Comments for musalaha

Comment on British versus American Ph.D.’s by Yago Feliz

Yago Feliz — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 19:57:49 +0000

In Britain there are scholars in this field at Edinburgh, Glasgow, Nottingham, Birmingham, Cambridge. If you are a bit more broad you can include Oxford and London. Some of these schools have scholars dedicated to the field; others also have dedicated study centres.

In Europe there is, most notably, Leiden.

But perhaps I would be more helpful (if you want) if I knew the exact nature of what you’re hoping to study. I would be interested anyway, so let me know. Perhaps I can even pass along a few names ….

Comment on British versus American Ph.D.’s by shaw

shaw — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 17:21:42 +0000

thanks for posting. this is helpful. I just finished 2 masters also and I’m sick of coursework. what british/european schools would you recommend for writing/reading on Xian-Muslim relations?

Comment on British versus American Ph.D.’s by Yago Feliz

Yago Feliz — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:55:29 +0000

How does one get into a British doctoral program? Make connections early on with potential advisors and be sure to write something substantial as a part of your m.a. work. Many of these programs want to know that you already have research and writing skill and the “pre-approval” of a potential advisor can go a long ways with admission committees.

Comment on Football and Religion by Yago Feliz

Yago Feliz — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:31:02 +0000

An update here. A scholar has concluded that the lines needn't cause offense. I'd still like to know the history behind them.

Comment on On Doing A Ph.D. by shaw

shaw — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 01:19:25 +0000

very helpful notes. thanks for posting.

Comment on Existing Bigotry by shaw

shaw — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:35:27 +0000

great post.

in any case, in light of the Gospel, we shouldn’t be surprised at any measure of bigotry, latent or explicit. it is there in all of us.

Comment on A Thesis Submission by shaw

shaw — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:38:23 +0000

a HUGE congratulations to you bro!!

way to go!

Comment on Hispanics and Islam by Yago Feliz

Yago Feliz — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:48:59 +0000

On this, see hispanicmuslims.com.

Comment on On Praying for Dinner by Yago Feliz

Yago Feliz — Thu, 21 May 2009 20:30:30 +0000

I agree the problem is often with the one praying rather than the prayer itself. But sometimes I think we just do things without even realizing what’s going on. So, for me it is usually a matter of being genuine (and I believe it is possible to be that even when one is doing something simply because ‘it’s always been done that way’). When people make their public prayers a show, when they use them to showcase their knowledge, or when they spend more time making assertions than conversing with God, then I get annoyed (e.g., “God you said in ___ that ___ and what that means is ___. Amen”). So, if you’re genuinely thankful for a meal and want to genuinely be thankful in prayer, by all means …. But if you’re not, then maybe you should spend some time considering that first. That all seems rather underdeveloped and reactionary … hmm.

Clearly there is a sense in which prayer is conversing with God and I do that. But I think there are lessons to be learned from devotional prayers like the Jesus Prayer or even praying a rosary. Those prayers themselves are full of truths through which God can speak to us and they constitute words which we do well to tell God. But there is something to becoming meditatively “lost” in them too.

Comment on On Praying for Dinner by J.B.

J.B. — Thu, 21 May 2009 20:29:06 +0000

My previous comment comes across as weird. Nevermind.