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Religious Pluralism Within
This week, I’ve been navigating multiple spiritual and religious identities. Growing up in a Roman Catholic tradition, I feel quite connected to the rituals surrounding Ash Wednesday and Lent. My fa... Read More
Think Before You Eat: The Horsemeat and The ‘Real’ Food Scandal
I just returned to London after a week in Slovenia. Whenever I’m on holiday, I allow myself to fully disengage from the ‘real world’ and therefore try to evade all mediums of news. But it’s ... Read More
On Queers, Context, and the United Methodist Church
The United Methodist Church still maintains that “homosexuality is not compatible with Christian teaching.” As a denomination, the church prohibits same gender marriages and the ordination of any ... Read More
James Baldwin and the 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing
The 16th Street Baptist Church sits in the middle of downtown Birmingham, Alabama. During the heart of the Civil Rights movement, when Birmingham was known across the nation as “Bombingham,” march... Read More
V-Day: A Universal Love Story?
When Valentine’s Day rolls around each year, why do you celebrate? I was sitting in class the other day and I glanced over at a fellow student’s daily planner. She was looking at the follo... Read More
A New Supreme Pontiff and What It Means for Interreligious Dialogue
Just before noon on Monday in Rome, Italy, Pope Benedict XVI addressed assembled Cardinals of the Catholic Church. After serving nearly eight years as the Bishop of Rome, Vicar of Jesus Christ, Succes... Read More
Experiencing Islam: An Interview with Homayra Ziad, PhD
In January, Hebrew College and Andover Newton Theological School offered for the first time a joint winter seminar on Islam for rabbinical, cantorial and ministerial students. This one-week intensive ... Read More
Mystical Ponderings of an Atheist: Death
One day I will die, awake and fall upward. I will reach out to touch as I descend... Read More
Strangers in an All Too Familiar Land
I spent the last two weeks in a land named holy by Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, seeking peace, understanding, wholeness. My travels took me through countless narratives, religious expressions, po... Read More