Thomas Albert Howard is professor of humanities and the holder of the Duesenberg Chair in Ethics at Valparaiso University. This essay is adapted from his new book, The Faiths of Others: A History of Interreligious Dialogue (Yale University Press). Update your account password & emailSubscribe to Commonweal
Article Islam’s Future in Kathmandu The Madrasa Discourses project provides a space for Muslims across South Asia to engage in a discussion regarding the future of the Islamic faith. By Thomas Albert Howard March 27, 2023 Islam Asia
Article ‘Enough Bromides’ What is the future of interreligious dialogue? By Thomas Albert Howard May 17, 2021 Jewish-Christian Relations Muslim-Christian Relations Nonfiction
Article Precious Protector Not unlike the pope after the collapse of the Papal States in the nineteenth century, the Dalai Lama now occupies a largely spiritual role. By Thomas Albert Howard September 2, 2020 Foreign Affairs Spirituality
Article On the Brink Beneath the razzle-dazzle of Qatar lurks something more sinister: serious restrictions on the rights of religious minorities, workers, and women. By Thomas Albert Howard April 10, 2019 Muslim-Christian Relations Middle East Foreign Affairs
Feature After Genocide Is it possible to make sense, theologically, of interreligious strife in the Balkans? By Thomas Albert Howard February 26, 2018 Foreign Affairs Ecumenism
Article If They Could Turn Back Time Mark Lilla turns his attention to reactionary intellectuals and movements that nostalgically turn to the past to impeach the present By Thomas Albert Howard July 31, 2017 Books
