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Museum or Memorial, and Why It Matters: Thoughts on Religious Symbolism
Should the 9/11 cross be housed at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum? Ultimately, it's a question of symbolic function...... Read More
Hindu Community Makes Its White House Debut
Hinduism is hardly new to the United States. Swami Vivekenanda is thought to have first introduced it when he visited as part of the World’s Parliament of Religions at the Chicago World’s ... Read More
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tennessee: Why Muslims and the LGBTQ Community Should Be Allies
This year, two notable controversies have been brewing in Tennessee: a proposed bill that would forbid educators from using the word “gay” in the classroom, and a court battle to determi... Read More
We Will Not Save What We Do Not Love
Last week when I saw this article about nearly 1/3 of the Chesapeake Bay being a “dead zone” this year, it felt like someone punched me in the gut. I made some kind of audible groaning sound and r... Read More
On the Cutting-Edge of Interfaith Work: An Open Thank You Letter to the Sultan of Oman
The barriers to authentic interfaith relationships are great. But I write to let you know that Oman's investment in the CIP Summer School is possibly one of the most promising experiments in interfait... Read More
Magical Thinking in Politics and Religion
Okay. Let me throw this out there, and then let me know what you think… The TeaParty Republicans who are seriously threatening to rain down suffering in every direction through dismantling the wor... Read More
Book Review — “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in an Age of Colorblindness”
Article first published as Book Review: The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander on Blogcritics. I thought that I understood racism. After reading Michelle Alexander’s, The New Jim Crow: Mass Inca... Read More
Oslo Attack Highlights the Dangers of Islamophobia
The mass-murder in Oslo last Friday was tragic. At least 90 innocents — many of them youth — are already dead, and authorities fear that the death toll may continue rising. Evidence is mou... Read More