Category: Academic
“Interreligious Dialogue: An Anthology of Voices Bridging Cultural and Religious Divides,” edited by Christopher H. Grundmann; A Review
Christopher Grundmann’s edited volume is a highly accessible and important primer on the contours of interreligious dialogue. It will certainly be a welcome resource for the growing number of underg... Read More
Theology from the Hospital Bedside
This summer, Abigail has been completing an intensive unit of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE), an interfaith professional training for chaplaincy, at a hospital in the Los Angeles area. In her CPE p... Read More
Religious Identity and Inclusion
A discussion about religious identity and inclusion has to theoretically start from a perspective of exclusion. We have to understand what are the factors causing exclusion. Globalisation has disr... Read More
“Interreligious Studies: A Relational Approach to Religious Activism and the Study of Religion,” by Oddbjørn Leirvik (a review)
In this welcome addition to the growing and emerging interdisciplinary field of interreligious studies, Oddbjørn Leirvik draws on his rich experience as both a pastor and scholar in Norway working wi... Read More
Review of Leonard Swidler’s “Dialogue for Interreligious Understanding: Strategies for the Transformation of Culture-Shaping Institutions” (Palgrave MacMillan, 2014). 212 pages. $37.00.
This review first appeared on catholicbooksreview.org on May 5, 2016. Leonard Swidler draws on his immense (half-century-plus-years’ worth of) experience and wisdom in interreligious, intercultura... Read More
Seeking Diverse Voices in Interfaith Studies
There are incredibly exciting strides being made in the field of Interfaith Studies. We are seeing more and more campuses engaging with interfaith ideas and learning outcomes in the classroom, in addi... Read More
Discovering Discrepancies: The Mistreatment of Adults with Developmental Disabilities in the Legal System
On a cool, crisp February morning in a quiet, snowy residential Toronto neighbourhood, the city woke up to gun shots being fired at a man wearing nothing more than a hospital gown, fleeing from the lo... Read More
Celebrating Womanist Scholarship for Women’s History Month 2016
In 1979, African-American novelist and poet Alice Walker wrote “Coming Apart,” a short story about a Black woman in the U.S. confronting her Black husband about his use of pornography. For support... Read More