Palin’s “blood libel” Comment Re-examined
As a Christian who is invested in building new, constructive bridges between Jewish and Christian communities, Sarah Palin’s recent claim that she had been accused of blood libel, in regards to the recent shooting in Tuscon, appalled me. I was troubled on two levels. First, I do not know why that the term was even [...]
Embracing the Imago Dei With(out) our Hair
I am 23 and my hair is thinning. Noticeably. At first, I was not okay with this. I am too young and the old legend about male pattern baldness running through maternal lineage had proven to hold little or no weight. To be honest, I am still not entirely comfortable with it but conversations with [...]
Howe about Equality?
As the resident Nashvillian at SoF and someone who works at the UMC down the street from Belmont University, I am obligated to weigh in on the issue of Lisa Howe’s forced resignation from her position as the women’s soccer coach. For those of you who have not heard about this injustice, it has reached [...]
Riding a New Circuit: A Wesleyan Imperative for Interfaith Cooperation
“Though we cannot think alike, may we not love alike?” –John Wesley Although I do not consider myself a lifelong United Methodist, the church has been very formative in my life. Only now that I am in Divinity School and pursuing ordination, I am able to discover the sources within the Methodist tradition that have [...]
Anthony
Anthony Fatta, 23, is currently a 2nd year Master of Divinity candidate at Vanderbilt Divinity School in Nashville, TN and a member of the United Methodist Church. Academic/Vocational interests include: theologies of religious pluralism, comparative theology, interfaith marriage/families and pastoral care, Jewish-Christian relations and congregational ministry in a religiously diverse world.
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Contributing Scholars
Guruamrit KhalsaGuruamrit Khalsa is an MA candidate at American University's School of International Service studying U.S. foreign policy and South Asia. She has studied the Arabic and Urdu languages, and was a former intern with the Middle East Institute in Washington.
Lauren TuchmanLauren graduated from the Jewish Theological Seminary in May of 2011 with a Master of Arts in Judaic Studies and holds a BA in religion from Dickinson College. Lauren's interests include the intersection between religion and disability and religion and gender studies.
Benjamin BarerBenjamin Barer is the Assistant Editor at Large for State of Formation at the Journal of Inter-Religious Dialogue. He has spent his young life studying Judaism and Jewish texts in exclusively Jewish environments. He is looking to take that intimate knowledge of the tradition and share it with wider communities, touching on the pressing issues facing the Jewish world, and the world as a whole. Towards that end, he has started work at Hebrew College as a research assistant splitting time between CIRCLE — the Centre for Inter-Religious and Communal Leadership Education, jointly hosted by Andover Newton Theological School and Hebrew College — and the Centre for Global Judiasm, at Hebrew College. Text study is the epicentre of his connection to Judaism, and he is keenly interested in widening the scope of that passion to include other scriptures. Benjamin blogs regularly at whatibelievein.wordpress.com