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The ‘Hindu’ Identity by Prashant Parikh

Posted on February 26, 2013May 13, 2015 by State of Formation

Hariḥ Ōm and Namaste (customary greeting of Hindus). This being my first post on ‘State of Formation’, I would like to express my great pleasure in being amid this crowd of intellectu... Read More

Why Jesus’ wife matters to me

Posted on October 4, 2012October 3, 2012 by Victoria Larson

The writing prompt in this week’s digest to State of Formation scholars asked, “Does it matter that Jesus may have had a wife?” I was surprised by the strength of my own response: a gray, hard-... Read More

Encountering the Painful Past in the Present: A “Cloudy Water” Spirituality of Remembering the US-Dakota War of 1862

Posted on October 1, 2012September 30, 2012 by Hans Gustafson

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Dakota-U.S. war which resulted in the execution of 38 Dakota men in Mankato (MN) on December 26,1862. It remains the largest mass hanging in U.S. history. ... Read More

Of Mormons, Baptists, and Liberty of Conscience

Posted on October 12, 2011April 19, 2012 by Jason Kerr

On 7 October, Robert Jeffress, pastor of First Baptist Church in Dallas, was speaking to reporters outside the Values Voter Summit in Washington, DC, where he had just introduced Republican presidenti... Read More

I am who I am: Why I am not an atheist

Posted on May 31, 2011June 1, 2011 by Stephanie Louise Fisher

Stop labelling me! I am far too suspicious and skeptical to be an ‘ATHEIST’. I am not Australian but I have two passports, New Zealand and United Kingdom. I’ve never believed in gods or reli... Read More

Fear Beyond Fright: Jewish Responses to Tragedy

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Joshua Stanton

This paper seeks to provide a preliminary investigation into how Jews respond to fear-inducing experiences. In particular, it will focus on two of the most harrowing experiences of Jewish history: t... Read More

Response to Fear in the Muslim Tradition

Posted on March 1, 2011March 16, 2011 by Journal of Inter-Religious Studies

This paper explores the role of fear in the Muslim tradition and the religious or historical sources to which Muslim can turn to in order to manage fear on both a communal and individual level. The ... Read More

Mission Creep: TV’s and Christianity’s

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Paul Joseph Greene

I’m not sure exactly when it happened, but in the past few years we have witnessed the dissolution of the missional integrity of the various previously specialized television networks. The militar... Read More

Formations of Religion, or, Putting Scare Quotes Around Religion

Posted on November 13, 2010November 14, 2010 by Michael J. Altman

John Lennon asked us to imagine a world without religion. But I would argue we have imagined religion into the world. Not the beliefs, practices, or traditions we call “religions.” I mean ... Read More

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