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View Podcast: What do Cats Have to do with Interfaith Work?
Podcast: What do Cats Have to do with Interfaith Work?
View Podcast: Finding Faith in Interfaith Work 
Podcast: Finding Faith in Interfaith Work 
View My Interfaith Travels: A Sikh Perspective
My Interfaith Travels: A Sikh Perspective
View The Art of Dialogue as Dance: Authenticity, Generosity and Spontaneity
The Art of Dialogue as Dance: Authenticity, Generosity and Spontaneity
View Story-telling and Story-listening: my Interfaith Journey
Story-telling and Story-listening: my Interfaith Journey
the Burning Place

the Burning Place

Posted on September 20, 2012September 22, 2012 by Stephanie Varnon-Hughes
Our first day in Varanasi, four of us went down to the Ganges to see the ghats (steps). As we meandered around, we came to the Burning Place. A priest who is in charge offered to take us around the gh... Read More
We Need to Talk About Islam

We Need to Talk About Islam

Posted on September 20, 2012September 20, 2012 by Ted Dedon
Given the recent attacks on American, British, and German embassies by Muslim extremists we are confronted by a serious claim. By reflecting on a Redditor's post about Islam in the midst of a supposed... Read More
The Beginning of Men

The Beginning of Men

Posted on September 19, 2012September 19, 2012 by Phillipe Copeland
Article first published as The Beginning of Men on Blogcritics. “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adap... Read More
Let there be light

Let there be light

Posted on September 16, 2012September 14, 2012 by Michael Ramberg
The disturbing recent news about the bloody protests in the Arab world incited by a video defaming the Prophet Muhammad remind me of a story associated with Rosh Hashanah, which begins on Sunday at su... Read More
Becoming Our True Selves: A Rosh HaShannah Reflection

Becoming Our True Selves: A Rosh HaShannah Reflection

Posted on September 15, 2012September 14, 2012 by Adina Allen
How do we spiritually prepare for the High Holidays during the busiest time of the year?... Read More
Wait–You Aren’t TOO Mormon, Are You?

Wait–You Aren’t TOO Mormon, Are You?

Posted on September 14, 2012September 13, 2012 by Mark McCormack
At the risk of stating the obvious, it has occurred to me that some of us leading our own little interfaith efforts actually have no idea what it is we’re doing or what it is we’re hoping to accom... Read More
Opportunity: An Interfaith Theological Reflection Consultation Request

Opportunity: An Interfaith Theological Reflection Consultation Request

Posted on September 13, 2012September 13, 2012 by Journal of Inter-Religious Studies
Definitions: For the past 3 or 4 decades, many Christian educators have emphasized theological reflection as an essential part of training people for ministry. While there are multiple definitions of... Read More
A Master is Coming. Let the Right One In.

A Master is Coming. Let the Right One In.

Posted on September 13, 2012September 13, 2012 by Ted Dedon
In 2007 P. T. Anderson released a film many people considered to a masterpiece. The theme of the film can be best summarized by its tagline, "When Ambition Meets Faith... There Will be Blood." This we... Read More
It’s hard to find 11-year anniversary cards, or, healing isn’t forgetting

It’s hard to find 11-year anniversary cards, or, healing isn’t forgetting

Posted on September 12, 2012September 11, 2012 by Jason Tippitt
Eleven years have now passed since the illusion of peace and tranquility was shattered on another clear, blue, Tuesday morning, eleven years in which we’ve stubbornly refused as a nation to learn th... Read More
September 11th, 2001. The Day My Hatred was Born.

September 11th, 2001. The Day My Hatred was Born.

Posted on September 11, 2012September 10, 2012 by Andrew Bowen
We will read many perspectives over the next few days about how to honor the 11th anniversary of the September 11th attacks on US soil, and we would do well to read them. Some will call us to unity. O... Read More
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State of Formation, founded as an offshoot of the Journal of Interreligious Studies (JIRS), is a program of the Betty Ann Greenbaum Miller Center for Interreligious Learning & Leadership at Hebrew College and Boston University School of Theology.

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