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Category Archives: Interfaith Matters
Companions Without Maps
30 Poems in November
Hot embers seemed to lick her skin Each time her acquaintance proposed the question “Remind me, where are you from?” Repeated as if it were an anthem To indicate disinterest in the prospect of friendship. Instead, the forgotten details symbolized … Continue reading
Fight or Freeze: Can We Move Beyond the Binary?
When I was in college, we used to talk a lot about “the binary.” I don’t know if it is still in use in the common lexicon—but think it is still associated with things we talk about a lot with … Continue reading
Smith Explores Model of Interfaith Cooperation
In the first year of my interfaith fellowship at Smith, I have used the idea of Interfaith Cooperation as a guiding principle, operating within the belief that college students both long for contexts to explore and develop themselves spiritually; but … Continue reading
Posted in Interfaith Matters, Social Justice
Tagged identity, interfaith, spirituality, Student Advisory Board
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Response to Boston Marathon Bombings
Regardless of where or how we are situated with respect to Boston, Watertown the Boston marathon, geographically and emotionally, almost all of us, what can I do? It strikes me that in fact, there is so much we can do, … Continue reading
Posted in Interfaith Matters, Response Statements, Social Justice
Tagged grief, national news
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Christmas as an Interfaith Holiday
Perhaps we can look at Christmas, as it is celebrated in the U.S, as an Interfaith Holiday, in that its rituals are not drawn from just one religious tradition. Advent, the season that leads up to Christmas in the Christian … Continue reading
About Religious Diversity: A Social Justice Issue
I thought Otelia Cromwell Day was inspiring as well as thought (and action!) provoking. I am so appreciative of all the imagination and creativity that went into the production of such a rich day. I was especially taken with the historical connections … Continue reading
Posted in Interfaith Matters, Social Justice
Tagged Cromwell Day, interfaith, Islamophobia, race/racism
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