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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 This is the fourth of five reflections on 3 Nephi the book within the Book of Mormon in which Jesus most prominently appears You can find parts one two and three at this site nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp My goal from the start has been to show that one can pick up a book of another
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Cambridge MA As I was preparing this third reflection on the Book of Mormon - you can still read one and two mdash it became clear to me that working in smaller scale ndash just a focus on 3 Nephi just this one of all the books in the Book of Mormon ndash is indeed giving me more work not
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Cambridge MA I tell my students that one way to figure out what one thinks is to start writing and to a large extent that is my experience with my short and sporadic study of the 3rd Book of Nephi in the Book of Mormon these past weeks My hope is to convince some readers of this blog at least th
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Cambridge MA I was pleased to receive a copy the other day of a new book by Roger Haight our esteemed and ever-creative fellow Jesuit educator theologian and in recent years insightful writer in the field of spirituality Christian Spirituality for Seekers Reflections on the Spiritual Exerci
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Cambridge MA As readers will know I am hopeful about the possibility of our learning across religious boundaries I have repeatedly explained that this has nothing to do with losing Christian faith or learning things that are wicked and harmful it is a matter of seeking truth where it is to be
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Cambridge MA I write with two just-reported deaths of religious leaders in mind All of us I am sure were saddened to hear of the death of Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini SJ that admirable pastor and scholar Many of us were also edified and encouraged by his sober and honest last interview with
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Cambridge MA Today s New York Times article on the St Louis meeting of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious highlights the mature and peaceful tone of the sisters rsquo closing statement It seems to seek a dialogue on the matters under debate a dialogue of equals that premises the dign
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Melbourne My weeks in Melbourne are drawing to a close and if you read my first and second entries you will know that it has been a good and interesting sojourn for me The weather has continued to be sunny and warm 60 degrees in recent days definitely a good model for winter A strand of my v
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Melbourne As my first diary indicated I am enjoying my first visit to Australia and this week expanded my horizons beyond Melbourne I spent last weekend in Sydney a city with a truly beautiful harbor and famed for the Opera House and Harbor Bridge It was cold too and rainy But such was ju
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Melbourne Victoria Australia I rsquo ve been here in southern Australia for two and a half weeks already This is the southern hemisphere it is winter though the temperature is in the high lsquo 50s each day it is new to see different stars in the night sky and the sun moving across the nort