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Jaffa and Old City Walls: Technology as a Gate to Interfaith Encounter
Near the Jaffa Gate outside the old City of Jerusalem is a place good as any to see the contrast of the old and the new. Ancient walls and ramparts give way to modern shopping centers lined with cafes... Read More
Finding a New Religious Home
This post is part of my ongoing project ‘Talking with God’, focused on the religious practices and beliefs of Jews, Christians and Muslims. Names have been changed to protect their privacy, and al... Read More
Goal Setting: Discovering Subjective Perspectives in Interfaith Retreat Planning
Each year, the Boston Interfaith Leadership Initiative (BILI) hosts an interfaith retreat designed and carried out by its student fellows. This year, as we began to plan our interfaith retreat, the ot... Read More
For a Time Such as This: The “Post-Secular” (Part II of II)
(continued from Part I) Contention over the validity and effectiveness of the term “post-secular” is losing legitimacy. Scholars continue to wrestle with the term’s potential meanings. Whether o... Read More
Designing an Ecumenical Christian Service
This February 23rd and 24th, the student fellows of Hebrew College’s Boston Interfaith Leadership Initiative (BILI) offered a retreat to local college students entitled, “Religion at the Dinner Ta... Read More
The Not-So-Lonely Woman of Faith
I felt achingly lonely for much of my life. This is not to say I longed for companionship: I am blessed with myriads of loving relationships and often actually enjoy being alone. Rather, this loneline... Read More
Religiously Illiterate
When I arrived at Brown for the 2018 fall semester, it had been eleven years since I had sat in a classroom. My reintroduction to a learning environment took place during orientation, when the roughly... Read More
I Can’t Even See My Comfort Zone from Here
So last Sunday, I’m sitting in our main campus chapel, live-streaming a contemporary Christian service on my cell phone. A young, charismatic black preacher exhorts the congregation to “fight from... Read More
An Interfaith Holiday Display: How I Grew to Celebrate Difference
The excitement, preparation, and unique family traditions that accompany religious holidays are seen across every religious and spiritual tradition. I know firsthand how easy it is to become so excite... Read More