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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.
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Cambridge MA I was asked several times during my ten days in China how I would compare China to India repeatedly I had to answer that this would be a very difficult comparison to make given that this had been my first visit to China while I rsquo ve been going to South Asia for 40 years What
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Heathrow Airport London I am in the airport again this time on my way back to Boston after ten days in China ndash and soon enough I will post a third and final blog on that experience before my time-limited expertise runs out Here are the first and the second But I cannot resist commenting
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On the way to Hangzhou I am beginning this blog on the bullet train from Beijing down to Hangzhou a large city to the south and closer to Shanghai The trains are impressive beginning with the very fine South Station in Beijing the efficiency of information and most of all for those of us fam
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Beijing China I am here for a brief visit at the Minzu University the central university for ethnic cultural and religious minorities here in the capital ndash in the section of the city where a number of universities are clustered as well as the National Library the zoo and some lovely p
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Heathrow Airport UK As I write these words I am in Terminal 5 that new and cosmopolitan crossroads for people traveling it seems just about everywhere in the world a shopping mall of global proportions I am on my way to Beijing for a brief 12-day visit more on that later But as I waitin t
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Miami Florida I am here for the annual meeting of the Catholic Theological Society of America and contemplating also my departure for a 12-day trip to China on Monday More on those events in other blogs This blog is rather about a five year and just finished project sponsored by the American Ac
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nbsp Cambridge MA As many readers of In All Things know I am a Harvard professor and currently also Director of the Center for the Study of World Religions at the Divinity School We rsquo ve just finished another most interesting invigorating and don rsquo t tell anyone exhausting year of
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nbsp Cambridge MA As one might expect the news on religion and tolerance remains mixed On the one hand I think it fair to say that more and more people in every culture and religion are learning to live with differences and respect their neighbors rsquo faiths This need not translate into do
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I am been thinking about Pope Francis rsquo canonization of the 800 martyrs of Otranto Italy on Sunday the 800 people killed when they refused to convert when confronted by an Ottoman Turkish invader I am not a historian of this material by any means so for the moment Wikipedia may be allowed
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Cambridge MA This is the last of my Lenten reflections on the second Chapter of the Yoga Sutras the Yoga of Action yoga in action You can find the preceding entries here We have in the past several weeks been looking at the last part of the chapter the eight ldquo limbs rdquo mdash integ