Tag: Fundamentalism
Interfaith Dialogue with Those Who Belong to Exclusivistic, Literalistic Religions
When I read Jenn Lindsay’s recent State of Formation blog post entitled “On Irreconcilable Differences: My Interreligious Dialogue with Mormon Missionaries” I was immediately intrigu... Read More
Evil Rising From Where We Tried to Bury It
In 1945, as Allied forces were closing in on him, Adolf Hitler took his own life. His death seemed to symbolize the end of the Nazi Empire. In recent times, there appears to be a Rise of the Evil Hi... Read More
In Defense of Snake Handling
The Rev. Mark Wolford, a popular snake-handling, Pentecostal minister, has died. The cause of death was a rattlesnake bite. A little bit of basic background: Snake-handling churches are mostly confine... Read More
Interreligious Dialogue and 9/11? Fanaticism is Not Religion.
As we hurry forward toward the tenth anniversary of 9/11/2001, all sorts of discussions are popping up, and many of them have an interfaith perspective. I am a huge fan and proponent of, and partici... Read More
In Memory of David Kato: An Evangelical Response to Anti-Homosexuality in Uganda
Four days ago, David Kato was brutally murdered in Mukono, a town about 13 miles east of Uganda’s capital city of Kampala. He was one of Uganda’s leading gay rights activists. Inspired by the ... Read More