At a time when a feminist world seems very far away, I think about the ways in which my womanhood has strengthened and created me, how it has very literally birthed me into this universe, and how it i...Read More
One of the greatest barriers to meaningful interreligious learning is the oversimplification, or ignorance of the internal diversity, of religious traditions other than our own. It comes out in the ma...Read More
Welcoming marginalized traditions, including contemporary Paganisms, to the table of interreligious engagement is happening in pockets around the U.S. However, non-Pagans like myself can still strive ...Read More
Artwork by Aron de Chaves, Spanish & Portuguese Synagogue, Creechurch Lane, London, England Of all my high school classes, speech terrified me the most. In my youth, I had a speech i...Read More
Despite an ever-widening door to the growing tent of interreligious engagement, there remains work to do. Interreligious studies in the academy as well as the interfaith movement in the wider communit...Read More
Interreligious dialogue often entails an implicit (sometimes explicit) attempt to categorize the religious other for the sake of comparison, conversation, and ease. For instance, in labeling a dialogu...Read More
Participating this year in the State of Formation fellowship with other up-and-coming religious and ethical thinkers has been an exciting opportunity for me, though not one that I could have anticipat...Read More
People arrive at the table of interreligious engagement for various reasons. After spending some time in the world of interfaith engagement, I began to notice common narratives emerge in regards to ho...Read More
There is little debate over whether religious literacy should be a core competency in higher education programs and courses in the emerging interdisciplinary field of interreligious and interfaith st...Read More
This post is part of my ongoing ‘Talking with God’ project, focusing on the religious practices and beliefs of Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Names have been changed to protect their privacy, and ...Read More