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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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Cape Cod MA Readers of my essays here over the years know that while I take various approaches to interreligious matters mdash my ldquo portfolio rdquo for In All Things mdash nbsp ranging from occasional current events to papal pronouncements I am also concerned about our basic Christian a
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Seattle Washington mdash I am here at Seattle University doing some workshops for the School of Theology and Ministry on interreligious learning mdash this school is a leader in the new wave of interfaith ministerial training mdash and so I have fallen behind a bit on the news But a friend
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Cape Cod Mass Like many readers of America I am grateful to Antonio Spadaro S J the editors of America and allied journals and all those involved in Pope Francis rsquo interview which is so much in the news this week It is hard to believe where we are at the moment with this breath of fre
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Cape Cod MA A colleague has reminded me that 9 11 now seared into our memories as a day of tragedy and the class of civilizations is also by a longer perspective a day of hope for those committed to interreligious understanding For it was on this day in 1893 120 years ago that Swami Vivekana
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Cape Cod MA I am as mentioned several weeks back when reporting on my retreat entering upon a year rsquo s sabbatical I am thinking that perhaps it will be of interest to some readers of In All Things if I report in now and then on my year including later on my trip to India Sri Lanka and
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nbsp Cape Cod MA I am about to blog about the beginning of my sabbatical but more immediately and first I would like to call your attention to a fine journal Dilatato Corde perhaps ldquo With An Open Heart rdquo which appears online and also in printed form It is a Catholic journal in th
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Snowmass Colorado The summer has swept by quickly as I am sure you will agree I had intended to blog for In All Things more than I managed to in the past weeks but both time and inspiration were in short supply during the travels and writing projects of summer In any case this is a report nd
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Faith pushes us outward, beyond the comfortable, to uncertain places.
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nbsp Cambridge MA Last night I was reading the International Herald Tribune how nostalgic on a flight back from Germany University of Paderborn to Boston Having missed out of much of the news during my busy week in Paderborn and before that in the ldquo other rdquo Cambridge UK for a w
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Cambridge MA In the past weeks I wrote about my recent brief visit to China Readers may have picked up on an underlying theme I felt it was too late in life to give myself over to the China experience its culture and ways of life and religions its history and languages and current day desti