That’s what I felt as I rode the train back from Washington, D.C. the night of June 7, after attending a meeting at the White House on “Advancing Interfaith and Community Service on College and University Campuses.” It was organized by the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. It made clear to [...]
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Black Theology and Interreligious Dialogue
My colleague here at Union Theological Seminary, James Cone, wrote the following way back in 1992: Although I am a Christian theologian, I contend that a just social order must be accountable to not one but many religious communities. If we are going to create a society that is responsive to the humanity of all, [...]
About Union:inDialogue
On any given pass through the quadrangle or refectory, I hear snippets of animated conversations between members of the Union Theological Seminary community that pique my interest. I’m captivated by discussions about organizing to end poverty, scriptural support for marriage equality, poetry by womanist writers, or the double belonging of people of multiple faith practices. I’m [...]
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