Category: Interfaith
Absolute Truth & Emotional Risk in Interfaith Dialogue
Muslim interfaith activist Aamir Hussain recently posted an excellent piece regarding the challenges of interfaith dialogue. Hussain describes the challenges of maintaining focus on conversation goals... Read More
Ridicule and Rationality: Jon Stewart’s Interfaith Dialogue
Good liberals know that religious beliefs are to be celebrated, but not criticized and certainly not ridiculed -- at least in polite company. In the real world, interfaith relations aren't so well-be... Read More
Engaging Anyway: Accepting Difficult Opportunities for Dialogue
A few weeks ago, I received a phone call from my cousin Daniel. He was on my campus attending a lecture, and thinking I might be nearby, he called to see if I might be free for coffee. When I moved pa... Read More
Interfaith Dialogue and Religious Harmony in Nepal
When I planned on speaking to A Level Students about religious issues at a college in Kathmandu, Nepal as a guest speaker, one of my friends asked about the topic of my discussion. He was surprised as... Read More
Interfaith Winter Reading
I am in love with every Church and Mosque and Temple and any kind of Shrine Because I know it is there that people say the different names of the one God. — Hafiz As a seminarian d... Read More
Interfaith Lessons Learned from a Witch Camp
Kukuo, in northern Ghana, is home to a camp for alleged witches. Women who have been accused of witchcraft come there looking for safety. They come looking because if they stay home they are in da... Read More
A Divine Call for Affirmation
This past week, Jews around the world commenced the reading of the Book of Exodus as part of the annual Torah reading cycle. This past week’s Torah portion, Parashat Shemot, contain important moment... Read More
Immigration and Interfaith
During the first week of December, I traveled to the Arizona-Mexico border with 12 others from Harvard Divinity School as part of a course titled Border Crossings: Immigration in America. We spent fiv... Read More