Perhaps no group of scholars has had as much at stake in the public understanding of religion of late as…
9/11
Holy ground zero?
More than nine years (and a few weeks) have now passed since the events of 9/11, and as Religion in…
Standing shoulder to shoulder
Rabbi Marc Schneier and Imam Shamsi Ali discuss the coincidence this year of Rosh Hashanah and Eid al-Fitr, with regard…
Half-truth stirs Park51 controversy pot
At The Huffington Post, Jeffrey Feldman reports that Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer's claims regarding the Carmelite convent controversy are false.
Jewish community responds to ADL statement on the Cordoba Initiative
This past week, adding to the controversy surrounding the Cordoba Initiative, the Anti-Defemation League (ADL) voiced its opposition to the…
Six degrees of separation not enough?
Robert Wright, in The New York Times, on the Cordoba House---now Park51---controversy.
Conceptions of Islam and American (in)tolerance
On June 6th, in response to plans to construct a Muslim cultural center near Ground Zero, outrage ensued in the…
Plans for Muslim cultural center spark outlash
At Talking Points Memo, Zachary Roth runs down some of the screeds that have flared up lately over plans to…
September 11 and the struggle for Islam
In his contribution to a web forum organized by the SSRC immediately following the attacks of September 11, 2001, Robert…
A religious war?
Today at The Daily Dish, Andrew Sullivan writes: 9/11 was a call, in my mind, to defend the Enlightenment from…