This review first appeared on catholicbooksreview.org on May 5, 2016. Leonard Swidler draws on his immense (half-century-plus-years’ worth of) experience and wisdom in interreligious, intercultura...Read More
A few weeks ago, while vising friends in Toronto, we ended up in downtown. Toronto’s downtown core, like other metropolitan cities, has very limited parking spots, and those that are available in lo...Read More
“The idea of safe space is a Utopian ideal.” — Laurie Patton, President of Middlebury College Despite how often we hear and use the phrase “safe space” in interfaith work...Read More
This is the final reflection piece from the visit that a group of State of Formation Scholars made to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum this spring. Read the other pieces here, here and here...Read More
An earlier version of this piece was published here. I am passionate about creating truly inclusive and accessible Jewish communities in which all Jews can find a spiritual home, and in which we can a...Read More
It all started a couple months ago, when #MuslimApologies started trending on my Twitter feed. I scrolled through things like: We're TRULY sorry that we took Europeans out of dark ages & let...Read More
One of my fall responsibilities is getting our confirmation classes up and running. Confirmation, for many Lutheran Christians, is an intensive time of religious education for 7th and 8th graders lead...Read More
(Author’s note – the terms ‘interreligious’ and ‘interfaith’ will be used interchangeably in the paragraphs to follow.) This time last autumn, an intra-office email came t...Read More
It makes sense that if you want to get ahead in higher education, you should pursue graduate and doctoral studies. Setting an example for the students is one of the most powerful tools we have as educ...Read More
Religious literacy is important to me. It drives my commitment to interfaith and to education; it is essential to progressing into a more understanding and empathetic world. I catch myself giving impr...Read More