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Review: John Renard, Islam and Christianity (2011, University of California Press)
Three observations immediately strike the reader of John Renard’s 2011 Islam and Christianity: Theological Themes in Comparative Perspective. First, the text contains a tremendous wealth of factu... Read More
Saint Reagan, Pay For Us (Sangre de Reagan)
Turning the blood of Ronald Reagan into a commodity and a means of profit fits alarmingly well with the ideology of those who have worked tirelessly to transform the ex-President into an American Sain... Read More
Who Is A Jew? – Letter to a Potential Convert
My understanding of Jewish identity has changed over time, and has included ideas that touch on many of the views articulated in our texts: Jews are people who go to synagogue, Jews care about social ... Read More
Gender, Privilege, and Women of the Wall
This post was originally posted at www.queerinterfaithcommunity.org. A year ago I entered the women’s side of the mechitza at the Kotel (Western Wall) and tried to place a prayer written on a sm... Read More
Bonhoeffer Meets Buddha: A Reflection on the National State of Formation Conference
Across the room, I saw a woman draped in traditional Buddhist Kasaya, or “chougu” if you are Tibetan. While I was here to explore interfaith dialogue, I admit on one level I had no idea what to ex... Read More
“Alhamdulillah, I am a Muslim,” Sings the Baptist: The Power of Music for Interfaith Dialogue
The night that Navy SEALS stormed Osama bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad, another man living not five miles away awoke wondering why the military was conducting drills in the middle of the night. ... Read More
Meditation on the Deaths of Three Students
Three Boston University students died on Saturday. It was Saturday in New Zealand, anyway. It was still Friday here in Boston. They were going out into the countryside to hike one of the most sc... Read More
Turning Boulders into Beaches
A beach is much more impressive when one realizes the time and energy that has gone into the deconstruction of big rocks in order to make billions of sand pebbles. When we stand on a beach, our toes s... Read More