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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.
FaithIn All Things
No religious community can exempt itself from responsibility for the earth.
FaithIn All Things
I have been deeply influenced by Hinduism in preparing my homilies, but I have almost never mentioning Hinduism from the pulpit.
In All Things
The building of walls and the exclusion of the stranger are truly not the main forces of our time.
In All Things
On Sunday morning, I joined in the Sunday service at St. Salvator's Chapel, the University Church at St. Andrews.
In All Things
While not all will be at ease with the pace of new movements toward interreligious understanding, it would be very hard indeed to argue that things have not changed for the better.
FaithIn All Things
The soon-to-be-saint challenges us to answer our own personal call, in the radical way that only you and I can.
In All Things
You might think that the Jesuit and Catholic priest doesn’t (or shouldn’t) really fit in at HDS.
In All Things
The Hindu population of the United States is growing, now reaching about 2.5 million.
In All Things
If we act like the Samaritan in refusing to pass by at a distance, we will be releasing a force greater than all the guns and all the fears and hatred in our society.
In All Things
Seeking solidarity by joining in a Muslim tradition