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Review of Leonard Swidler’s “Dialogue for Interreligious Understanding: Strategies for the Transformation of Culture-Shaping Institutions” (Palgrave MacMillan, 2014). 212 pages. $37.00.

Posted on May 16, 2016May 15, 2016 by Hans Gustafson

This review first appeared on catholicbooksreview.org on May 5, 2016. Leonard Swidler draws on his immense (half-century-plus-years’ worth of) experience and wisdom in interreligious, intercultura... Read More

Interfaith Abroad, Part 1: Private vs Public Life in India

Posted on September 8, 2015September 7, 2015 by Laura Brekke

It was evening in Mumbai and the windows to the Jesuit residence on the fifth floor of the Xavier Institute of Engineering were open to let in a cooling breeze. The sun had set and the last monsoon ra... Read More

The Spirituality of Learning

Posted on May 17, 2013May 17, 2013 by Jenn Lindsay

Christian Scientists think of angels as bright ideas. Angels are moments of clarity and expanded consciousness, moments of fresh vision and creativity, broadened perspective, and infusions of loving i... Read More

The Value of Discomfort: Why I won’t make peace with my Parsha

Posted on October 14, 2011February 6, 2012 by Rebecca Levi

I have encountered many mitigating interpretations of the most painful texts in my Torah portion (Lev. 18:22 and 20:13), some more rigorous and thoughtful than others. However, academically and religi... Read More

The Simulacra of Yoga

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Michael J. Altman

No one wants to believe in fakery. Whatever we believe or do, we want it to be authentic. In a recent post about the Hindu American Foundation’s statement on the place of yoga as a Hindu pract... Read More