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On Irreconcilable Differences: My Interreligious Dialogue with Mormon Missionaries

On Irreconcilable Differences: My Interreligious Dialogue with Mormon Missionaries

Posted on June 16, 2015June 15, 2015 by Jenn Lindsay
Since I’m conducting field research on interfaith dialogue in Rome, I thought it would be an important part of my participant-observation to embark upon a dialogue. I met some Mormon sisters conduct... Read More
What Can Interfaith Dialogue Really Do? Part 3 of 3

What Can Interfaith Dialogue Really Do? Part 3 of 3

Posted on May 19, 2015May 18, 2015 by Jenn Lindsay
Read Part I here, and Part II here. When I ate lunch with the rabbi he inveighed against interfaith dialogue and its inability to reach or transform the minds of those who are closed to dialogue. He s... Read More
What Can Interfaith Dialogue Really Do? Part 2 of 3

What Can Interfaith Dialogue Really Do? Part 2 of 3

Posted on May 14, 2015May 13, 2015 by Jenn Lindsay
Read Part I here. At lunch after Purim, I heard the rabbi criticize interfaith projects for being “just another religious group.” I reflected on the irony of a religious clergy person dismissing t... Read More
What Can Interfaith Dialogue Really Do? Part 1 of 3

What Can Interfaith Dialogue Really Do? Part 1 of 3

Posted on May 12, 2015May 11, 2015 by Jenn Lindsay
After the most recent Purim morning service at my synagogue, I ate lunch with the rabbi. He told me he thinks interreligious dialogue is an in-group hobby, that interfaith groups become cliques. He fe... Read More
How Do We Tolerate the Intolerant?

How Do We Tolerate the Intolerant?

Posted on April 23, 2015April 24, 2015 by Jenn Lindsay
What do tolerant people do with the intolerant? We tolerate them. We ignore them. We insult them. We try to change them:        By explaining.        By demonstrating.        By oppressin... Read More
"There is no such thing as Palestine!”--Dispatch from Palestine

“There is no such thing as Palestine!”–Dispatch from Palestine

Posted on November 28, 2014November 26, 2014 by Jenn Lindsay
“You can’t teach me anything about Europeans,” once commented the deputy mayor of Jerusalem. Europeans had killed his father. “You can’t teach me anything about Palestinians.” Palestinians... Read More
"This is our life."--Dispatch from Palestine

“This is our life.”–Dispatch from Palestine

Posted on November 21, 2014November 20, 2014 by Jenn Lindsay
Dhesheh Refugee Camp houses 17,000 people in less than 1 square kilometer. It was established for two waves of refugees in 1948 and 1967 by the United Nations, which is still in charge of providing me... Read More
"You are an ambassador"--Dispatch from Palestine

“You are an ambassador”–Dispatch from Palestine

Posted on November 18, 2014November 16, 2014 by Jenn Lindsay
We drive along the barbed electric fence that surrounds the Israeli settlement of Har Gilo.  We are headed to the Walajah valley of the Palestinian territory. The valleys are deep and lush with pine ... Read More
The Beginning of a Settlement -- Dispatch from Palestine

The Beginning of a Settlement — Dispatch from Palestine

Posted on November 10, 2014November 9, 2014 by Jenn Lindsay
Mahmoud’s family lives one Palestinian hill over from a newly-forming illegal Jewish settlement. Six Jewish settlers arrived about a year ago with tents and made a primitive campsite. All year they ... Read More
"Come and see, then go and tell"--Dispatch from Palestine

“Come and see, then go and tell”–Dispatch from Palestine

Posted on November 5, 2014November 4, 2014 by Jenn Lindsay
The Tent of Nations is an organic farm on a long narrow strip of Palestinian land that has held its deed since 1917, through four occupations: Turkish, British, Jordanian, and Israeli. It is placed in... Read More
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