Category: Challenges
Compulsory religion: You can lead a kid to the altar…
Different religions mark coming of age in different ways. Jewish youth have bar or bat mitvahs; Islamic youth are expected to begin engaging in all the compulsory acts of their faith; Christians raise... Read More
Why I Bother: Voting as a Young American
Last week, I was pleased to be an audience member in the first taping of a new series on why Texans have one of the lowest rates of civic participation in the country. This particular taping was speci... Read More
Forgiveness from a Humanist Perspective
On October 2nd I was invited to present on forgiveness and reconciliation from a humanist perspective. It was an eight person panel for “Ahimsa Day” at Claremont Lincoln University. It... Read More
Now is Not the Time to Give Up
This post was originally published by the Interfaith Youth Core on September 13. Ambassador Christopher Stevens’s work was a personal inspiration to me. He was among the most dedicated few of public... Read More
How Hate Gets Counted
Re-published with permission from the authors. Original Source: The New York Times Co-Author: Prabhjot Singh Do American Sikhs count? The horrific shooting at a Sikh temple in suburban Milwaukee on Au... Read More
Should the Tolerant Be Intolerant?
If I am purposefully, actively engaged in interfaith work or some similarly open–minded religious pursuit, am I more mature, or “better” by some other measure, than those who for some religious ... Read More
Interreligious Angst
I’ve recently come to identify an area of experience which I am here naming “interreligious angst.” It first came up last year, when I had my first experience of it, and since has re... Read More
In Community Together
At one time people could have lived in relative isolation from one another, but even then, humankind across the earth was connected. Today, the Internet, mobile access, and social networking make our ... Read More