When we study religion, we penetrate to the core of a culture and its values, and in the process our own perspectives and values are clarified, challenged, and enlarged.
Education
B.A. European History, Washington and Lee University, 1971; M.Div. Fuller Theological Seminary; M.A. in Religion and Culture, The Catholic University of America; Ph.D. in Religion (spirituality), The Catholic University of America; Certificate of Completion, Graduate Program in Christian Spiritual Guidance, Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation
Fields of Expertise
Christian spirituality World Religions Interfaith Understanding Philosophy of Nonviolence
Professional Highlights
Presented a paper on interfaith peacemaking at the Parliament of the World's Religions in Capetown, South Africa, 2000.
President of the Valley Interfaith Council.
Author of Prayerful Responsibility
Personal Highlights
I am happy to be the husband of Marsha Childs and I am the proud father of Thomas, age 13, who expects to drafted into the NBA after middle school.
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About Christianity
This is the website of Cross Currents and the Association of Religion and Intellectual Life, edited by Charles Henderson. It addresses current issues in religion and intellectual life, book and film reviews, and poetry. It is much broader in scope (including other religious traditions) than the name indicates.