Tag: America
Walt Disney’s Theology of Hope, pt. 3
See Part I and Part II. What kind of a man spends his time locked away drawing cartoon mice and convinces visual artists, musicians, innovators, and designers to devote themselves to his cause? As I s... Read More
Holiday of Horrors: Halloween, Hate, and the (Dis)Honoring of Tradition
I used to love Halloween. As a child, I adored the dressing up as my favorite super heroine, rock star, animal, or – when I got a little older and fancier – donning some nice, natural looking fang... Read More
Bringing Interfaith Dialogue from Pakistan to the United States
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
Making Space for Everyone
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
We Are Not Left Behind
Between Son of God, Noah and Exodus: Gods and Kings, and the upcoming film Mary, the Bible has been all over Hollywood lately. These stories have everything: love, betrayal, sacrifice, intrigue, war, ... 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
Feminism is For You, Whether You Want it or Not
A new tumblr recently caught a great deal of media attention by asking women to share why they do not need feminism. In the wake of recent SCOTUS decisions placing the religious preferences of CEOs ov... Read More