Muhammad’s Words to Christians of the World: A Q&A with John Andrew Morrow
Ever since the 9/11 attacks and the Boston Marathon bombing, informed and conscientious Muslims have been shouting out “we are not all terrorists!” and searching for a way to effectively counter the...
View ArticleJesus, First-Century Rabbi: A Q&A with Rabbi David Zaslow
“I cannot imagine a Christian whose Christianity would not be greatly enhanced by deepening his or her knowledge of the historical Jesus, the Jewish Jesus and about the religion of Judaism …....
View ArticleCatholic Imagination and Hebraic Thinking
By Bethanie Ryan My favorite part of Rabbi David Zaslow’s new book, Jesus: First-Century Rabbi, is Chapter Eight: Hebraic Thinking. Not because his characterization of Jewish thought was new to me,...
View ArticleSaffron Cross: An Interview with J. Dana Trent
This month at the Book Club, we’re featuring a new book by Baptist minister J. Dana Trent called Saffron Cross: The Unlikely Story of How a Christian Minister Married a Hindu Monk. We invited the Rev....
View ArticleSharing a Common Faith: Reflections on Saffron Cross and Interfaith Marriage
My endorsement of Rev. Dana Trent’s wonderful new book, Saffron Cross, appears on the book’s back cover, so I’m not going to praise the book or encourage you to read it other than to say this is a...
View ArticleWhen Grace meets Maya: A Postmodern Tale
By Ramesh Rao Indeed, it is rather rare to find a Christian minister married to a Hindu monk in this world, and it is also quite possible that they are the only such couple in the world, making the...
View ArticleWhen Believers and Nonbelievers Marry: A Q&A with Dale McGowan
Across America, particularly among adults under age 33, secularism is on the rise. Nearly one third of Millennials, according to the Pew Research Center, don’t identify with a particular religion. And...
View ArticleA Muslim Daughter, Her Christian Mother, Their Path to Peace: A Q&A with...
“After throwing Bible scriptures and Qur’an hadiths at each other, we finally both saw that debating and arguing wasn’t settling anything—instead, it was drawing us deeper into conflict.” — Patricia...
View ArticleMothers and Daughters, and Faith
By Sarahbeth Caplin Now Featured in the Patheos Book Club Undivided: A Muslim Daughter, Her Christian, Mother, Their Path to Peace I’ve read plenty of books about individual paths of spiritual...
View ArticleBoundless: What Global Expressions of Faith Teach Us About Following Jesus
“We benefit so much from the unique perspectives of people from other cultures. I’ve thought of this process of learning from others as similar to the process of trying a new ethnic cuisine. It...
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