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Accessing Mystery through Dialogue

Posted on October 19, 2012October 18, 2012 by Rebecca Cohen

Some of my favorite experiences in graduate school are the periodic instances in which a statement by a professor is greeted with a gasp of surprise from the class. To give a little backdrop, I am cu... Read More

I-Banker’s Hours, Non-Profit Pay, Totally Rational

Posted on August 30, 2012August 29, 2012 by Joshua Stanton

This article was solicited by the Amherst College Economics Department to highlight the work of some of its alumni. An edited portion of it was printed in its recently released Handbook. I, for one, t... 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

Including Ourselves: A Lesson from an Elevator-Ride

Posted on July 5, 2012July 6, 2012 by Simran Jeet Singh

It’s not uncommon for kids to ask their parents about “that thing” on my head. In most instances, the parents look at me uncomfortably, embarrassed that I might be offended in some w... Read More

Holiness and Removing the Stumbling Block — Parashat Kedoshim

Posted on May 3, 2012May 2, 2012 by Lauren Tuchman

Parashat Kedoshim (Leviticus 19:1-20:27) is read this week as part of the annual Torah reading cycle in the synagogue. As is the case most years, it is read in conjunction with the parsha or Torah por... Read More

Jews and Muslims in America: More in Common than We Think

Posted on August 10, 2011August 9, 2011 by Joshua Stanton

Contrary to common assumptions, many Jewish and Muslim Americans enjoy warm relations. Yet we are only beginning to understand how and why this is so. A Gallup report released last week goes a long wa... Read More

An Atheist and Franz Kafka’s “The Castle”

Posted on August 5, 2011August 15, 2011 by Kile Jones

This was first presented as “The Power of Kafka’s Castle,” at the Conference on Retaliation, California State University Fullerton, January 28, 2011. It was later revised and presented as “K... Read More

I Know I’ve Been Changed

Posted on July 21, 2011July 21, 2011 by Phillipe Copeland

Article first published as I Know I’ve Been Changed on Blogcritics. In 1987, a black man named William Roberts was concerned about the state of black men in America. Headlines at the time raised... Read More

Is “History Centrism” a Problem? In Dialogue with Rajiv Malhotra

Posted on July 4, 2011July 4, 2011 by Journal of Inter-Religious Studies

Rajiv Malhotra, Founder and President of the Infinity Foundation, sat down for an extensive dialogue with the co-Editor of the Journal of Inter-Religious Dialogue, Joshua Stanton. One of the differenc... Read More

Protestant by Death: Discovering Congregational Vitality

Posted on February 2, 2011February 3, 2011 by Congregational Resource Guide

I’m a Presbyterian minister but come by my interest (and my ignorance) of the Jewish faith honestly. My father died when I was six. My mother’s Protestant faith won out. I tell people I’m Presby... Read More

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