On March 15, 2019, at the Al Noor Mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, 51 people were murdered. Farid Ahmed’s wife, Husna, was also killed. Dr. Ahmed tells us a story of an internal revolution that took place in his life. This podcast was originally released on July 31, 2020. Subscribe to our Podcasts at: [...] Read More
Dr. John Borelli, a historian of religions and theologian, is the special assistant for Catholic identity and dialogue to President John J. DeGioia of Georgetown University. Borelli has been at Georgetown University since 2004, where he teaches, manages conferences and events, coordinates dialogues, facilitates workshops, and promotes university relations with offices and institutes of the [...] Read More
Listen to this BlogCast Listen to our Blogcasts on Soundcloud The Reverend Stephen Avino is a deacon within the Community of Saint George, a jurisdiction within the Liberal Catholic Church - Young Rite. He has a Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies and received a Master's Degree in Religious Studies at Chicago Theological Seminary. He works [...] Read More
This blog was originally published in November 2020. It's November 11th on Veterans Day in the U.S. and the usual “Thank you for your service” messages of love come to me via text and tags on social media. It happens every year, and every year I don’t know what to say. During most interactions, both [...] Read More
What is a sacred site, and what is the relationship between such spaces and violence? First, I must state that I chose to narrow the scope of this blog specifically to exploring the concepts of attack on the sacred to physical sites in our world, interacted with by human beings. I believe that the sacred […]
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