Christianity

by Yeganeh Torbati | (ProPublica) | – Officials at USAID warned that favoring Christian groups in Iraq could be unconstitutional and inflame religious tensions. When one colleague lost her job, they said she had been “Penced.” Last November, a top Trump appointee at the U.S. Agency for International Development wrote a candid email to colleagues […]

Christianity

Is Allah God? A Christian Theologian Replies

Emir-Stein Center

Emir-Stein Center Video | Miroslav Volf | – “Is Allah God? If the answer to this question were simple, Professor Miroslav Volf would not have written a whole book on the subject. Still, in this engaging short video, Professor Volf provides a brief summary of the answer. Professor Volf is the Henry B. Wright Professor […]

Assyrians

When Christians First Met Muslims (Emir-Stein Center Talk)

Emir-Stein Center

Michael Penn | Emir-Stein Center | Video Clip and Transcript | – If history matters, then getting right the history of the first encounters of the world’s two largest religions—Christianity and Islam—really matters. In this fascinating video, Prof. Michael Penn, the Teresa Hihn Moore Professor of Religious Studies at Stanford University, sheds light on the […]

Buddhism

Sri Lanka’s Mainstream Muslims Caught in Nexis of Extreme Nationalisms and Fringe Radicalism

The Conversation

Even though most Sri Lankan Muslims are Sunni, it is a diverse community, with some following the mystical form of Islam, Sufism

Christianity

Why the Qur’an denied that Jews were Responsible for Jesus’ Death on Good Friday

Juan Cole

“So peace be upon me, the day I was born, and the day that I die, and the day that I am raised.”

Archaeology

Medieval Crusaders in Levant Married, Recruited Locals, DNA shows

contributors

In the pitt, three were Europeans, four were Near Easterners, and the two had European ancestry but with less West European markers.

Christianity

Why Good Friday was Dangerous for Jews in the Middle Ages and how that Changed

The Conversation

By Daniel Joslyn-Siemiatkoski | – As Christians observe Good Friday they will remember, with devotion and prayer, the death of Jesus on the Cross. It is a day of solemnity in which Christians give thanks for their salvation made possible by the suffering of Jesus. They prepare for rejoicing on Easter Sunday, when the resurrection […]

Christianity

Is the Southern Baptist Sexual Abuse Crisis rooted in Sexism?

The Conversation

Even as these Baptist leaders claimed their movement was about the Bible, they specifically targeted women<

Islam

Pope Francis, Muslim Rector of al-Azhar, Call for Religious Freedom & Full Citizenship

AFP

The two religious leaders signed a document on “human fraternity for world peace and living together”