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Reason and Faith at Harvard

Friday, April 23, 2010

At Harvard, there is a clear emphasis on the importance of reason – our General Education requirements include Ethical Reasoning, and before the establishment of the GenEd system, the Core required us to take a Moral Reasoning core; so even in creating requirements that parallel other colleges’ ‘religious ethics’ requirements, Harvard adds an emphasis on [...]

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Religion 2.0: User-generated religion and the role of Swadharma

Monday, June 8, 2009

After working for a ratings and review platform that rated green building products and services, I appreciated how much people depend on their peers for judgment and insight when making crucial decisions. A few months later, in my class on “The Anthropology of Religion,” I attempted to portray Yelp, the major ratings and review site [...]

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Muhammad Yunus: An exemplary karma yogi?

Thursday, February 5, 2009

Yesterday, I had the good fortune of attending a lecture and book-signing by Muhammad Yunus, the founder of Grameen Bank, most famous for the development of the concept of microcredit.
I had always been fascinated with his extreme trust in people, and his intense dedication to helping the poor with small loans and other such methods. [...]

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