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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 It is ten years since the Congregration for the Doctrine of the Faith CDF released the Declaration entitled ldquo Dominus Iesus rdquo with the theme of ldquo the unicity and salvific universality of Jesus Christ and the Church rdquo The ldquo release date rdquo was Septembe
In All Things
Cambridge MA Turning 60 seems to be the kind of event that deserves some attention I have been pondering this fact for a number of months but now with increasing awareness mdash today being August 17 my birthday just two days away but I am still not sure whether it is really a significant ma
In All Things
Cambridge MA A news report the other day about the killing of 10 aid workers in Afghanistan reported ldquo The director of International Assistance Mission Dirk Frans denies the Taliban s accusations that the members of his group were missionaries He says they were on a peaceful mission to help
In All Things
Cambridge MA I must be candid I am not a stellar example of being a good neighbor While I try reasonably successfully to be a good neighbor at Harvard mdash attentive to my colleagues and students intuiting who I might help listening finding friends mdash nbsp I am not much of a neighbor o
In All Things
Cambridge MA I recently came across a column in the On Faith section of the Washington Post by Loriliai Biernacki A friend of mine she is a professor of Indian religions at the University of Colorado Boulder and a specialist in the study of Hinduism Her piece is entitled ldquo A rich and st
In All Things
Marlborough MA I was invited to speak last evening at an appearance in one of the Boston suburbs of the famous modern Indian teacher Mata Amritanandamayi literally ldquo the mother rdquo ldquo the one entirely composed of bliss in the imperishable rdquo mdash Amma mother who tours the
In All Things
Cambridge MA As you know from my last blog I am way behind on current events insofar as I ever catch up due to a very busy June and most recently my retreat near Dublin Much that I would have written can be allowed to pass without observable loss However I did want to return to the item not
In All Things
Cambridge MA I am just back from a month of travels and offer that as my excuse for being absent from In All Things these past weeks Nothing exotic mdash academic conferences and seminars in Chicago Cleveland Atlanta mdash but then off to Dublin Ireland for lectures at the Irish School o
In All Things
Chicago Once again the opportunity to blog for America puts me in the position of commenting on topics beyond my expertise but I cannot let pass without mention the 700th anniversary of the death of Marguerite Porete the medieval Christian mystic who was condemned for heresy and burnt at the stak
In All Things
Cambridge MA May 27 was graduation day at Harvard a splendid ceremonial event as well as occasion of myriad smaller personal and family instances of celebration and thanksgiving as a truly global community descended upon Harvard Yard for the main ceremonies But of still greater interest to me