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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
Nones may soon be giving witness to the rise of new and restored communities of faith.
In All Things
Australia's sacred Rock speaks in the elemental and universal language of natural beauty.
In All Things
Cambridge MA In my nbsp previous post I described key features of nbsp ldquo Dialogue in Truth and Charity rdquo the document released by the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue to mark its 50th anniversary As I noted at the end of that piece the document is most valuable for its
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Cambridge MA Last week I drew your attention to the 50th anniversary of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue and noted some key documents that mark the occasion Pope Francis rsquo Message sent on the occasion of the 50th anniversary Rev Fr Miguel ngel Ayuso Guixot 50 Years
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Cape Cod MA I was remiss last week in not posting a comment on May 19 which was the 50th anniversary of the establishment by Pope Paul VI of the Secretariat for Non-Christians with his Apostolic Letter Progrediente Concilio This Secretariat became in 1988 the Pontifical Council for Interreligi
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Cambridge MA There has been a great deal of coverage during the last week about the Black Mass that will occur at Harvard tonight May 12 By tradition at least the Black Mass was and may still be an obscene parody of the Catholic Mass using a consecrated host Today rsquo s Crimson the camp
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Cape Cod MA mdash Having just spent several months on the road and becoming more acutely aware of how many interesting interfaith events are happening near and far I am happy to make this space available to Dr Anita Ray for her report on a recent interfaith gathering just outside Melbourne A
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Cambridge MA I am back in Cambridge after my more than ten weeks in South Asia India Sri Lanka Nepal and will spend the next days sifting through piles of mail catching up on things I postponed ldquo until I am back rdquo and readjusting my sleep 9 5 times zones difference and internal
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Kathmandu Nepal As faithful readers of this blog will know I have spent the last ten weeks in South Asia ndash Chennai Kolkata Pune Colombo and Jaffna in Sri Lanka See my previous entry nbsp and the links in it to the first three I am now completing ten days in the Himalayan country of Ne
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nbsp Jaffna Srilanka I am near the end of my two weeks in Srilanka and post here my fourth blog from the very northern tip of this island - Ceylon as we used to call it - off the coast of India You can read the first second and third too While the rest of my ten-week travels in South Asia