Category: Leadership
Raising Up Interfaith Leaders
The interfaith and ecumenical movements need to raise up young people who understand how to delve into differences of faith and belief while also focusing on grassroots justice work. Too often, interf... Read More
Should Chaplains Challenge Patients’ Beliefs?
Should Hospital Chaplains Challenge Spiritual Beliefs? The challenges of chaplaincy are no secret. The stressful interactions. The unknown family systems that fill every room. The 2 A.M. phone calls. ... Read More
Taking Time: Health and Ministry
It is about that time in the academic calendar at my seminary where we are halfway through the semester and the influx of homework that always seem to accumulate around this time of the year. For many... Read More
“Political Theology or Theological Politics: Paradox at the Heart of Democracy,” by Shane Akerman
Several paradoxes are intrinsic to the democratic project. This essay will confront what Bonnie Honig refers to as the paradox of politics (or, the paradox of democratic legitimation).[1] Honig asks t... Read More
My spring break: from faith clubs to the interfaith social movement
Last year, while I was still a student in rabbinical school and serving as advisor to Jewish students at Haverford College, I helped to organize and staff an Interfaith Encounters alternative spring b... Read More
Palingenesia: You Might be a Lord… But Here Comes the King
Have you heard about Snoop Dogg becoming Snoop Lion? Last year, Snoop Dogg announced his new persona starting with his own Reincarnation. He was no longer going to be the rabble-rousing gangster rappe... Read More
On Building Relationships with those from Different Traditions by Rozemarijn Vanwijnsberghe
Managing Director’s Note: beginning in the Spring of 2013, all Contributing Scholars will answer the following question as their first post: Why are you committed to building relationships with ... Read More
Jessie Post On Building Relationships with those from Different Traditions
Managing Director’s Note: beginning in the Spring of 2013, all Contributing Scholars will answer the following question as their first post: Why are you committed to building relationships with ... Read More