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To Work the Earth of My Heart: Memorizing the Sermon on the Mount
I just returned from my last final of the semester. It was…unconventional, to say the least. Instead of sitting in a wood-paneled classroom for three hours getting intimate with a blue book, I spent... Read More
In Texas, an Imperfectly Perfect Interfaith Start to the Legislative Session
It was the opening day of the Texas Legislative session, and our Interfaith Service of Public Witness was off to a rocky start. A few minutes before the start time, three of the participating speakers... Read More
“Weakening Liberalism: Rawls, Pluralism, and the Fact of Oppression,” by Daniel Ambord
The next five posts from Claremont Journal of Religion will be on the topic of Political Theology. Here is a piece from the first of them. “Moving well beyond Schmitt and even Rosenzweig, to T... Read More
Review of Dermot Lane’s “Stepping Stones To Other Religions: A Christian Theology of Inter-Religious Dialogue”
In Stepping Stones to Other Religions, Dermot Lane offers an entry into interreligious engagement for Christians (particularly Roman Catholics) in the twenty-first century. It serves as a commendable... Read More
Dealing with Mental Illness as a Person of Faith
The end of 2012 was marred with the tragic events that took place at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut on December 14, 2012. While the community reeled with the shocking loss and th... Read More
A Buddhist Analysis of Mayan Doomsday
Millions of tourists flocked to Mexico and Central America on December 21, 2012 to celebrate the completion of the 13th (and, some said, final) “baktun” or nearly 400-year period of the Mayan “l... Read More
Revisiting the Victim Narrative of the Sikh American Community
Originally published in the Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal-Sentinel. After a white supremacist opened fire at a Sikh gurdwara in Oak Creek in August, significant media resources have been devoted to desc... Read More
Prayers for the New Year
First, two prayers from Prophet Muhammad (PBUH): “O Allâh, place light in my heart, light in my tongue, light in my hearing, light in my sight, light behind me, light in front of me, light on my ri... Read More