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June 2017

June 15, 2017

We Need To Dance at Each Other’s Weddings

I had to send regrets to two invitations to local interfaith iftars in the past...

February 2017

February 28, 2017

Does Being White Trump Being Christian?

I wrote the following piece which was first published in the Springfield State Journal-Register on...

January 2017

January 31, 2017

Hearing God on Hacksaw Ridge & in Airport Detention

In the movie Hacksaw Ridge, Desmond Doss is perched on the edge of the ridge...

August 2016

August 01, 2016

All About Hijab: Gender, Race, Religion & Ghazala Khan

It started with a dignified woman standing on stage, on television, stoically bearing witness to...

June 2016

June 13, 2016

An Interfaith Leader’s Twelve-Step Response to the Pulse Massacre

In an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education today, Eboo Patel says: “An interfaith...

March 2016

March 03, 2016

Water, Water, Everywhere: On Death, Flint & “Formation”

Consider images of water flooding recent news and pop culture: Parents holding up baby bottles...

February 2016

February 19, 2016

Making Religious Homophobia Illegitimate

I have a dream that someday, religious homophobia will be as illegitimate as flat-earth cosmology...

January 2016

January 12, 2016

Fighting Religious Prejudice with Conversation & Information

How often do you have conversations with someone of a different faith than your own?...

January 04, 2016

Defending the Value of Muslim Lives, No Matter Where You Live

I wrote this piece which first appeared in the December 18, 2015, issue of the...

December 2015

December 30, 2015

November 2015

November 20, 2015

Engaging & Navigating #AARSBL15

Today I’m in Atlanta for the American Academy of Religion annual meeting. When I was...

November 16, 2015

No Religious Test for Compassion

“And I think our focus ought to be on the Christians who have no place...

October 2015

October 19, 2015

Of Course There’s a Religious Test for Office

It’s called the voter. And all of the beliefs, values, ignorance, convictions, stereotypes, and knowledge...

September 2015

September 10, 2015

Opportunities for 21st Century Interfaithing

This week, I’m attending the President’s Interfaith and Community Service Campus Challenge fifth annual convening...

August 2015

August 06, 2015

4 Women & a Train Station: Reflection on an Interfaith Moment

Four women outside the entrance to Union Station, lingering in the cool breeze on a...

August 03, 2015

Why We Need to Teach Interfaith Understanding

Amidst conservative Christian fervor over religious freedom, it’s important to remember what real threats to...

April 2015

April 24, 2015

How Should People of Faith Respond to {Bruce} Jenner? (#CallMeCaitlyn UPDATE)

[For updated reflections on #CallMeCaitlyn, scroll to the end of this post.] As Bruce Jenner...

April 14, 2015

Christian Privilege & the Religion Professor

Today is Better Together Day! The designation comes from the Interfaith Youth Core, lifting up...

September 2014

September 21, 2014

Interfaithing Round-Up

This weekend I’m travelling to Washington, D.C., to attend The President’s Interfaith and Community Service...

July 2014

July 17, 2014

At the Intersections: Home, Hope, & Gaza

Many good people live and work at the intersections, and I occasionally invite someone to...

May 2014

May 12, 2014

Your Summer (Feminist) (Theological) Reading List

I received an email query this weekend that read, in part: I’m looking for some...

March 2014

March 20, 2014

Quran, Gender, Equality: A Twitterview with Amina Wadud

Earlier this week I wrote about Scott Kugle's book Homosexuality in Islam, and how it...

March 18, 2014

A Paradox of Religion & Tradition: Homosexuality in Islam

“So, what about gay and lesbian Muslims?” The last time I taught my course on...

January 2014

January 22, 2014

Talking Interfaith Studies

Note: Due to the winter storm, I wasn't actually able to travel to this conference!...

January 20, 2014

“Listen to Those of Us Fighting”

My Women in Islam class meets tonight for the first time this semester. It’s a...

January 14, 2014

A Spring Semester with feminismxianity

Spring semester classes begin today on my campus, and I’m finalizing the readings and assignments...

November 2013

November 14, 2013

Food & Faith, Diversity & Service: All in A Semester’s Work

Last week I attended the Association for Interdisciplinary Studies and presented with a colleague about...

August 2013

August 26, 2013

Fall Back Into School ~ Your Reading List

Fall semester classes start this week, so I thought I’d share the list of books...

July 2013

July 31, 2013

Reza Aslan Is Not A Zealot, Jesus Was

You might have already seen Reza Aslan interviewed via any number of media outlets in...