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Why I Keep Coming Back, or: Hooked

Why I Keep Coming Back, or: Hooked

Posted on January 24, 2014January 23, 2014 by Elise Alexander
This past semester, I completed an ethnographic project on a Sacred Harp singing group in the Boston area, motivated by one central question: what is it about this old-timey style of music with its ar... Read More
On Interfaith Dialogue Efforts in Texas

On Interfaith Dialogue Efforts in Texas

Posted on August 20, 2013August 16, 2013 by Ellie Anders
This past year I founded a student organization called the Student Interfaith Dialogue. That might or might not seem much of an accomplishment, until I tell you it was on campus in the Texas panhandle... Read More
Politicians Say the Darndest Things

Politicians Say the Darndest Things

Posted on August 22, 2012August 21, 2012 by Br. Larry Whitney
Politicians say the darndest things.  Of course, it’s never as cute as when kids say the darndest things.  In fact, it’s usually downright awful.  For example, on Sunday, Representative Todd Ak... Read More
A Concluding Unscientific Postscript to the Chic-Fil-A Controversy: An Observation

A Concluding Unscientific Postscript to the Chic-Fil-A Controversy: An Observation

Posted on August 18, 2012 by Trey Palmisano
The Chic-Fil-A controversy made us painfully aware of our differences that reflect both religious and political commitments. In the following weeks, a lone gunman attempted to enter the offices of FRC... Read More
Whose Values?: The post-Prop 8 Equality Movement

Whose Values?: The post-Prop 8 Equality Movement

Posted on February 10, 2012February 13, 2012 by Nicolas Cable
On Tuesday, a critical victory came in the national movement toward LGBT equality, as a federal appeals panel ruled that Proposition 8 is unconstitutional. Prop 8, which was a voter created amendment... Read More
Escaping Clergy Gender Norms

Escaping Clergy Gender Norms

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Joshua Stanton
On an ideal Sunday, I get up and quietly make my wife breakfast, so that I can present it to her with great gusto before she’s emerged from bed. After dining and doing the dishes, I throw on my ... Read More
Making Male Circumcision Humane: A Jewish Moral Imperative

Making Male Circumcision Humane: A Jewish Moral Imperative

Posted on January 9, 2011January 9, 2011 by Joshua Stanton
This article was co-authored with Anne C. Epstein, MD, FACP. Human rights start at home. We must defend them for children in our community as much as adults in others. Day eight in the life of Jewish ... Read More

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