Category: Interfaith
Musar, Mindfulness and Counting the Omer
On the Jewish calendar, we are currently in the period known as Sefira or Sefirat HaOmer—the Counting of the Omer, a forty-nine day period between Passover and Shavuot. Each evening, beginning on th... Read More
Social Justice as a Unifying Issue for Dharmic Communities
Religious communities are never the same once they reach America. In my view, they often become even more remarkable. As a third-generation American Jew, it is at times even challenging for me to thin... Read More
In Oman, the Muslim-Christian Equation: Understanding is greater than Tolerance
On most days, if we’re realistic, the idea of religious tolerance serves only to usher a person just inside the other’s front door. It might, in the end, provide a sort-of, kind-of knowledge, but ... Read More
“Abrahamic Partnerships in Pursuit of Peace” By Yehezkel Landau
Yehezkel Landau is a Faculty Associate in Interfaith Relations at Hartford Seminary. In June, 2002, I spent six days at a place that is holy for me: the Community of Grandchamp, a convent of Protest... Read More
Finding Your Voice in an Interfaith World
This is my recollection of co-Founding the Journal of Inter-Religious Dialogue. Central to this effort was my co-Founder, Stephanie Varnon-Hughes. Without her, this project could never have taken shap... Read More
“Blinking at Reality:” All or Nothing on Public Land
“If the property belongs to God he is able to pay the tax.” Robert Ingersoll In Lynch v. Donnelly (1984) the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that a Christmas display in a mall in Pawtucket Rhode I... Read More
Passover — The Time of Our Freedom
Pesach (Passover) is, without a doubt, one of the most widely observed, if indeed not the most widely observed holiday on the Jewish calendar. Pesach is personally my favorite holiday. Despite the mas... Read More
DivInnovations Profile 2: Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology
DOMINICAN SCHOOL OF PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY In conversation with Sr. Marianne Farina, CSC, PhD, Department Chair of Theology: At the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology (DSPT), the dialogical ... Read More