

Moralized truth and evil values violators
I've talked a lot about social psychology in dialogue with a theology of multi-faith engagement, but what about evangelical concerns for...


Syncretism and 9/11
It has been sixteen years since the horrific events of 9/11. On this anniversary the nation pauses to remember those lost, and to reflect...


Moral foundations and metaphors filter our world
As you know from previous blog posts, I'm in the early research phase for a grant project exploring the psychological foundations and...


Purity of the nation is of interest too
Recently I put up a blog post that included a video that illustrated the purity moral foundation in an evangelical media personality and...


What About the Next Anti-Sharia March?: Can We Be More Strategic in Responding to ‘Islamophobia’?
Last Saturday, the March Against Sharia was held in 30 cities across the country, gathering national media attention. In many places the...


Science and multi-faith engagement
In a post from 2015 I interacted with an article at State of Formation that discussed the need for measuring transformation in interfaith...


Moral contextualization for evangelicals in multi-faith engagement
I recently came across a couple of articles online that illustrate some of the shortcomings I think are present in many forms of...


Emotions, social psychology, and multifaith engagement
I'm involved in an ongoing research in multifaith engagement as an emotion. In my view, this is an important and undervalued aspect of...