Tag: God
Guest Post: Am I My Brother’s Keeper?
Cain kills Abel, and God asks Cain, “Where is your brother, Abel?” Cain responds, “Am I my brother’s keeper?” The retort serves not only as a refutation of any implied responsibility for the... Read More
When in Rome, Do as the Progressive Roman Jews Do
I was late to Rosh Hashanah services at Beth Hillel, Rome’s new progressive Jewish community. I meant to leave my apartment at 6pm but I scooted out the door by 6:45pm, realizing that the mistake wo... Read More
God loves you?
I recently had my first opportunity to go through the grueling experience known as “applying for a pastoral ministry position.” Going into it, I had no idea that this process would be intense in... Read More
An Open Letter to President Lindsay of Gordon College
This article was first published at “NEWSPEAK,” a blog for POLITICS, RELIGION, AND EDUCATION. The recent ruling from the Supreme Court pertaining to the Hobby Lobby challenge to specific forms ... Read More
The Physical and Religious Diversity of America
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... Read More
Why “Father Knows Best” Is Not (But Is Often Used as) a Theological Statement: Authoritarianism and Sexual Morality Codes
Maybe it is because it is spring, and with the warm weather, our skin comes out of hiding, reminding us there are actual bodies under the sweatsuits. Maybe it is because graduation is approaching, sig... Read More
When Economics Meets Theology
The Lord said to Moses at Mount Sinai, Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you enter the land I am giving you, the land itself must observe a sabbath to the Lord” (Lev 25:1-2) Th... Read More
Receiving Life and Dealing with Death: Impurity!
Yeshayahu Leibowitz explains that the reason to couple the Torah portions of Tazri’a and Metzora (Leviticus 12:1-15:33) in the Jewish communal reading of the Torah is that they both deal with b... Read More