Conflict Resolution

Zen and the Art of Bicycle Commuting

Posted on August 13, 2011August 29, 2011 by Jenn Lindsay

I started bicycle commuting for my health. I quickly realized that biking around in the city of Boston is a huge threat to my health. I live in the quaint flowery suburb of Jamaica Plain. I bike to my... Read More

Psalm 137 and Religious Violence, Part I: “Down with it, down with it, even to the ground”

Posted on April 4, 2011April 8, 2011 by Jason Kerr

7 Remember the children of Edom, O Lord, in the day of Jerusalem: how they said, Down with it, down with it, even to the ground. 8 O daughter of Babylon, wasted with misery: yea, happy shall he be tha... Read More

Bury the Bloody Hatchet: Secularism, Islam, and Reconciliation in Afghanistan

Posted on January 21, 2011January 21, 2011 by Journal of Inter-Religious Studies

When the US negotiated peace with American Indians just a few years after the American Revolution, they used religiously-inspired, culturally relevant symbols to “bury the hatchet.” However, the... Read More