Voices
Francis X. Clooney, S.J., is the Parkman Professor of Divinity at Harvard University, and a scholar of Hinduism and Hindu-Christian studies. He wrote for America’s In All Things column between 2007 and 2016. His latest book, The Future of Hindu-Christian Studies, has recently been published by Routledge.
FaithFaith and Reason
Five decades of vegetarian diet has changed me, for the better, I think: simpler, more natural, more connected to the smaller and larger life forms around me.
FaithVantage Point
Should one become a vegetarian? The choice to become a vegetarian can be a prudent and religious one, founded in values not alien to our tradition.
FaithVantage Point
Francis X. Clooney, S.J., offers reflections in this 1986 article on the life and message of Sri Ramakrishna on the 150th anniversary of his birth (February 18) and the 100th anniversary of his death (August 15).
FaithFaith and Reason
We shouldn't get rid of the priesthood. We should reconnect it to the holiness of God.
In All Things
It is in Christ—in all things—that we learn to see the world anew.
FaithIn All Things
To study Ramanuja and his writings is to gain a glimpse of a Hindu tradition that is old and deep, learned and pious.
Politics & SocietyIn All Things
This “not” is no solution, whether it is hurled against Mr. Trump or against President Obama.
FaithIn All Things
Two saintly Christians separated by only a few decades in time.
FaithIn All Things
It is helpful and healthy to put aside the myth of sure and sunny progress. Our nation is a very good one, even if it’s never been the “greatest nation on earth.”
FaithIn All Things
A desire to return to nature need not be labeled “un-Christian.” Ashes to ashes, after all.