One of the reasons that religion persists in human civilization is because it is able to incorporate what the anthropologist Victor Turner calls communitas into structure, or… Read more "Religion and Communitas: Structure and Anti-Structure"
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The Role of Justice and Ethics in Interfaith Dialogue (VIDEO)
I gave a talk down in Nashville recently with a group called the Family of Abraham, a multi-faith organization that formed in response to intense religious intolerance… Read more "The Role of Justice and Ethics in Interfaith Dialogue (VIDEO)"
The Special Case of Islam
I've been reading Wilfred Cantwell Smith's The Meaning and End of Religion and finding his argument for going beyond the term religion obviously compelling. In the context… Read more "The Special Case of Islam"
Daniel Tutt 