debate

How to win a religious debate: A step by step guide

Posted on November 10, 2015November 9, 2015 by Tom Peteet

On October 27th, dozens of students and academics filed into Sanders theatre at Harvard to hear psychologist Steven Pinker and law professor David Skeel. The event promised to be a moderated discussio... Read More

On understanding belief through experiencing diversity

Posted on March 6, 2014March 5, 2014 by Mark Rupp

I am not a good debater. It is not because I do not have my own opinions or beliefs about the things that are happening in the world or the way the world ought to be. Rather, my lack of debating skill... Read More

Online tools enriching the study of sacred text

Posted on November 10, 2011November 11, 2011 by Joshua Stanton

This article was co-authored by Matthew L. Skinner. Picture this: an Iraqi reporter becomes interested in the work of a Jewish student in Israel after reading an article about Jewish-Muslim relations ... Read More

Political Debate and Caricature

Posted on February 16, 2011February 16, 2011 by Brad Bannon

This post argues that when we reduce the religious/philosophical/theological/political/etc. views of others to caricature, we not only harm them, but we also harm ourselves and undermine our own posit... Read More