Category: Challenges
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
Dawkins vs. Williams: A View from Inside the Sheldonian by Sara Jude Berry
On 23 February 2012, I attended the debate at Oxford University’s Sheldonian Theatre between Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Arch-New Atheist, Richard Dawkins. The topic up for dis... Read More
Muslim Women Have Love Lives As Well!
Ever since I heard about the book project of Love, Inshallah last Fall through the Facebook grapevine, I have been eagerly awaiting its publication. The co-editors of the anthology, Nura Maznavi and A... Read More