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Muslims Become Integral to American Seminaries
This article was originally published on the Common Ground News Service in five languages. Seminaries, higher education institutions where professors of religion and religious leaders train students t... Read More
Guest Post: “Sixteen Tools in Sixteen Days: A Multifaith Activist Tool-Kit Against Gender Violence,” By Lisa Anderson
Thursday, November 25th, was the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1999, this day marks the beginning of sixteen days o... Read More
Discipline and Punish: The Buddha on the Dangers of Divinity School
In the Kalama sutta, the Buddha is approached by a group of villagers called the Kalams, who ask him a very simple question: “All of these preachers pass through here praising their own doctrines an... Read More
Discipline in Formation
My Introduction to Ministry Studies professor told us a few weeks ago that if we plan on practicing any spiritual discipline in our later life, we had better get going. “If you don’t find time for... Read More
“More nations than one”: Mormonism and Inter-religious Dialogue
I was recently struck by the realization that a particular chapter in the Book of Mormon seems to demand of its readers an openness to something like inter-religious dialogue. This was an interesting ... Read More
Making the Internet Moral
This post originally appeared on the Washington Post Faith Divide. Is the Internet destroying our morals? Earlier this month, Pope Benedict XVI issued a warning that the Internet was “numbing&#... Read More
Between Native Americans and Pilgrims
For a few years my wife, children, and I would hear about the jokes, laughter, and family news on the following day when we went to get our share of the leftover oxtails and pie. Happily, we haven't l... Read More
Shared Spiritual Inheritance and Mutual Transformation
State of Formation fellow-contributor, Brad Bannon, has posed this question to which my post responds, at least in part: Do religious persons “own” their forms of prayer and practice? Granted, ada... Read More
Who ‘owns’ religious practice?
Is it appropriate to "borrow" religious practices from religious traditions other than our own? If so, what are the limits to such practices and how should this be done? If not, then why not?... Read More