Recently added articles from CrossCurrents - The Journal of Addiction and Mental Health:
Seeing, being seen, and not being seen: pilgrimage, tourism, and layers of looking at the Kumbh Mela.
Sep 01, 2009; ... Introduction The black and white photograph is of a group of peasant women, wrapped in coarse woolen shawls against the January cold. (1) They look at the camera blankly--or is that with hostility at the camera's intrusion? Deliberately drained of color, the image seems as ...
The Scandal Of Particularity.(Jewish-Christian Studies)(Editorial)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Knowledge is always about power in one way or another. Politicians, theologians, philosophers, and social theorists have realized this for a long time. We must, Spinoza told us, be wary of ecclesiastical efforts to control belief. Kant distinguished between an ethics rooted in an object we ...
Introductory essay.(Conference notes)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Interfaith dialogues usually begin with the quest for common ground, and this is where they all too often get stuck. It is exhilarating to discover that people share deep ethical commitments and that they can tap the same wellsprings of human experience. People can share stories and create ...
Reclaiming particularity: reflections on "Reclaiming the Center: a Jewish-Christian conversation".(Conference news)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Reclaiming the Center: A Jewish-Christian Conversation is a multiphase project of the Institute for Christian & Jewish Studies in Baltimore, MD. The second phase of the project, entitled "The Scandal of Particularity," was a series of colloquia that the ICJS pursued in partnership with ...
Reflections on the Scandal of Particularity.(Viewpoint essay)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Serving as a the pastor of a self-described "progressive" Presbyterian Church with deep connections in the Jewish community I was somewhat skeptical about what I, and more importantly, the community of Christians I serve might take away from the Scandal of Particularity. Many Christians in ...