Category: Interfaith
On the Need for a Dialogue that Endures Difference and the Conflict between Presbyterians and the State of Israel
This week, SoF contributors were asked to consider responding to an article entitled, “Presbyterians Against Israel” posted last week by Marvin Hier and Abraham Cooper in the Wall Street Journ... Read More
Drinking the Dregs: Tepid Thoughts on Indecision
Sometimes I loathe how much my actions are based on the temperature gauge—my activism blanketed in a liminal state of dissipating warmth.... Read More
Does Stephen Prothero read SoF?
This post recommends and responds to a recent blog post by Stephen Prothero on CNN's Belief Blog.... Read More
Future Religious and Ethical Leaders Ask The Hard Questions — Together
This post originally appeared on the Huffington Post Religion. “‘Thou shalt not’ might reach the head, but it takes ‘Once upon a time’ to reach the heart.” So said ... Read More
Guest Post: “Shari’a and Human Rights from an Enlightened, Islamic Perspective,” By Paola Bernardini
Dr. Paola Bernardini is Russell Berrie Fellow in Interreligious Studies at the John Paul II Center for Interreligious Dialogue, St. Thomas Aquinas University (Angelicum), Rome.... Read More
As Iron Sharpens Iron, So Does One Religious Tradition (As Well As Atheism) Sharpen Another
If all truth is God's truth, we must be free to explore it.... Read More
The Ugly American Abroad
I spent last week at Agape Centro Ecumenico, an ecumenical centre in Northern Italy with roots in the post-World War II peace movement. I attended last summer’s conference series at Agape on Fun... Read More
The Apple of the Eye of the Storm
My spiritual journey began when I was 7 and I declared that I absolutely did not believe in God. I declared that God was a preposterous hypothesis, of which I had no need. These days, when I m... Read More