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Choosing Sides in Baltimore

Choosing Sides in Baltimore

Posted on April 30, 2015April 30, 2015 by Esther Boyd
Like so many cities and communities over the past year that have come to our national attention, Baltimore is suffering. But what is happening on the streets of Baltimore is different from what is be... Read More
How Do We Tolerate the Intolerant?

How Do We Tolerate the Intolerant?

Posted on April 23, 2015April 24, 2015 by Jenn Lindsay
What do tolerant people do with the intolerant? We tolerate them. We ignore them. We insult them. We try to change them:        By explaining.        By demonstrating.        By oppressin... Read More
Ethics in the Shadow of Gethsemane

Ethics in the Shadow of Gethsemane

Posted on April 20, 2015April 19, 2015 by Dorie Goehring
Every year at Harvard Divinity School, there is an annual competition for 2nd and 3rd year MDiv students called the Billings Preaching Competition. Being raised Catholic, preaching was never really a ... Read More
South Carolina, #BlackLivesMatter, and the Bible

South Carolina, #BlackLivesMatter, and the Bible

Posted on April 10, 2015April 9, 2015 by Abigail Clauhs
I was born and raised in South Carolina. I love my home state; there are so many genuine, kind, wonderful people there who I care about deeply. But to be honest, most of the time when I see South Car... Read More
The Work Compels Us to Interfaith

The Work Compels Us to Interfaith

Posted on April 8, 2015April 8, 2015 by Grace Patterson
Managing Editor’s note: all Contributing Scholars begin writing by answering the following question as their first post: Why are you committed to building relationships with those from different... Read More
Can the Cross Be an 'Inclusive' Symbol of Violence?

Can the Cross Be an ‘Inclusive’ Symbol of Violence?

Posted on April 3, 2015April 3, 2015 by Elizabeth Durant
In a recent post on his facebook page, Rev. Cornel West of Union Theological Seminary invited all people of conscience to join in a National Day of Mass Direct Action against racist state violence. Th... Read More
Understanding through Faith and Dialogue

Understanding through Faith and Dialogue

Posted on April 2, 2015March 31, 2015 by Tina Walker-Morin
Faith is having a strong belief in someone or something. Faith is what binds religions together. We all have faith in someone or something, whether we call it family, God, the divine, love or humanity... Read More
Chinese Atheism and the Political Theology of Reincarnation

Chinese Atheism and the Political Theology of Reincarnation

Posted on March 27, 2015March 26, 2015 by Chris Crews
While it may have flown under many people’s radar, a small but fascinating brouhaha took place earlier this month between the 14th Dalai Lama, Tibet’s spiritual leader, and Padma Choling, the Chin... Read More
White Noise: Why we need to stop talking about the SAE video

White Noise: Why we need to stop talking about the SAE video

Posted on March 23, 2015March 22, 2015 by Allana Taylor
Dialogue is difficult, but never dangerous. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for all of the ways we exercise our freedom of speech. In the two weeks since the SAE video was revealed, we have exp... Read More
Mourning The Passage of Time Without Change by Sal Zierler

Mourning The Passage of Time Without Change by Sal Zierler

Posted on March 20, 2015March 19, 2015 by Guest Post
Against the power of a solar storm, against the aurora showing off what beauty can be, the warning blasted and blinded me. Israel and Palestine, singed from the heavens, never to be? Forty years ago I... Read More
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