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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
Politicians Say the Darndest Things

Politicians Say the Darndest Things

Posted on August 22, 2012August 21, 2012 by Br. Larry Whitney
Politicians say the darndest things.  Of course, it’s never as cute as when kids say the darndest things.  In fact, it’s usually downright awful.  For example, on Sunday, Representative Todd Ak... Read More
God and Geeks

God and Geeks

Posted on August 22, 2012August 21, 2012 by Madison McClendon
Geek culture and religious people have a lot to learn from each other.... Read More
Catholics at the Polls

Catholics at the Polls

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Rebecca Cohen
Since Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney announced his vice presidential running mate as Represetative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin on August 11, articles have been periodically appearing referenci... Read More
Bibliography of Responses to the Tragedy in Wisconson

Bibliography of Responses to the Tragedy in Wisconson

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Journal of Inter-Religious Studies
Recently State of Formation Contributing Scholars addressed the tragedy that impacted us all in Wisconsin. Several pieces of Contributing Scholars were featured across the web. Please view the article... Read More
The World to Come

The World to Come

Posted on August 20, 2012August 19, 2012 by Adina Allen
Shabbat is not only the way we as Jews sustain ourselves, it is how anyone dissatisfied with the world as it is visions and creates the world as they imagine it should be. In the fallout from the trag... Read More
What is the Face of Racism?

What is the Face of Racism?

Posted on August 20, 2012August 18, 2012 by Phillipe Copeland
“White supremacy is the greatest danger we as Americans face as a source of domestic terrorism, and one of the least recognized,” writes Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite at the Washington Post&... Read More
Building a Sikh Paradigm for Interfaith Work: Part 2

Building a Sikh Paradigm for Interfaith Work: Part 2

Posted on August 19, 2012August 18, 2012 by Craig Phillips
"...I prefer to think about how Sikhs can contribute to, and renew a paradigm for, thinking about interfaith work. At the same time, we should also rethink our Abrahamic commitments, and move towards ... Read More
A Concluding Unscientific Postscript to the Chic-Fil-A Controversy: An Observation

A Concluding Unscientific Postscript to the Chic-Fil-A Controversy: An Observation

Posted on August 18, 2012 by Trey Palmisano
The Chic-Fil-A controversy made us painfully aware of our differences that reflect both religious and political commitments. In the following weeks, a lone gunman attempted to enter the offices of FRC... Read More
"OMG Judaism Can Be So Awkward!"

“OMG Judaism Can Be So Awkward!”

Posted on August 17, 2012August 23, 2012 by Michael Ramberg
The season of one-night stands with Judaism draws nigh. Next month, countless Jews will go to synagogues for the High Holy Days (Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur) and then take a respite from Judaism unti... Read More
Branches of the Same Tree: Overcoming Sectarian Divides Among Muslims

Branches of the Same Tree: Overcoming Sectarian Divides Among Muslims

Posted on August 16, 2012August 15, 2012 by Rose Aslan
“Hold fast to the hope of God, all together, and be not divided.” –Quran 3:103 “Islam is simple,” the taxi driver explained to me as he drove me to the Center for Shariah... 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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