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Should Religion Be Hard?: A Response to Tom Ehrich

Posted on February 5, 2014February 5, 2014 by Joseph Paille

Last month, Tom Ehrich published an article in the Washington Post asking whether communities of faith were making religion too hard. His conclusion? Yes. Ehrich concedes that some aspects of faith ar... Read More

Interfaith Engagement: A Path to Religious Leadership

Posted on January 31, 2014February 7, 2014 by Josh Weisman

Managing Director’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 differe... Read More

Why I Keep Coming Back, or: Hooked

Posted on January 24, 2014January 23, 2014 by Elise Alexander

This past semester, I completed an ethnographic project on a Sacred Harp singing group in the Boston area, motivated by one central question: what is it about this old-timey style of music with its ar... Read More

Absolute Truth & Emotional Risk in Interfaith Dialogue

Posted on January 22, 2014January 22, 2014 by Elizabeth Durant

Muslim interfaith activist Aamir Hussain recently posted an excellent piece regarding the challenges of interfaith dialogue. Hussain describes the challenges of maintaining focus on conversation goals... Read More

Ridicule and Rationality: Jon Stewart’s Interfaith Dialogue

Posted on January 14, 2014January 16, 2014 by Mark Randall James

Good liberals know that religious beliefs are to be celebrated, but not criticized and certainly not ridiculed -- at least in polite company. In the real world, interfaith relations aren't so well-be... Read More

State of Formation is Hiring

Posted on January 6, 2014January 6, 2014 by Journal of Inter-Religious Studies

Job Description: Communications Assistant, State of Formation Responsibilities: The Communications Assistant for State of Formation is responsible for managing the online presence of State of Formatio... Read More

Politics of grace

Posted on December 23, 2013December 23, 2013 by Elise Alexander

Like many people who celebrate Christmas (or get a holiday for it regardless), I have just headed out of my usual climate to go see family for the time I get off of school. Like many people, I knew ... Read More

Kenya Yetu Hakuna Matata (In our Kenya there are no problems)

Posted on December 20, 2013December 19, 2013 by Hussein

This past summer I was in Kenya, partially for pleasure and partially for research. I stayed close to the Westgate Mall, site of the horrific terrorist attack in September, and visited it several time... Read More

Theology of Failure, pt.1

Posted on December 16, 2013December 17, 2013 by Randall Frederick

Last year, two friends of mine came to me with an idea. They found themselves in the middle of the tumultuous twenties and wanted to commit their ideas to paper, to continue in the line of quarter-lif... Read More

Untangling Representation: For Whom Do You Speak?

Posted on December 9, 2013December 10, 2013 by Esther Boyd

Student Religious Life at Johns Hopkins University emphasizes interfaith education and collaboration. 15-20 students, many of them representing one of the campus’ active student religious groups... Read More

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