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Passover People: A Conversation with Rachel Friedman
March 31 this year will be both Western Christainity’s Easter Sunday and Judaism’s 6th-7th days of Passover – we might use the confluence of these to high holidays to explore a theological theme... Read More
Bringing Magic to the People. An Interview with Drew Jacob
When Rogue Priest and adventurist Drew Jacob approached me with his concept of bringing “Magic to the People,” I knew he was on to something special. In an attempt to open the doors of mag... Read More
“Political Theology or Theological Politics: Paradox at the Heart of Democracy,” by Shane Akerman
Several paradoxes are intrinsic to the democratic project. This essay will confront what Bonnie Honig refers to as the paradox of politics (or, the paradox of democratic legitimation).[1] Honig asks t... Read More
My spring break: from faith clubs to the interfaith social movement
Last year, while I was still a student in rabbinical school and serving as advisor to Jewish students at Haverford College, I helped to organize and staff an Interfaith Encounters alternative spring b... Read More
Palingenesia: You Might be a Lord… But Here Comes the King
Have you heard about Snoop Dogg becoming Snoop Lion? Last year, Snoop Dogg announced his new persona starting with his own Reincarnation. He was no longer going to be the rabble-rousing gangster rappe... Read More
Be Powerful as God is Powerful: A Christian Theology of Money in Politics
“Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, but not unto Tiberius the things that are Tiberius’; for Caesar is good, but Tiberius is bad” – Peter Crassus[1] It is not uncommon to h... Read More
Too close for comfort? Reflections on Protestant/Catholic dialogue
As a father of one–year–old twin boys, and witness to both the love and the antagonism shared between them, I have been granted many an occasion to reflect on how it can be that those with whom we... Read More
Christian Feminist Spirituality for Healing, Part 3
This is my last post in a series of three dealing with sexual abuse and Christian spirituality. I wrote these as a way to process some of what I’ve been noticing as I work with women in the Chu... Read More
On Building Relationships with those from Different Traditions by Rozemarijn Vanwijnsberghe
Managing Director’s Note: beginning in the Spring of 2013, all Contributing Scholars will answer the following question as their first post: Why are you committed to building relationships with ... Read More