Category: Interfaith
The Knowledge, Experience, and Relationships of Interfaith
Editor’s note: all Contributing Scholars begin writing by answering the following question as their first post: Why are you committed to building relationships with those from different religious or... Read More
Becoming a Peacemaker in Grad School
When I entered my graduate degree program in the Fall of 2013, I had no idea I would be entering the world of interfaith. I was intent on getting my Ph.D. in Islamic Studies – and this Master’s de... Read More
Careful Forgiveness: Atoning with Life in the New Year
“Let us forget with generosity those who cannot love us.” Pablo Neruda Yom Kippur is the Jewish day of atonement between humanity and the divine. Jewish tradition dictates that atonement between h... Read More
Love the Other as Yourself: Religious texts and peacemaking
Pope Francis recently denounced the use of religion to justify war, in comments addressed to faith leaders and victims of the conflicts in the Middle East, who are assembled for this year’s World Da... Read More
Notes from the NICU: Ritual Matters
I blessed more than one dead baby this summer. When you are working as an intern chaplain on a hospital floor that includes the Labor and Delivery Unit and the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), the... Read More
What’s A Christian to do with Interfaith?
Coexist. If you’re from the West, you’ve likely seen this word everywhere from bumper stickers to caps and from t-shirts to key-chains. But what exactly does it mean? How can a devout member o... Read More
“Interreligious Dialogue: An Anthology of Voices Bridging Cultural and Religious Divides,” edited by Christopher H. Grundmann; A Review
Christopher Grundmann’s edited volume is a highly accessible and important primer on the contours of interreligious dialogue. It will certainly be a welcome resource for the growing number of underg... Read More
Memorials for All? Government and Religious Expression
The issue of establishment of religion by the government is in the news again, this time dealing with a library in New Jersey. As reported here, a monument to veterans and fallen soldiers, paid for by... Read More