by Nick Mumejian | Jul 8, 2026 | Opinion
There is a sentence I never expected to write: Slayer made me a better Christian. And yet here we are. This year marks the fortieth anniversary of Reign in Blood, the 1986 album that redefined what heavy music could be and, depending on who you ask, either corrupted a...
by Nick Mumejian | Mar 17, 2026 | Opinion
My teacher, the late Professor Mahmoud Ayoub, used to say ignorance is the original sin of interfaith relations. Not malice, but ignorance. Malice, he believed, was simply ignorance that had found a megaphone. I have thought of him often these past two weeks, as the...
by Nick Mumejian | Mar 14, 2025 | Opinion
At Jesus’ baptism, we find questions of identity, purpose and divine love. All that is wrapped up in a story that opens with people seeking clear answers and neat categories while wondering if John might be the Messiah. But John pointed beyond himself to “one more...
