(Mis)understanding Religious Law
Sharia has received plenty of attention in the media in the past several months and continues to be treated in a controversial manner by presidential candidates, especially as Republicans hit the homestretch of campaigning to the first caucus. Newt Gingrich recently claimed that sharia is a “mortal threat to the survival of freedom in the [...]
Identity in Encounter: Coming Out as a Protestant in Rome
It seems to me that setting up the growth of myself and the knowledge of others against one another is a false dichotomy, and that we must find a new way of thinking and a new way of living in which I become more of who I am created to be as I move toward another.
How can we encounter others in a way that we both become more of ourselves in the experience?
New Neighbors, New Pluralism?
During hevruta with a fellow seminarian, I encountered the depths of my own Christian faith in a new way. This was my first experience of hevruta, the study of the Torah with a partner, but it was familiar for my partner, Gideon, a rabbinical student. He had never read the text we studied, Luke 10:25-37, [...]
Formed by Loss, Formed by Love
I spent four years as a student at Princeton Theological Seminary: the typical three academic years of a Master of Divinity, plus one year of a full-time field education placement at the Scots Kirk in Lausanne, Switzerland. Those good years included my first serious study of theology, coming to peace with a call to a [...]
Jenny Replogle
The Reverend Jennifer Replogle is an Episcopal priest, currently serving as the curate at Trinity Church - Princeton, NJ. Jenny received her M.Div. from Princeton Theological Seminary and a Diploma in Anglican Studies from Virginia Theological Seminary. She loves being outside, hiking, skiing, cycling, or running, and eating and drinking with friends over good conversations.
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Contributing Scholars
Sarah BassinHaving been ordained as a rabbi from Hebrew Union College in 2011, Sarah Bassin now serves as the executive director of NewGround: A Muslim-Jewish Partnership for Change based out of Los Angeles.
Dn. MartyI am attending St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary in South Canaan, Pennsylvania, with the hope of becoming an Orthodox Christian Priest. I am interested in how to maintain the integrity of belief while keeping the fellowship of and dialogue with other faith backgrounds.
Pluralism ProjectThe Pluralism Project, founded and directed by Dr. Diana L. Eck, is a twenty-year research project on the changing religious landscape of the United States. Through an expanding network of affiliates and student researchers, we document the contours of our multi-religious society, explore new forms of interfaith engagement, study the impact of religious diversity in civic life, and contextualize these findings within a global framework.