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Sitting at the Buddha with the Tanna’im
This paper examines the parallels between two ancient ethical texts, the BuddhistDhammapada, and the Jewish,Pirke Avot. Both of these texts offer the reader insights into what is necessary for maintai... Read More
Not Free To Learn
Article first published as Not Free to Learn on Blogcritics. This time of year in America is the graduation season. Thousands of young people march to the sounds of Pomp and Circumstance and receive t... Read More
Thinking Towards a New World Order
It is impossible to separate any aspect of our lives from out habits of thought. For, as ‘Abdu’l-Bahá explains, “all these highly varied phenomena, these concepts, this knowledge, these technic... Read More
Privilege vs. Pluralism: On A.C. Grayling’s New College of the Humanities
Prominent atheist A.C. Grayling and some other well-known academics (including Richard Dawkins) have recently announced plans to set up a private college in London called the New College of the Humani... Read More
A History of Islam in America?
What do qualitative research, legal testimony, and sunlight shot through stained glass have in common? All of these benefit from, even demand, insider perspectives.... Read More
What is Buddhist Ministry?
Something like the Master of Divinity (MDiv) program at Harvard—of which I am a graduate—obviously isn’t training students to be roshis, lamas, or any other sort of teacher in a Buddhist lineage... Read More
The Embarrassment of Faith
My friend Jen is a rabbinical student. Her rabbinical school advises students not to shout their future vocation from the rooftops in delicate settings, such as airplanes, thanks to the unfortunate re... Read More
Peace Award Connects Church with School
In May, the school had an award ceremony in which all the 4th-6th graders and many of the parents showed up. Along with our youth director and senior pastor, the three of us showed up to the school l... Read More
Do Atheists Belong in the Interfaith Movement?
Recently, there’s been a lot of talk in the organized atheist, humanist, skeptic and freethought movements about the potential benefits and drawbacks of interfaith work. Over at Patheos, the Execut... Read More