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Some Biblical Reflections on Refugees

Posted on February 8, 2017February 5, 2017 by Mark Randall James

The Biblical story of salvation begins with a community of refugees. The book of Genesis recounts how Jacob and his family sought refuge in Egypt from a severe famine. The book of Exodus begins–... Read More

Can Interfaith Dialogue Change Election Results?

Posted on March 30, 2016November 6, 2016 by Saadia Faruqi

As a Muslim, it is heartbreaking for me to see the extremely negative political rhetoric coming out of our presidential candidates’ mouths. From threats to bar Muslims from entering the United State... Read More

Putting a Stop to Fear and Prejudice Through Engaging the “Other”

Posted on January 19, 2016January 18, 2016 by Naresh Nagothu

Managing Editor’s note: all Contributing Scholars begin writing by answering the following question as their first post: Why are you committed to building relationships with those from different rel... Read More

My experiences at an ISNA convention

Posted on October 26, 2015October 25, 2015 by David Barickman

Over Labor Day weekend, I had the chance to hear from and meet with an amazing group of people—a group of people who are striving for peace, education, and equality, people looking out for communiti... Read More

Beware Standby Mode

Posted on April 29, 2014April 29, 2014 by Elise Alexander

Earlier this month, State of Formation and the Journal of Inter-Religious Studies graciously offered me the chance to join them in a tour of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum followed by a discussion o... Read More

What is darkness? What is light?

Posted on April 4, 2014April 4, 2014 by Adam Hollowell

Last Sunday, March 30, Dean of Duke Chapel Luke Powery preached a sermon titled “Seeing in the Dark.” In it he described the way Christian scriptures tend to associate darkness with struggle, blin... Read More

Loving Courage to Worship the Gungod No More

Posted on September 18, 2013September 19, 2013 by Paul Joseph Greene

I am calling for us to end our perverse worship of the Gungod. I am calling for us to end the daily slaughter which is the perverse liturgy that drenches our communities with the gore of human blood ... Read More

Reflections from a Subway Platform: Sunando Sen and The Fight To End Discrimination

Posted on January 21, 2013January 23, 2013 by Nicole Edine

I can’t stop thinking about Sunando Sen. Two weeks before Mr. Sen was pushed into the elevated tracks at 40th-Lowery St, I stood on that platform, fresh from an evening with a good friend. I love th... Read More

Let there be light

Posted on September 16, 2012September 14, 2012 by Michael Ramberg

The disturbing recent news about the bloody protests in the Arab world incited by a video defaming the Prophet Muhammad remind me of a story associated with Rosh Hashanah, which begins on Sunday at su... Read More

Intimidated of Our Own Scripture

Posted on July 18, 2012July 17, 2012 by Simran Jeet Singh

This is a strange thing for a Sikh to confess. I used to be really intimidated by our scripture – the Guru Granth Sahib. I would feel unworthy sitting before the Guru, and I was absolutely terr... Read More

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