Category: Leadership
Thanksgiving in the Time of Trump
I’ve been reading a lot of Bonhoeffer lately. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the German Lutheran pastor and theologian who spoke out against Hitler, joined the Nazi resistance, and was ultimately executed by ... Read More
Where Do We Go From Here? The Role of Interfaith Dialogue in Uncertain Times
The election of Donald Trump to the highest office in our country, whatever one’s political leanings, has sent shockwaves throughout the world. Other world leaders, both current and potential, such ... Read More
Careful Forgiveness: Atoning with Life in the New Year
“Let us forget with generosity those who cannot love us.” Pablo Neruda Yom Kippur is the Jewish day of atonement between humanity and the divine. Jewish tradition dictates that atonement between h... Read More
Love the Other as Yourself: Religious texts and peacemaking
Pope Francis recently denounced the use of religion to justify war, in comments addressed to faith leaders and victims of the conflicts in the Middle East, who are assembled for this year’s World Da... Read More
Call for Contributors: Become a State of Formation Contributing Scholar!
State of Formation is pleased to announce that we are currently accepting applications for new Contributing Scholars. Are you or someone you know interested in joining the State of Formation community... Read More
#RNCinCLE + #DNCinPHL = #Theonormativity
I’m going to do it: I’m going to get political. Mind – I did not say ‘partisan’. I intentionally watched both the Republican and Democratic conventions, and intend to critically ins... Read More
Stumbling Blocks: Conversion and the Israeli Rabbinate
The issue of conversion to Judaism has always been a topic of interest to me, as it is simultaneously an interfaith and intra-faith issue. Each of the denominations within Judaism has their own standa... Read More
Religious Freedom to Discriminate: Unraveling Archetypes, Anachronism, and Apartheid for our Collective Survival – Part II
…I let go of the law, And people become honest. I let go of economics, And people become prosperous. I let go of religion, And people become serene. I let go of all desire [for controlling, fixing, ... Read More