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A New Generation of Sikh Americans Step Up
On Friday morning, I arrived at a conference at the White House to speak on the future of the Sikh American community. On a panel, I reported on a rising generation of Sikhs who are reinterpreting the... Read More
Where’s the Blessing?
In my homiletics class, we have been reading various short stories to get an idea of different storytelling techniques to use in preaching. One such story was a first-person perspective monologue from... Read More
How Sikhs Made Me Who I Am: Part 1
Discussing Sikh theology and practice could be a great discussion for a community dialogue, but will do little to prevent domestic terrorism and religious prejudice. What we've learned from anti-Musli... Read More
Faith, Race, and Terror
Article first published as Faith, Race, and Terror on Blogcritics. It’s mourning in America again. Abraham Joshua Heschel wrote that the blood of the innocent cries forever. We join our cries wi... Read More
An Interview with Frank Schaeffer
Along with C.S. Lewis and Cornelius Van Til, Francis Schaeffer was one of the pre-eminent Christian apologists of the 20th century. His books, the L’Abri community in Switzerland, and his stro... Read More
Hope Heals VIOLENCE
The dialog of the growing violence in America has been an on-going talk for some populations and segments of American society for most of its history. There are the peacemakers in society that have be... Read More
Call for Regional Recruiting Directors
In order to increase the religious, cultural, and overall diversity of Contributing Scholars, State of Formation is introducing Regional Recruiting Directors (RRD’s). RRD’s will work closely w... Read More
Fall 2012 Call for Contributing Scholars!
Greetings, State of Formation is pleased to announce it is accepting applications for Contributing Scholars! State of Formation is a community conversation between young leaders in formation. Together... Read More
A Muslim and a Sikh Talk about Sikhism in the Aftermath of the Wisconsin Tragedy
In the aftermath of the tragic shooting at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin, Omid Safi, Professor of Religious Studies at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and one of America’s Muslim publ... Read More