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How Religion Inspires Change: Grace Is Offered To All

Religion can hold a powerful influence in society, both positively and negatively. While the adherents...

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My Engagements With World Religions: Islam Part II

Between finishing my undergraduate studies at Indiana University and starting my graduate studies at Xavier,...

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My Engagements With World Religions: Introduction

Reading Jordan Duffner’s Finding Jesus Among Muslims made me think it might be interesting and...

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The Oversimplification of Religious Faith In Modern Media

When I look back to what I understood about other religions when I was young,...

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Finding Truth In Other Religions: A Call For Openness

Bede Griffiths, beginning his Christian commentary on the Gita, justified his work, in part, based...

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God’s Work With All Major Religious Traditions

Early in Christian history, especially during the time before Constantine, Christians often engaged and recognized...

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Undefiled Religion Resists Oppression

“Religion that is pure and undefiled before God and the Father is this: to visit...

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Ideology And The Conflict Between Science And Religion

While we often find conflict between people of science and people of faith, such conflict,...

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Nostra Aetate And Tradition: Restoring What Was Lost Over Time

Nostra Aetate is a very important document from Vatican II. This is not because it...

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Love And Religion

Religion, at its best, reveals to us that the truth of God is love. The...

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December 30, 2021

What Christians Should Do To Confront The Decline In Organized Religion

The 19th century Russian philosopher Vladimir Solovoyov began his Lectures on Godmanhood by stating that...

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God And The Diversity Of Religions

Does God exist? When people ask this question, they ask it in a general sense,...

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November 12, 2019

We Should Be Careful And Not Presume That Only Humanity Is Religious

“How do you expect to communicate with the ocean, when you can’t even understand one...

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February 12, 2019

Some Reflections Concerning Pluralism in a Catholic Perspective

When people hear the suggestion that God wills the existence of a variety of religions,...

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Pope Francis and The Plurality of Religions

Vladimir Solovyov, in his essay, “On Counterfeits,” discussing various misappropriations of the Christian faith which...

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October 14, 2016

Ante-Nicene Ressourcement: Reflections on Religion

Ancient Christians will tell us, however wrong and faulty their faiths might have been, pagans...

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September 26, 2016

Ante-Nicene Ressourcement: Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something True

One of the reasons many of us turn to the Ante-Nicene Fathers is that we...

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