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A Master is Coming. Let the Right One In.

A Master is Coming. Let the Right One In.

Posted on September 13, 2012September 13, 2012 by Ted Dedon
In 2007 P. T. Anderson released a film many people considered to a masterpiece. The theme of the film can be best summarized by its tagline, "When Ambition Meets Faith... There Will be Blood." This we... Read More
DivInnovations Profile 5: Yale Divinity School

DivInnovations Profile 5: Yale Divinity School

Posted on September 7, 2012September 9, 2012 by DivInnovations
Multifaith engagement at YDS goes well beyond official commitments and guidelines, however, touching the day-to-day fabric of life at the Divinity School, where Christian students may sit side-by-side... Read More
Evil Rising From Where We Tried to Bury It

Evil Rising From Where We Tried to Bury It

Posted on September 3, 2012April 2, 2014 by Ted Dedon
In 1945, as Allied forces were closing in on him, Adolf Hitler took his own life. His death seemed to symbolize the end of the Nazi Empire. In recent times, there appears to be a Rise of the Evil Hi... Read More
What Does Deuteronomy Have To Do With Choosing a President?

What Does Deuteronomy Have To Do With Choosing a President?

Posted on August 31, 2012August 31, 2012 by Joshua Ratner
Are you sick of it yet?  The barrage of commercials, of cable tv pundits talking incessantly, and of news and social media being obsessed with every little political sound bite?  Alas, with the Pres... Read More
The Next American Century: Love is the Law.

The Next American Century: Love is the Law.

Posted on August 29, 2012April 2, 2014 by Ted Dedon
In the next American century we face a choice. It is a test. Will we Rise to the occasion and Do the "Right" Thing? Governor Chris Christie says, "I won't be part of the generation that fails that t... Read More
The Truth of an Alleged Lie

The Truth of an Alleged Lie

Posted on August 25, 2012August 24, 2012 by Mary Ann Kaiser
In the midst of last month’s Chik-fil-A blow-up, I wrote a piece which attempted to clarify the particular reason so many LGBT people were actually upset. It wasn’t Cathy’s opinion about “trad... Read More
Catholics at the Polls

Catholics at the Polls

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Rebecca Cohen
Since Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney announced his vice presidential running mate as Represetative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin on August 11, articles have been periodically appearing referenci... Read More
The World to Come

The World to Come

Posted on August 20, 2012August 19, 2012 by Adina Allen
Shabbat is not only the way we as Jews sustain ourselves, it is how anyone dissatisfied with the world as it is visions and creates the world as they imagine it should be. In the fallout from the trag... Read More
A Concluding Unscientific Postscript to the Chic-Fil-A Controversy: An Observation

A Concluding Unscientific Postscript to the Chic-Fil-A Controversy: An Observation

Posted on August 18, 2012 by Trey Palmisano
The Chic-Fil-A controversy made us painfully aware of our differences that reflect both religious and political commitments. In the following weeks, a lone gunman attempted to enter the offices of FRC... Read More
A New Generation of Sikh Americans Step Up

A New Generation of Sikh Americans Step Up

Posted on August 16, 2012August 16, 2012 by Valarie Kaur
On Friday morning, I arrived at a conference at the White House to speak on the future of the Sikh American community. On a panel, I reported on a rising generation of Sikhs who are reinterpreting the... Read More
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