Category: Interfaith
Recent Efforts within the Jewish Community on YHWH and LGBTQ Bullying
I posted about this issue earlier, but am revisiting it in light work being done by three Jewish groups in response to LGBTQ bullying. Congregation Beit Simchat Torah (CBST), Keshet and Nehirim are st... Read More
Happy Holidays or Merry Christmas
It is that time of the year again. It is a time when several religions are celebrating holidays. It is a festive and joyous time. Many of the stores you visit have a greeter there to say “Happy Holi... Read More
Of Evangelicals and Atheists
Most might see a wide chasm separating evangelicals and atheists. But moderate Christians and non-theists have bigger fish to fry, argues Daniel Radosh in the book "Rapture Ready." And he's right.... Read More
The burning oíkos
In a world filled with violence, injustice, and hunger, what is at stake in the work of interreligious study and dialogue? This post explores this question through an allegory by Raimon Panikkar.... Read More
What is dialogue?
What is dialogue? We know that it’s not debate; debate implies argumentative or, before cable news, persuasive action. Dialogue is also not a simple recounting of current events with superficial... Read More
Tolerance, Dialogue, and the Intolerable
Some years ago, a new high school was built in my hometown. At the old high school, Mormon students had been permitted to leave campus during the day for religious instruction (“Seminary”) at a sm... Read More
Mortality & the Intercultural Experience: Reflections on the Community of the Dying
Alphonso Lingis identifies the potential for genuine community (despite the radical difference that separates us) as being deeply intertwined with the experience of mortality. Inspired by Lingis's con... Read More
Stumbling Toward Vocation: A Catholic in Paradox or Just Awkward?
Of course, I live in what Catholics are fond of calling “paradox.” The rest of the world calls this phenomenon awkwardness.... Read More