Category: Learning
Dear Religious Americans: How Many Atheists Do You Know?
For the last several years, my work as an interfaith activist has been largely defined by a single question: “Wait — you do interfaith work, and you’re an atheist?!” That quest... Read More
Your books, your reflections: The frames we use for our learning
From Frankenstein to The New Jim Crow and Whose Gospel, you delved into the questions that shape your work as communal leaders. I am left with questions about what frames religious and ethical leaders... Read More
An Atheist and Franz Kafka’s “The Castle”
This was first presented as “The Power of Kafka’s Castle,” at the Conference on Retaliation, California State University Fullerton, January 28, 2011. It was later revised and presented as “K... Read More
Rev. Frankenstein: Seminary and Chasing the Monster
When I first read Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, I knew I would never be the same. I was a 21-year-old English major completely enthralled with Gothic literature, but nothing prepared me for the mon... Read More
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tennessee: Why Muslims and the LGBTQ Community Should Be Allies
This year, two notable controversies have been brewing in Tennessee: a proposed bill that would forbid educators from using the word “gay” in the classroom, and a court battle to determi... Read More
We Will Not Save What We Do Not Love
Last week when I saw this article about nearly 1/3 of the Chesapeake Bay being a “dead zone” this year, it felt like someone punched me in the gut. I made some kind of audible groaning sound and r... Read More
On the Cutting-Edge of Interfaith Work: An Open Thank You Letter to the Sultan of Oman
The barriers to authentic interfaith relationships are great. But I write to let you know that Oman's investment in the CIP Summer School is possibly one of the most promising experiments in interfait... Read More
Interfaith Tips: Telling Our Stories
Engaging in interfaith work takes everyday religious pluralism to a whole other level. For this work, there is no roadmap, no graduate certification programs, no experts; there are just individual peo... Read More