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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 Another reason for reading Professor Margaret Farley rsquo s Just Love the book recently censured by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith is a reason that might occur mainly to people like me theologian-cum-Hinduism-scholar-and-comparativist it talks about the Kama Sutra
In All Things
Written somewhere over the Atlantic on the way home to Boston from London - after 3 weeks of travels Let me sketch for you a little overview of my travels so as to draw from the experience a more general conclusion mdash one nbsp that ties in very well I think with the Sunday Gospel for Jun
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Cambridge MA Recently I rsquo ve blogged several times on New Testament passages including the transformation of Peter in Acts 10 and the question that Pentecost poses to our Catholic identities But my real job for America is as you probably know to explore the interreligious realm sometimes
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Cambridge MA After the Harvard Graduation and just before Pentecost ldquo When the day of Pentecost had come they were all together in one place And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind and it filled the entire house where they were sitting Divided tongues
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Cambridge MA It is no easy thing to change the Church In part this is because we who are the Church do not change easily and in part because the institution as institution thrives on settled ideas and fixed ways of acting is loathe to change in new circumstances and fights off possibilities of
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Cambridge MA I recently was asked to offer a closing prayer at a parish event where the speaker was Professor Paul F Knitter a distinguished Catholic theologian and the Tillich Professor of Theology World Religions and Culture at Union Theological Seminary in New York Paul had given a fine pre
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Cambridge MA Readers know that matters internal to the Church are not my major priority in blogging except in the refined sense that as we treat others we learn something about ourselves and as we receive or reject others we make choices defining and constraining who we are So I am willing to
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Cambridge MA Many of you have patiently read and commented on my posts in the past four years and I appreciate your interest But most of you I ve not met and you ve had to rely on the written word But on Friday April 20 there is a chance for more If you are in the New York area and would li
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Cambridge MA There are many ways to interpret the great and solemn events of Holy Thursday and preachers around the world take up different themes ranging from the spiritual to the ecclesial to the political I was privileged to preach at this year rsquo s Holy Thursday liturgy in my parish and
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Cambridge MA This past weekend a remarkable event took place at Boston College Engaging Particularities X the 10th annual conference dedicated to comparative theology the theology of religions and the related fields of missiology global theology and other related fields Organized by doctora