Category: Interfaith
The Syrophoenician Woman: Possibilities for Healing Across Borders
This semester I have come to believe that the story in Mark 7:24-30 has something to teach us about interfaith and cross-cultural encounters. This passage is unique in that it is the only example in t... Read More
Neoliberal Violence and Religious Action
Economics dominate American headlines. Discussions focusing on national debt, wealth disparity, minimum wage, budget deficits, and personal debt are reoccurring themes in newspapers, the blogosphere... Read More
Interpretweeting: An Experiment in Social Media
What can you say worth saying in 140 characters? I used to think: not much. But if the ancient wisdom of the great Scriptural commentators could be expressed in less than 140 characters, why shouldn... Read More
Danger of a Single Story?
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about the power of narrative. After returning home from a trip to Kenya, the place of my birth, it struck me how many competing stories exist about “Africa.” Conr... Read More
Interbeliefs Under One Roof
Rarely am I hesitant to answer the question, “what is your denomination?” (or some variation of the question). I realize I am quite lucky in this regard. (Not to mention how lucky I am that this a... Read More
Beware Standby Mode
Earlier this month, State of Formation and the Journal of Inter-Religious Studies graciously offered me the chance to join them in a tour of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum followed by a discussion o... Read More
On Divine Exile and the Sacred Act of Welcoming (Part II)
This post is a continuation of Part I. It is my intention to now explore and explicate concrete ways in which we, as individuals and communities deeply concerned with the well-being of others and of o... Read More
On Divine Exile and the Sacred Act of Welcoming (Part I)
This is the first part of a two-part post. In “Man’s Quest for God”, a series of essays on prayer, Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel writes: “The Shechinah [Divine Presence] is in exile, the world ... Read More