Experts
Peter Gomes
Professor, Harvard Divinity School; Reverend, The Memorial Church at Harvard
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“He made us think” would be a very nice epitaph. Read More
March 19, 2009 | In Belief
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How a "literate preacher" crafts his sermons. Read More
March 19, 2009 | In Arts & Culture
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When did the ministry first spark your interest?
"Well I had grown up with everybody else’s expectations. And so when you reach a certain age, you decide whether you own those expectations or you reject them." Read More
March 19, 2009 | In Belief
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How did your childhood shape you?
"Most of the black people that I knew growing up looked and sounded and talked just as I do." Read More
March 19, 2009 | In History
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Whom would you like to interview?
T.S. Eliot and the Pope. Read More
November 6, 2007 | In History
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Peter Gomes distinguishes between hope (a long view) from optimism (the short view). Read More
November 6, 2007 | In Future
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Peter Gomes Talks About America's Youth
No matter where they go after college, young people discover there's no there there. Read More
November 6, 2007 | In Politics & Policy
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Are faith and reason incompatible?
The Russian cosmonauts did not find God up there. Read More
November 6, 2007 | In Belief
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Science hasn't found an explanation of spirituality. Read More
November 6, 2007 | In Belief
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Peter Gomes On Christianity Today
Christianity is not a religion that has been tried and failed. Read More
November 6, 2007 | In Belief
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Don Quixote and others. Read More
November 6, 2007 | In Arts & Culture
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Peter Gomes Translates the Bible
If you come up with an easy solution to the text, you're probably close to the wrong thing. Read More
November 6, 2007 | In Belief
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Peter Gomes On The Craft of the Sermon
How to get that "Aha!" moment. Read More
November 6, 2007 | In Belief
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Gomes has a question he thinks talented people should ask themselves. Read More
November 6, 2007 | In History
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You think you're Job? Get off it. Read More
November 6, 2007 | In Inspiration & Wisdom
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To be hopeful is to be ultimately realistic in the face of every reason for despair. Read More
November 6, 2007 | In Future
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Why is America's youth turning to religion? Read More
November 6, 2007 | In Politics & Policy
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We are driven by a search for value and meaning. Read More
November 6, 2007 | In Inspiration & Wisdom
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Gomes believes we live in a fallen world. Read More
November 6, 2007 | In Belief
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Gomes serves the Word. Read More
November 6, 2007 | In Inspiration & Wisdom
Peter Gomes is an American Baptist minister who has served in The Memorial Church at Harvard University since 1970. Gomes is also the Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and is the Pusey Minister in The Memorial Church. Gomes is commonly regarded as one of the most distinguished preachers in America. He was named Clergy of the Year in 1998 by Religion in American Life and offered prayers in the inaugurations of Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush.
Educated at Bates College and the Harvard Divinity School, Revered Gomes alsoholds thirty-six honorary degrees. He is the author of numerous books on the Bible, including the national best-sellers TheGood Book: Reading the Bible with Mind and Heart and Sermons:Biblical Wisdom for Daily Living.
