Buddhist Sculpture Exibition at the Smart Museum
December 28, 2010
November 19, 2010
Pieces from *Sacred* on Exhibit at the New York Public Library
"Three Faiths: Judaism, Christianity, Islam," an exhibition currently on display at the New York City Public Library features work from and inspired by the British Library's groundbreaking examination of the history of religions, Sacred. The exhibition will be on display now through February 27, 2011 in the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Gottesman Exhibition Hall, and The Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III Gallery at the New York Public Library.
More information about the exhibition follows below. There is also an accompanying online exhibition for those unable to see it in person.
Three Faiths: Judaism, Christianity, Islam
Over the millennia, Jews, Christians, and Muslims have each created a rich body of founding texts and interpretive underpinnings for their respective faiths, each of which derives from the teachings of Abraham. This exhibition treats these three great Abrahamic religions, setting forth in splendid and historic detail the complementarities and differences among them, explaining their development, and exploring their lived experience through public and private prayer.Great works of the miniaturist's art and of calligraphy, drawn from all three faiths, delight the eye, as they have done since their creation many centuries ago. Manuscript materials are accompanied by some of the most significant printed works of the past 550 years. The scrolls and codices are surrounded selectively by important bindings, early photographs, prints, maps, and liturgical or ritual objects.
Materials on display in Gottesman Hall range from the fifth century of the Common Era to the present, and include the magnificent Hebrew Bible written by Joseph of Xanten (on the Rhine north of Cologne) in 1294; the Harkness Gospels, written in Landevennec, Brittany, around the year 900; the Qur'an completed by Husayn ibn Hasan in Turkey or Persia in 1333; as well as fifth-century amulets discovered in Jewish tombs, 18th-century depictions of Mecca and Medina, a first edition (1611) of the King James Bible, 17th-century Armenian Gospels, and a 13th-century Samaritan Pentateuch.
In the Wachenheim Gallery—specially converted into a scriptorium—visitors may explore various physical aspects of the art of the book in its many incarnations
May 24, 2010
Salil Tripathi on Offence: The Hindu Case
A new video is now online of Salil Tripathi, who was interviewed by the Moral Courage Project at the NYU Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service about his book Offence: The Hindu Case, part of the Manifestos of the 21st Century Series, published by Seagull Books in collaboration with the Index on Censorship. A recent look at Tripathi's thoughts on Hindu fundamentalism is also available on the Wall Street Journal Live Mint site.
Hindu fundamentalism in India from The Moral Courage Project on Vimeo.
October 31, 2006
Review: The Shifts in Hizbullah's Ideology by Joseph E. Alagha
Rola el-Husseini wrote an in depth review of Joseph E. Alagha's upcoming Spring 2007 title The Shifts in Hizbullah's Ideology in the MIT Electronic Journal of Middle East Studies. The review is in response to recent hostilities in Lebanon amongst Israel's military, Lebanon's people, Hizbullah fighters, and their multifarious supporters.
Rola el-Husseini discusses Alagha's treatment of the linkages among Iran, Syria, and Hizbullah, focusing on the politico-religious concept of wilayat al-faqih, Hizbullah's funding, and the "Lebanonization" project associated with Hizbullah's charitable works. Along with Hamzeh's In the Path of Hizbullah, el-Husseini describes Alagha's The Shifts in Hizbullah's Ideology as, ". . . especially helpful in decoding the nature of the relations between the Islamic Republic and Hizbullah."
Download a .pdf version of the MIT Electronic Journal of Middle East Studies
Review: Faith and Sword by Alan G. Jamieson
James Srodes recently reviewed Alan G. Jamieson's book Faith and Sword: A Short History of Christian-Muslim Conflictin the Washington Times. He describes Jamieson's book as, ". . .[A] straightforward textbook in reviewing the history of the conflict between adherents of the two religions. . . ."
October 25, 2006
Review: Hispanic Women
Hispanic Women was recently reviewed on Catholic Online. Sister Mona Castelazo explains the book's goal to describe, "Hispanic women's liberation theology based on lived experience, rather than abstract theories." Sister Castelazo has some questions about the religious correctness of liberation theology, but she values Hispanic Women: "Some of the theology in the book may be questionable, but the overall message—that there are many voices within the church that need to be heard—should be taken seriously."
September 20, 2006
Author Event: Alan G. Jamieson
Alan G. Jamieson, author of Faith and Sword: A Short History of Christian-Muslim Conflict, wrote an editorial for the Monday, September 18th edition of Ottowa Citizen on Pope Benedict XVI's recent quotation of the Byzantine emperor Manuel II Paleologus. Jamieson explains the history behind the emperor's claim and suggests that the pope's use of the quotation was unfortunate.
May 26, 2006
Press release: Faith and Sword by Alan G. Jamieson
From September 11 to the political battles of American right-wing fundamentalists to the Iraq war and the nuclear stand-off with Iran, the divide between Christians and Muslims has left an indelible mark on lives around the world. This religious, cultural, and political impasse stretches back centuries, and Alan Jamieson chronicles its tumultuous history in Faith and Sword.