Category: Leadership
“I was…deeply frustrated with the lack of interreligious understanding online…”
After spending some months assisting the Cordoba Initiative with communications during the “Park51” controversy, I was left feeling deeply frustrated with the lack of interreligious understanding ... Read More
State of Formation Celebrates 1,000 Articles
30 months ago, State of Formation was just a vague idea. 25 months ago, it was a concept plan. 20 months ago, it was a website. Now it is one of the most vibrant forums for emerging religious and ethi... Read More
Malala Yousufsai: A Voice of Faith for Youth, Women, and Humanity
Malala Yousufsai is a 14 year-old Pakistani girl who has raised her voice, loud and clear, for the right of women’s access to education. Her defiant activism openly challenged the narrow minds of th... Read More
Accessing Mystery through Dialogue
Some of my favorite experiences in graduate school are the periodic instances in which a statement by a professor is greeted with a gasp of surprise from the class. To give a little backdrop, I am cu... Read More
Compulsory religion: You can lead a kid to the altar…
Different religions mark coming of age in different ways. Jewish youth have bar or bat mitvahs; Islamic youth are expected to begin engaging in all the compulsory acts of their faith; Christians raise... Read More
Forgiveness from a Humanist Perspective
On October 2nd I was invited to present on forgiveness and reconciliation from a humanist perspective. It was an eight person panel for “Ahimsa Day” at Claremont Lincoln University. It... Read More
Now is Not the Time to Give Up
This post was originally published by the Interfaith Youth Core on September 13. Ambassador Christopher Stevens’s work was a personal inspiration to me. He was among the most dedicated few of public... Read More
How Hate Gets Counted
Re-published with permission from the authors. Original Source: The New York Times Co-Author: Prabhjot Singh Do American Sikhs count? The horrific shooting at a Sikh temple in suburban Milwaukee on Au... Read More