Writing on Muslim-Christian Relations, Interreligious Dialogue, & Islamophobia
As Catholics, we’ve really got to enjoy the next year. We’ve got to appreciate the fact that we can effortlessly recite the congregational responses in Mass, and sing the Holy, Holy and Lamb of God without following the words or musical notes. Because starting on the first Sunday of Advent next year, we won’t be …
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Written November 2010. Today, Muslims are celebrating Eid al-Adha, the holiest holiday in the Islamic calendar. It is similar to Christians’ Easter celebrations, in that it is the most important holiday of the year, yet the worldwide festivities and preparations are less extensive than those during the month of Ramadan (which is similar to Christmastime …
The theme of this year’s Ignatian Family Teach-In is “Prophetic lives: Caminando juntos (Walking together).” This idea is taken from the words of Oscar Romero, the former archbishop of San Salvador who was murdered while saying Mass in 1980. During the brutal civil war, he advocated for the protection of the poor in his country, …
In preparation for the Ignatian Family Teach-In, the largest gathering of Jesuit institutions in the country, which will be held on Georgetown’s campus this weekend, other Georgetown students and I have been contemplating the words of Jesuits and Catholics who call for a “faith that does justice.” At the conference, we will discuss social justice …
Since today is election day, I thought it was appropriate to publish this short post. As I seem to always be saying, I hoped to accompany this up with a longer reflection, but this short bit will suffice for now. The following podcast ("Restoring Civility: An Evangelical View") is again from my favorite radio program, On …
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JORDAN DENARI DUFFNER 