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“Evangelical Christians at the Inter-faith Dialogue Table? How?,” by Bob Robinson
Evangelicals deserve attention because of their numbers, global influence, and missional, activist inclinations, but they typically believe the practice of inter-faith dialogue would compromise th... Read More
“Swinburne on the Atonement: Reflections on Philosophical Theology and Religious Dialogue,” by Amir Dastmalchian
This study examines an important part of Richard Swinburne’s case for the plausibility of Christianity, namely his Atonement theory. My examination begins by presenting Swinburne’s theory before a... Read More
“A Dialogical Theism: Francis X. Clooney’s Comparative Theology as a Resource for Interreligious Models of Ultimate Reality,” by Richard Hanson
Francis X. Clooney is a seminal figure in the emerging approach to religious diversity known as Comparative Theology. Much of his work in this field has been concerned with engaging particular texts f... Read More
“When Soldiers Speak: From Acts of Violence to Open Communication,” by Anne Read
Inter-religious conversations are essential in transforming current relations in Israel and West Bank, Palestine from combat to communication. This paper presents the case study of a Jerusalem-based d... Read More
“One Candle, One Life, One Planet: The Jewish Festival of Hanukkah and the Deep Meaning of Small Differences,” by Robert Pollack
How do we measure the importance of an event, the meaning of the difference it makes? As a scientist my answer is simple: the bigger the difference, the more important the event. By this measure the m... Read More
“The Empty Throne: Religious Imagery and Presence in Byzantine and Buddhist Art,” by Thomas Cattoi
The purpose of this paper is to explore the theological and spiritual import of the image of the empty throne in early Buddhist and Christian iconography. While Byzantine representations of the Last J... Read More
“DivInnovations,” by Sophia Khan
We add to a new feature introduced last issue, compiled and written by Sophia Khan in conjunction with professors, administrators, and students on campuses across the country, titled DivInnovations. T... Read More
Call for Submissions, Issue 12
Where does life begin and end? What role does the individual have to play in his or her own fate? Are we ever morally entitled to make decisions on behalf of loved ones? What does faith have to tell u... Read More