Religions, examines some of Pope Francis's recently-issued apostolic exhortation "On Love in the Family."...
 
 
 
 

2015

 

December 21, 2015
 
The fifth and final post on the Quran by Francis X. Clooney, S.J., HDS professor and director of the Center for the Study of World Religions
 
 
 
 
December 18, 2015
 
Professor Francis X. Clooney, S.J., the director of the Center for the Study of World Religions, continues exploring "The Study Quran," this time on the theme of Mary, the Mother of Jesus.
 
 
 
December 15, 2015
 
HDS Professor Frank Clooney's third installment in America Magazine on the Study Quran.
 
 
 
 
December 11, 2015

HDS's Clooney on 'The Study Quran' in Advent.

 
 
 
 
December 8, 2015
 
HDS professor Francis Clooney, S.J. writes in American Magazine that Donald Trump's latest call to exclusion is not only deeply offensive to Muslims, it is an abomination to people of other faith traditions as well.
 
 
 
October 26, 2015
 
HDS professor and CSWR director Francis X. Clooney S.J. writes about the Corita Kent exhibition and how the former nun helped a generation see the world anew.
 
 
 
 
October 16, 2015
 
CSWR director and Parkman Professor of Divinity Francis X. Clooney, S.J., discusses the recent court ruling against those holding vigil in a closed Scituate, Massachusetts church.
 
 
 
September 21, 2015
 
During his six-day visit to the United States  Pope Francis will speak at the White House, deliver speeches to Congress and at the United Nations, and celebrate a Mass at Madison Square Garden.... 
 
 
 
 
August 21, 2015
 
Professor Frank Clooney, the CSWR director, writes about nearing the end of a month-long visit to Melbourne and the Australian Catholic University, where he once again was a visiting research scholar and a kind of academic consultant in the Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry.
 
 
 
June 26, 2015
 
Following the sentencing of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Professor Francis X. Clooney, S.J., writes that the act of forgiving is deeply rooted in some religious traditions.
 

Nov 7'Loving God Is Always a Risk'

April 9, 2015
 
Ahead of his book talk on April 20, CSWR director and HDS professor Francis X. Clooney, S.J., opens up about the importance of comparing religious traditions, the difficulties of academic writing, and if loving God is harder today than it was centuries ago....