Last week, I had the privilege of attending a wonderful conference, “Educating Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Leaders for Service in a Multi-Religious World: The American Seminary Context.” The college was hosted by Andover Newton Theological School, Boston Theological Institute, and Hebrew College. To read an overview of the conference written by Joshua Stanton, editor of [...]
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Educating Leaders for a Multi-Religious World
Posted in Abrahamic Engagement, Jewish- Muslim Engagement, Jewish-Christian Engagement, tagged andover newton seminary, diana eck, hebrew college rabbinical school, interfaith education, Multifaith Education, muslim american leadership, religious hybridity on April 29, 2010 | 1 Comment »
What’s the big deal?
Posted in Jewish- Muslim Engagement, Religion in America, tagged jewish muslim dialogue on March 3, 2010 | 2 Comments »
In this article, Ira Rivkin raises an interesting question. The New York Times wants us to see the story of the friendship of two Princeton undergrads–a Palestinian and a Jew–as a big deal, worthy of a news item. But, Rivkin points out, doesn’t that just perpetuate the stereotype of emnity the story purports to challenge? [...]
The Muslim Call to Prayer at Harvard? A Jewish Response
Posted in Jewish- Muslim Engagement, Religion in America, tagged ahan, harvard, leon wieseltier, pluralism, public prayer on February 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Back in 2008, a controversy developed at Harvard University regarding the right of Muslims to sound the Arabic adhan(call to prayer) in a public space. Three graduate students published an op ed in the Harvard Crimson claiming that, unlike church bells or a menorah, these sounds booming forth in the center of the campus were [...]
Moshe Halbertal weighs in on Goldstone Report
Posted in Jewish- Muslim Engagement, Jewish-Christian Engagement, Middle East, tagged gaza, goldstone report, military ethics, moshe halbertal on January 29, 2010 | 2 Comments »
A leading Israeli scholar who helped write Israel’s Military Code of Ethics, Professor Moshe Halbertal, has weighed in on the controversy surrounding the Goldstone Report. You can read about his views here. The Goldstone Report has been a subject of conversation in interfaith gatherings between Jews and Christians and Jews and Muslims since it was [...]
People who hate Jews…
Posted in Jewish- Muslim Engagement, Religion in America, tagged antisemitism, Eboo Patel, Gallup Poll, Islamaphobia, jewish muslim relations on January 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
….also hate Muslims. According to a recent article by Eboo Patel, a Gallup poll says as much, although it did not ask the necessary questions to establish that the reverse is also true, that people who hate Muslims also hate Jews. You can check out the Gallup poll for yourself here. Patel concludes that we [...]
Abrahamic Interfaith Dialogue that “Gets to the Point”
Posted in Abrahamic Engagement, Jewish- Muslim Engagement, Jewish-Christian Engagement, Middle East, Religion in America, tagged Abrahamic Engagement, interfaith work, interreligious engagement, jewish christian dialogue, jewish muslim dialogue, jewish muslim relations, multifaith relations, Muslims in America; ISNA; on November 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
An article in the New York Times today introduces the reader to three clergy- and to three friends- who are working to “increase interfaith understanding” not just through seeking out commonalities, but through respecting difference- even as they broach difficult issues, such as Israel.
The Search for the ‘Why’ of Fort Hood: What would Reinhold Niebuhr Say?
Posted in Jewish- Muslim Engagement, Jewish-Christian Engagement, Religion in America, tagged david brooks, fort hood, radical islam, reinhold niebuhr on November 12, 2009 | 3 Comments »
On November 10, David Brooks of The New York Times, weighed in on the Fort Hood tragedy with a column entitled “The Rush to Therapy.” As often, Brooks sounded some important themes that resonate with me and then, at the crucial moment, went wildly off track. In this piece, he makes the altogether helpful point that [...]
American Academy of Religion Annual Convention Begins in Montreal
Posted in Jewish- Muslim Engagement, Religion in America on November 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I am blogging from my hotel room in Montreal where I am attending the AAR annual meeting, a gathering of 4,500 scholars of religion from across North America. It is an exciting time for the academic study of religion. A field that was once devoted primarily to history and texts, to the study of institutions [...]
