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What’s the Big Deal About Interfaith Marriage?
I attended the 2009 Parliament of the World’s Religions in Melbourne, Australia. I was amazed by the preponderance of sacred fashion statements (the hats!), the number of New Age practitioners from ... Read More
What We Can Learn From The Anti-Immigrant Passages In The Bible
…and half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod, and they could not speak the language of Judah, but spoke the language of various peoples. And I contended with them and cursed them and... Read More
My Interfaith Credo
In 1966, Commentary Magazine published a symposium of thirty-eight Jewish leaders’ thoughts, entitled The Condition of Jewish Belief. They were each asked to answer five questions, weaving togethe... Read More
Do We Worship the Same God? Part II: Jewish and Muslim Voices
This is part two of a two-part review of Miroslav Volf’s new edited volume, Do We Worship the Same God? Miroslav Volf has done a great service in bringing together a thoughtful group of reno... Read More
Do We Worship the Same God? Part I: Christian Voices
This is part one of a two-part review of Miroslav Volf’s new edited volume, Do We Worship the Same God? Miroslav Volf has done a great service in bringing together a thoughtful group of reno... Read More
My Interfaith Marriage
I had never planned on falling in love with a Jewish girl. I actually didn’t really restrict myself to any particular religious tradition when considering whom to date. ... Read More
“Spray Paint on the Border Wall: Challenging the Waning Sovereignty of the Nation-State” by Ann Hidalgo
In Walled States, Waning Sovereignty Wendy Brown explores the contemporary phenomenon of wall-building by nations around the globe. Brown links the desire to erect border walls to what she perceives... Read More
Religion Is All About Sex?
The Freudian take on religion, that it is all about sex, or more precisely all about repressed sexual urges, is hardly new. Nevertheless, it was somewhat startling when renowned sociologist of relig... Read More
How Paul Tillich Helped Me Matter
I recently received an email from the fine editorial staff at State of Formation informing me that I am officially a lapsed contributor and my posting account might be deleted. This is very true. I ha... Read More