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Francis X. Clooney, S.J., is the Parkman Professor of Divinity at Harvard University, and a scholar of Hinduism and Hindu-Christian studies. He wrote for America’s In All Things column between 2007 and 2016. His latest book, The Future of Hindu-Christian Studies, has recently been published by Routledge.
In All Things
Cambridge MA As you know from many lsquo fusion rsquo blogs I do not neatly separate out my weekend ministry as a priest and my work as a Catholic theologian who tries to learn deeply from Hinduism Another crossover moment is our current feast Pentecost As we hear in the first reading the
In All Things
Cambridge MA It is an understatement to notice that we rsquo ve been going through some hard times in the Church and the crises are well documented in In All Things We must all be hoping and praying that the Church ourselves included undergo some renewal and fresh gust of Spirit at Pentecost
In All Things
Cambridge MA A comment on my last blog was memorable ldquo Fr Looney seems to hold a fascination for everything but Catholicism rdquo Spelling is abominable these days But more importantly the writer seemed to juxtapose two disconnected fascinations one for things Catholic and one for o
In All Things
Cambridge MA I rsquo ve been wandering a bit in the last few weeks inside outside around the edges of the Church Part of it had to do with actual travel trips to Washington DC Santa Clara California and New York City but much of it was movement in a mental space in a series of conversati
In All Things
Cambridge MA You may recall from Jim Martin rsquo s kind notice in January that on July 1 I will become director of the Center for the Study of World Religions at Harvard I haven rsquo t done a thing yet but the Center moves along steadily and indeed has become venerable this week marking it
In All Things
Cambridge MA I am sure that by now regular readers of In All Things have figured out that I am not particularly well-connected in ecclesial circles and certainly have no inside scoop on the Vatican But I can use the internet and read And so when I was disheartened by the latest uproar at the V
In All Things
Cambridge MA I am privileged once again this year to be the scheduled celebrant at the Holy Thursday liturgy in the parish where I help out Our Lady of Sorrows in Sharon MA Be sure visit this wonderful parish when in the neighborhood I am pondering the shape of the liturgy in my mind and he
In All Things
Sacramento CA As Holy Week and Easter approach I will continue my wildly popular series of reflections on my Tamil love course with some reflections from a Christian perspective on the poetry of the 9th century south Indian Hindu saint Shatakopan He is one of the alvars like Tirumalisai Pi
In All Things
Cambridge MA Saturday March 13 As you know I generally leave to others the hottest issues of the day preferring to offer for your reflections comments on less noticed topics that captivate me at least most recently the relevance of the medieval Hindu poet saints Antal and Tirumalisai Piran to
In All Things
Cambridge MA I rsquo ve told you about my seminar on Tamil love poetry most of it religious in south India In my last installment I told you of Tirumalisai Piran whose two great poems are both philosophical and religious This time I will introduce you to Antal the one female poet among the