Category: Challenges
Love and Weight Loss
Weight. The very word is heavy, overweighted. Weight on my plate. Weight in my gut. Weight in my heart. Weight of the world. Heavy, heavy, heavy…it’s such a bad word. It’s something none of ... Read More
Joe Paterno is Not the Victim. Joe Paterno is the Perpetrator!
As it is reported, Coach Paterno was told, by a graduate assistant under his employ, that his Assistant Coach Sandusky was forcing sodomy upon a 10 year old boy in the shower. Coach Paterno referred... Read More
Online tools enriching the study of sacred text
This article was co-authored by Matthew L. Skinner. Picture this: an Iraqi reporter becomes interested in the work of a Jewish student in Israel after reading an article about Jewish-Muslim relations ... Read More
Reformer, Revolutionary, or Rationalist? Three Types of Feminism
What do Martin Luther and Mary Daly have in common? They both realized that they could not reform the Roman Catholic Church from “the inside-out.” They came to believe that some institutions, ev... Read More
On Having to Choose: Scholar or Activist
This past August, Vanderbilt Divinity School and the Human Rights Campaign hosted a series of workshops on the issue of religion and sexuality. Though I was not actually a part of this event, I was ex... Read More
For a Clean Cut Eid
Today, November 6th, is one of two major feasts celebrated by Muslims around the world. It begins on the 10th day of Dhūl-Ḥijja, and is celebrated in solidarity and connection to the nearly 3 milli... Read More
Truth, Reconciliation, and Occupation
Article first published as Truth, Reconciliation, and Occupation on Blogcritics. Image courtesy of Wikimedia A literal chill has recently settled over the Occupy Wall Street protests even as the movem... Read More
Occupy Oakland Strike: Change and The Power of Nonviolence
Last night I marched with thousands of people of all ages, ethnicities, and classes to the Port of Oakland. People were chanting, smiling, speaking about nonviolence, talking about change, and playing... Read More