Category: Theology
“Interreligious Studies: A Relational Approach to Religious Activism and the Study of Religion,” by Oddbjørn Leirvik (a review)
In this welcome addition to the growing and emerging interdisciplinary field of interreligious studies, Oddbjørn Leirvik draws on his rich experience as both a pastor and scholar in Norway working wi... Read More
The Criminal Christ: Finding Jesus Amidst a War on Drugs
This post originally appeared on the Clergy for a New Drug Policy blog. “My son was about two years old. I had taken him to the park to play… Two little boys, one blond-haired, the other red-hea... Read More
(-ish)(-less)(-ness)(-loathing): The Self/Soul and The Insidiousness of Mass Violence
I remember, over a decade ago, the first time I encountered the Wiccan Rede. Eight words the Wiccan Rede fulfill, An it harm none do what ye will I thought that made sense; felt, somehow, that for all... Read More
Parashat Emor: On Bodies, Leadership, and the Public Sphere
Parashat Emor opens with a description of right priestly conduct. In Leviticus 21:17-23, we find a lengthy list of those Kohenim who have a mum—often translated as blemish which disqualifies them fr... Read More
Why Women Should “Do” Theology
Throughout history, God has used women in incredible ways to propel the Gospel forward. Whether in the Hebrew Scriptures where women like Deborah, Ruth, Esther, and Miriam were paramount to the pres... Read More
Observing the Masters of Interfaith Engagement
It can be challenging intellectual work to take “terms of art” coined in one’s religious and spiritual tradition, time, culture, and language, and re-interpret, reframe, and disseminate the spir... Read More
Religion and Resistance: The Holocaust and Today
We are pleased to share the last of a series of three reflection pieces on the State of Formation visit to the United Stated Holocaust Memorial Museum this March. Each one is a collaborative piece ... Read More![Blessed are [Male] You: Gendering God in Jewish Text](https://i0.wp.com/stateofformation.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/512px-Shabbat_Candles.jpg?resize=512%2C340&ssl=1)
Blessed are [Male] You: Gendering God in Jewish Text
ברוך אתה יי אלהינו מלך הועלם אשר קדשנו במצותיו וציונו להדליק נר של שבת Baruch atah adonai, eloheinu melech haolam, asher kidshanu b’mitzvotav... Read More