Category: Challenges
The Problem with Freshmen
Here at Boston University, we are in the throes of our sixth orientation session, out of eight, for incoming undergraduates. When you matriculate about 4,200 undergrads each fall, it takes a while t... Read More
Interfaith Tips: Telling Our Stories
Engaging in interfaith work takes everyday religious pluralism to a whole other level. For this work, there is no roadmap, no graduate certification programs, no experts; there are just individual peo... Read More
Getting Stuck in Clay: An Interfaith Reflection
This post was originally published on Huffington Post Religion. This is my first trip to Europe. I’ve had the chance to rent a bike and tour around the beautiful English countryside that surroun... Read More
I Know I’ve Been Changed
Article first published as I Know I’ve Been Changed on Blogcritics. In 1987, a black man named William Roberts was concerned about the state of black men in America. Headlines at the time raised... Read More
The Need for and Importance of Dialogue of Life in Community Building: The Case of Selected West African Nations
This paper discusses dialogue of life under five main thematic areas. After a definition of dialogue of life the paper goes on to discuss dialogue of life in general, the need for dialogue of life, th... Read More
‘History Centrism’: A Challenge to Abrahamic Faiths
It was a moment of crisis for Yeminite Jews. They were being persecuted by extremists of the Zaidi branch of Shiite Islam and forced to convert — with the explicit threat of death if they refuse... Read More
“Coming Out Jewish”
Trembling slightly, I pulled the folded paper out of my pocket and opened it. I held it tightly; I needed that paper. On it were the printed words that would guide my dry mouth and racing thoughts thr... Read More
“The Audacity of Hope”
Do we dare have the audacity to hope for change in our very conflicted world? To create change? To make change? To expect change? To allow change? Yes, I believe we do. The Gaza bound flotilla from th... Read More