When I talk to Christian friends about interfaith work, sometimes they complain that moderate Muslims are not speaking out enough against Islamic militancy. I’m not sure how they would know, since few have Muslim friends. And it bothers me that few of the Christian complainers speak out very loudly against extremists who have hijacked their [...]
In this post I begin a CyberKen long term project of providing communities of faith a place to share with the world what they cherish about their particular way of worshiping and serving God. I have begun very close to home, with a church where I was privileged to serve as pastor, Hanover Street Presbyterian [...]
Having joined the Interfaith Youth Core leadership social network, Bridge-Builders, and having read the initial chapter of the IFYC’s Interfaith Leader’s Toolkit (a workbook), I’ve decided to share here my story of how I came to be committed to religious pluralism. Religious pluralism–I quote here from the workbook– "describes a community where different individuals or [...]
A Muslim friend sent me a link to an article in the online Journal, The American Muslim, about how many Muslims honor Jesus as a prophet (though not the son of God, and not God incarnate). Under the stated purposes of The American Muslim one finds: . . . to provide a forum for and [...]
