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Every Land is #Ferguson
There is a power in raising our hands for Ferguson. We do not raise our hands like the Illuminati or a Rockefella [sicknowledge]; we do not raise our hands to act out an NWA lyric; we do not even rais... Read More
Rage, rage (against the dying of the light)
A year or two ago, I studied under a professor who somehow know just which buttons to push to transform my serene, scholarly public self into a senseless wreck. Admittedly, that public persona was a... Read More
Higher Education, The Rise of the Nones, and IFYC: Where Do We Go From Here?
I wasn’t always interested in interfaith education. Personally, my worldview and commitment to interfaith engagement and education developed in college, as a result of being introduced to organi... Read More
9/11-Era Ignorance of Islam is Infecting the Age of ISIS. We Should Know Better.
Originally Published with The Guardian In the last two months, three major hate crimes have hit New York City, the most ethnically diverse place in the United States. Last week, a man chased a Muslim ... Read More
The New Leaders
On a Saturday afternoon at the beginning of August, I paced around the narthex of my grey stone home church where friends and colleagues were gathered in their clergy robes and stoles. This was the ch... Read More
The Lost Summer
Managing Editor’s note: all Contributing Scholars begin writing by answering the following question as their first post: Why are you committed to building relationships with those from different... Read More
Standing with Muslims For the Cause of the Gospel
At the Islamic Society of North America’s annual convention last weekend, civil rights activist Linda Sarsour enjoined her fellow Muslims to live out their faith by committing themselves to justice.... Read More
Fall 2014 Call for Contributors
State of Formation is pleased to announce it is accepting applications for Contributing Scholars. State of Formation is supported by a partnership between the Journal of Inter-Religious Studies (JIRS)... Read More
NYPD’s outdated policy perpetuates anti-Sikh stereotypes
Originally Published with Al Jazeera America For the second time in a month, a Sikh-American was physically assaulted in a reported hate crime in New York City. On July 30, a man in a pickup truck dir... Read More