Category: Academic
In Defense of an Undergraduate Education
Bill Bonner's diatribe against undergraduate education at UVA in the name of Thomas Jefferson and Rabbi HIllel demonstrates the same lazy habits of thinking and writing that I try to drill out of my f... Read More
“A Convergence of Faith: The Concept of Relation in the Work of Sara Grant, RSCJ,” by Stephanie Petersen-Corigliano
Is the radical non-dualism of Advaita Vedanta fundamentally at odds with Christian monotheistic belief? Sara Grant, R.S.C.J., argues that it is not. However, unlike her religious and monastic contem... Read More
“Hybridity of Kuanyin and Mary, Maternal Sacrifice and Salvation: A Comparative Theological Study,” by Jea Sophia Oh
What kind of life or living could be the key of salvation? This paper deconstructs the traditional understanding of sacrifice as the code of salvation, as many Christians have traditionally believed t... Read More
“The Female Divine Figure within Several World Religions,” by Dorothy Yoder Nyce
This article, with Mary the Mother of Jesus as a starting point, examines the female divine in several notable living faiths. To be fixed on one deity or truth claim can imply that one alone is superi... Read More
“Royal Righteousness in the Ramayana? Faithful Leadership in India’s Mythic Masterpiece,” by Benjamin B. DeVan
Reading revered, sacred, classic, and popular religious texts and stories together is one significant way to enrich inter-religious relationships. This essay explores the Ramayana as a Hindu resource ... Read More
My Jewish Voice in the Spectrum of Interfaith Narrative
The Jewish tradition has been rearticulated in response to many intellectual revolutions, from the rapid spread of Hellenistic thought by Alexander the Great 2,300 years ago to the invention of the mo... Read More
Ela Merom Responds to Rabbi Greenberg
How can I respond in a way that takes into account the Holocaust in all of its horror, both the horror of the atrocious event itself and the horror of knowing that humanity could allow something like ... Read More
Nicolas Cable Responds to Rabbi Greenberg
The modern Orthodox rabbi Irving Greenberg embodies vulnerability at a level not often seen in public discourse. His article, “What Would Roy and Alice Do?: A Reflection on How I came to Be a Failur... Read More