Religion and Global Society
06 October 2011
A Day of Thoughts about a Nobel Prize
It’s funny how thoughts run around in our heads, bouncing off a particular memory, a conversation, or an article just seen on the web. Here’s my story about today. I think you’ll find it just as fascinating as I did. This morning in my Introduction to Islam class I was lecturing on Islamic art and architecture. I asked the students…
27 September 2011
Was That "Free" Or "Fair" Trade?
Recently I attended the first ever “Fair Trade Towns and Universities National Conference” in Philadelphia. There were lots of useful workshops and inspirational talks about how to take this growing movement to the next level. Grassroots mobilization, all agreed, was the key to making this happen. Incidentally, my family and I moved to a little community in the southwest suburbs…
25 January 2011
Clashing Civilizations and Religion
Since this is my first blog, you must know a bit about me. Practically all of my schooling was in France, where my father founded an inter-church youth organization for the purpose of re-introducing French youths to the teachings of Jesus. I started college in the United States with a French accent and a European mindset. Then after college…