Crisis

Dispatch from the Lifejacket Graveyard near Eftalou Beach in Lesvos Greece

Posted on May 22, 2017May 30, 2017 by Jenn Lindsay

There is a “lifejacket graveyard” on the island of Lesvos in Greece, where Syrian and Afghani refugees flee from wars, departing from the Turkish shores 4 kilometers away. This is where ad... Read More

Tragedy: A Quaker and an Anthropologist’s Response

Posted on April 18, 2013April 18, 2013 by Joseph McLendon

How does your faith or ethical tradition inform your response to tragedies? In the wake of the devastating blasts in Boston, one Twitter user, Mike_FTW, has gained fame for stating: In times o... Read More

Losing Your Religion? Keep the Faith!

Posted on March 6, 2013April 2, 2014 by Ted Dedon

In Terence Nichol’s 2003 book The Sacred Cosmos: Christian Faith and the Challenge of Naturalism he begins with an anecdote where two sets of Catholic children are asked the question “Wher... Read More

Making Sense of Tragedy: Was the Earthquake a “Divine Punishment”?

Posted on March 21, 2011March 21, 2011 by Gretchen Koch

Over at Religion Dispatches Levi McLaughlin, a professor of religion who specializes in East Asian traditions, writes about Tokyo’s governor Shintaro Ishihara describing the tsunami that struck... Read More

Power and Privilege: Why Reinhold Niebuhr is Key to Understanding the Budget Battle

Posted on February 26, 2011February 25, 2011 by Nate Kratzer

A few months ago New York Times columnist Paul Krugman wondered in amazement how economic policies that had long since been disproved in the academic world could still be influencing public policy (W... Read More

Respecting the Faithful, Respecting Faith – Part 1: Strength in the Face of Despair

Posted on January 23, 2011January 23, 2011 by James Croft

In January 1956, Martin Luther King was in despair. His decisions as a civil rights leader in Montgomery, Alabama were being questioned, even by former supporters. He had been receiving anonymous deat... Read More