by Paul Lewis | Jun 14, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
Robert Sellers writes that one thing unites the world’s religions: their ethical teachings. He shows how they share commitments to compassion, the Golden Rule, interdependence and so on. I tend to agree but want to probe further. Is there something that grounds these...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Oct 5, 2022 | News
U.S. Muslims were more likely to perceive themselves to be tolerant and inclusive than non-Muslims when it comes to philanthropy, according to a report published in early September by the Muslim Philanthropy Initiative at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of...
by Adam Soltani | Jun 17, 2021 | Opinion
I was born in 1983, raised in the shadow of the Iranian hostage crisis by an Iranian Shia Muslim father and a white Catholic American mother – unique circumstances in the Kansas town of my early childhood. For much of my life, as an adolescent and a young adult, I...
by John D. Pierce | Mar 23, 2021 | Opinion
American evangelicals love to love — at times, quite widely. They give generously to “foreign missions,” with hope some unknown, lost souls in faraway lands will be rescued from eternal damnation. Many will take a trip — and pay their own expenses — to help dig a well...
by Amanda Tyler | Apr 22, 2020 | Opinion
We are all learning how to live life in new ways due to the COVID-19 pandemic, coordinating work and family responsibilities amid a global crisis. Our religious communities continue to grapple with how to respond to this unprecedented time, as officials from the...