Category: Interfaith
The Best (and Worst?) Ripostes to the New Atheism
Books & Culture: A Christian Review recently extended me the privilege of reviewing replies to the New Atheism, including one co-authored by Intelligent Design guru, Philip Johnson. Although it in... Read More
Harry Potter and Religious Pluralism
(Spoiler Alert) Inspired by Julie Clawson’s Sojourners post, Harry Potter and Social Justice, and still captivated by the recent movie release (which, yes, I did see at 12:01am), I sit here to write... Read More
Finding God In the Slums of Mumbai
There is a beautiful quote by Fredrick Buechner, an American writer and theologian that I would like to share. “Maybe nothing is more important than that we keep track, you and I, of these ... Read More
Face the Music: On Singing, Specks, and Sand
I am a musician by training. My undergraduate degree is in voice performance, and after finishing school I worked for several years as a choral conductor. In recent weeks, I’ve wondered what busines... Read More
Michael Vick and The Power of Weakness
To be in a true state of formation or re-formation is to be in a state of dispassion and humility.... Read More
A theological perspective on (a)theism in formation
State of formation… indeed! As long as we are, we are in a state of formation. Among those ancient sages (who remain with us in various states of formation) are Heraclitus and Siddhartha the Buddha,... Read More
Interreligious Dialogue, take 2
Why did an individual who has never blogged, tweeted, or facebooked (is this the term?) decide to apply to a new interreligious initiative that will exist almost exclusively in the online world? Great... Read More
Lady Gaga and the Autonomous Self: Who are we?
Though I would not necessarily laud all of her decisions as a performer and artist, Lady Gaga has surprisingly and quickly become one of my key reference points in my academic work as a theologian and... Read More