Category: Book Review
Why bad things happen to good people: a Muslim evaluation
When it comes to theodicy, one cannot give a single answer that represents the absolute truth. Even if one were a theologian, one cannot simply claim that one knows why there is so much suffering in h... Read More
I Am Troy Davis By Jen Marlowe (Exploratory Book Review)
The day is Wednesday, September 21, 2011. I am attending university in Toronto, Ontario, hailed as the most multi-cultural city in the world by the United Nations. Since moving to Toronto in 2009 ... Read More
Streams Run Uphill
In an excellent new book, Streams Run Uphill: Conversations with Young Clergywomen of Color, Ruth-Aimée Belonni-Rosario writes about the promises and pitfalls of colonialism in her own spiritual jour... Read More
Interfaith Winter Reading
I am in love with every Church and Mosque and Temple and any kind of Shrine Because I know it is there that people say the different names of the one God. — Hafiz As a seminarian d... Read More
Essential Wisdom for our Existential Crisis: Mahabharata, The Eternal Quest
Hopelessness is often the first reaction when we consider our mounting existential crisis. We feel it in our gut, in our mind, in our soul, whenever we consider the plight of our ecology, our economy,... Read More
Two Religions, One Family: A Review of BEING BOTH
It was one of those classic hypothetical conversations—you know the type—where a dating couple tries to figure out if they’ll be compatible for the long haul. It started when my future husband a... Read More
The Time is Now: Interfaith Activists from Interfaith Families by Susan Katz Miller
When I search the internet for mentions of “interfaith,” I get news from two separate worlds. One is the world of interfaith “dialogue” and activism, in which people from different religions (... Read More
Kicked Out, A Review: Part Two
This post is a continuation of Kicked Out, A Review: Part One I avoided reading Kicked Out for a long time. I didn’t quite know how it was going to sit with me, based on my own childhood. I was not ... Read More