Category: Challenges
Dear Religious Americans: How Many Atheists Do You Know?
For the last several years, my work as an interfaith activist has been largely defined by a single question: “Wait — you do interfaith work, and you’re an atheist?!” That quest... Read More
Who Would Jesus Incarcerate?
Article first published as Who Would Jesus Incarcerate? on Blogcritics. Evangelical activist and author Jim Wallis recently framed debate about our nation’s debt as a potential “moral defa... Read More
Museum or Memorial, and Why It Matters: Thoughts on Religious Symbolism
Should the 9/11 cross be housed at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum? Ultimately, it's a question of symbolic function...... Read More
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tennessee: Why Muslims and the LGBTQ Community Should Be Allies
This year, two notable controversies have been brewing in Tennessee: a proposed bill that would forbid educators from using the word “gay” in the classroom, and a court battle to determi... Read More
On the Cutting-Edge of Interfaith Work: An Open Thank You Letter to the Sultan of Oman
The barriers to authentic interfaith relationships are great. But I write to let you know that Oman's investment in the CIP Summer School is possibly one of the most promising experiments in interfait... Read More
“Just Say No”
Article first published as Just Say No on Blogcritics. With all the talk about the debt ceiling, it would be easy to forget that America is enmeshed in military engagements in Central Asia, the Arabia... Read More
Magical Thinking in Politics and Religion
Okay. Let me throw this out there, and then let me know what you think… The TeaParty Republicans who are seriously threatening to rain down suffering in every direction through dismantling the wor... Read More
Book Review — “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in an Age of Colorblindness”
Article first published as Book Review: The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander on Blogcritics. I thought that I understood racism. After reading Michelle Alexander’s, The New Jim Crow: Mass Inca... Read More