Category: Community
“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
Wanted: More Than Dialogue- A Response to Robert Hunt’s Essay
Robert Hunt’s essay, Muslims, Modernity, and the Prospects of Christian-Muslim Dialogue is intriguing and interesting. I especially found his ideas surrounding the narrative taxonomies of Islam an... Read More
Insights of Emerging Scholars: Contributing Scholars publish in JIRD
The academy often seems all too hierarchical. Senior scholars evaluate junior faculty, who in turn evaluate their students. Rarely do emerging scholars have the chance to engage in dialogue as equals ... Read More
On Greed and Giving Up the Boots I Cannot Live Without
I am on the planning committee of the International Political Camp at Agape Centro Ecumenico in the Italian Alps. Because I am always at a loss to describe exactly what Agape is to the uninitiated—a... Read More
Making Buddhism Accessible to Working-class People
On 18 July 2011, Sam Mowe wrote about diversity within American Buddhism for Tricycle: The Buddhist Review‘s blog in an article titled “Tell Us Your Story.” One of the comments to that post ... Read More
Hellos and Goodbyes: Saying ‘Thank You’ to Our Staff, Present and Future
It is with sadness and gratitude that we announce the departure of our Founding Managing Director Chris Stedman. With an increased role at the Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard, a demanding speaking and ... Read More
Race, Incarceration, and American Values
Article first published as Book Review: Race, Incarceration, and American Values by Glenn C. Loury on Blogcritics. “Never before has a supposedly free country denied basic liberty to so many of ... Read More