Religion Dispatches
Teaching made me aware of how uncomfortable people in the United States are about death—and how their religious practices contribute to this discomfort. Since my terminal diagnosis I’ve found that our problem concerns the most central question we ask about religion.
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On Tuesday, September 19, the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi delivered a…
Read MoreThe controversy over Wendy Doniger’s The Hindus has bolstered politically engaged religious groups in the United States and India to censor alternative voices.
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What seemed to propel the confusion saturating the media’s initial coverage of Aaron Alexis was the role of religion and, more specifically, the profile on Buddhists. Why would a reporter expect a person of another religion to “pick up a weapon and kill twelve people,” but not a Buddhist?
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The co-editor of a new book on the history of Buddhist violence and warfare explains how the notion of a purely mystical and otherworldly Buddhism—promoted by some of the great interpreters of the tradition—denies its adherents’ humanity.
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