Category: Community
Food Matters
As people return from vacation and I peruse Facebook to check out their photos, I also notice a phenomenon that until recently didn’t bother me. Pictures of food. Pretty food. Gross food. Interestin... Read More
Jobs Are Freedom
Article first published as Jobs are Freedom on Blogcritics. ‘Abdu’l-Baha , Head of the Baha’i Faith (1892-1921), wrote: “Until the nerves and arteries of the nation stir into l... Read More
Separation of Church & State? Why Religious Voices Matter
I hear it in almost every congregation I visit: “We’re not sure it’s our role to get involved in advocating on issues. You know, separation of church and state.” But is that what our religious... Read More
Call for Submissions: the Journal of Inter-Religious Dialogue, Issue 9: Women, Feminism, and Inter-Religious Dialogue
The Journal of Inter-Religious Dialogue presents its Call for Submissions for Issue 9: Women, Feminism, and Inter-Religious Dialogue Women have played pivotal roles in transforming communities and co... Read More
The Interfaith Movement Steps Up to Commemorate 9/11
A surprising amount of press leading up to the tenth anniversary commemorations of September 11th has been negative. Among the starker headlines, the Religion News Service released an article suggesti... Read More
Narrative as New Reality: A Memoirist Responds to Robert Hunt
First off, I’m a memoirist. I’ve been invited to respond to Robert Hunt’s “Muslims, Modernity, and the Prospects of Christian-Muslim Dialogue,” distinctly because I am not a theologian, but ... Read More
“Dialogue Hard?,” a Response to Hunt’s, “Muslims, Modernity, and the Prospects of Christian-Muslim Dialogue,”
I am grateful to Robert A. Hunt for his thoughtful paper and to the Journal of Inter-Religious Dialogue for inviting me to respond. Hunt raises many which resonate with me regarding freedom of relig... Read More
I am so much more than Lutheran: a Response to Hunt’s ‘Muslims, Modernity, and the Prospects of Christian-Muslim Dialogue
My primary critique of Hunt’s piece is that while he replaces old categories of religious self-understanding with new categories that supposedly facilitate more fruitful interreligious conversations... Read More