If we didn’t withhold justice, they wouldn’t need our charity
Charity is no substitute for justice withheld. – Augustine of Hippo About a month ago, I was driving home from work when I heard a news story about the hurricane that ravaged the Southern Philippines. I turned up the volume on the radio. I’d already heard about the storm and flooding that left thousands dead [...]
When you strike down the shepherd
This Monday, Italian priest Rev. Fausto “Pops” Tentorio was shot dead on the Southern Philippine island of Mindanao. According to the Washington Post, he had been serving indigenous people in Mindanao for more than thirty years. His work in advocating for environmental justice and the indigenous peoples’ right to their ancestral lands put him in [...]
Contributing Scholars
Sara Williams StaleySara is a student at Yale Divinity School, where she is working toward a Master of Religious Studies with a concentration in ethics. Her research interest lies broadly in the role of faith communities in religiously charged conflicts and more particularly in the conversation between American evangelical and postliberal theologies as it relates to the construction of an evangelical ethic for interreligious engagement.
Project InterfaithProject Interfaith strives to create a community and world where people of all faiths, beliefs and cultures are valued, included and protected. As such, we seek to serve as a leader and resource on interfaith relations and religious & cultural diversity.
Rachel A. HeathRachel Heath is currently completing her graduate studies at Yale Divinity School. While living in New Haven, she has been both a community organizer for public housing residents and an interfaith chaplain at a local hospital. In between cups of hazelnut coffee she works as an intern for the Yale Chaplain's Office and focuses on the positive convergence of interfaith dialogue and community service.