Category: Challenges
IWD: To celebrate or to mark?
On the 101st International Women’s Day – like many women, I’m faced with a mixed bag of emotions. I want to celebrate our achievements, our gains, our pioneers – but I’ve also just retur... Read More
Point/Counterpoint: Expectations of Religious Leaders Discussed
Nayab, it was wonderful to read this thoughtful and self-reflective piece. The questions you raise are real and important and the struggles you wrote about—of how to live a religious life and be a p... Read More
Purim: A Serious Misunderstanding Of The Festival’s Mirth
Purim’s cathartic effect is remarkable, providing an opportunity for Jewish communities to parody themselves and their own hierarchies and imbue often-serious religious practices with music and ... Read More
“Epistemic Justification and Religious Truth Claims: Heim’s More Pluralistic Hypothesis” by Wm. Andrew Schwartz
In his book, Salvations: Truth and Difference in Religion,1 S. Mark Heim presents what he calls a “more pluralistic hypothesis.”2 Heim’s position, as its name alludes, is in many ways a response... Read More
On Masks, Masking, Control, and Lack Thereof
In Hebrew, the words for face, “panim,” and internal, “pnim,” comes from the same root and has the same exact letters פנים. This is precious poetry in one word, singing in ... Read More
What the Bible Clearly Teaches
The inauguration of the Center for Christian Thought at Biola University reminds us that evangelicals remain entangled with the intellectual habits of fundamentalism, particularly the assumption that ... Read More
helpers vs. friends: starting early
"Why are you here?" the child asked me. As I held his hand and we walked through the lobby on the way to the sanctuary, I heard people comment with pleasure, "He's helping her." The question he had as... Read More
Jewish-Muslim Relations in the 21st Century, By Yehezkel Landau
Yehezkel Landau is Faculty Associate in Interfaith Relations at Hartford Seminary . This article represents his own views and opinions. Several years ago, I was invited to give a lecture to the studen... Read More