tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50486982024-03-13T03:00:06.794-04:00Mere LightObservation, Analysis, CommentaryFrank Kaufmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03207384697979420816noreply@blogger.comBlogger148125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048698.post-15393395189152948762014-03-16T18:03:00.000-04:002014-03-16T18:03:00.517-04:00Moving from Mere Light
Dear Friends
It has been a great joy to spend this phase of online communications and relationships with you here on Mere Light.
To my surprise, Google tells me that Mere Light had
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For the sake of greater ease of posting and fewer logins and contortions, I am moving future content to my Tumblog, Frank Kaufmann
I hope you will followFrank Kaufmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03207384697979420816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048698.post-73867395300947832122014-02-25T18:23:00.001-05:002014-02-25T18:23:58.827-05:00Teaching Interfaith Relations
Teaching Interfaith Relations to Doctor of Miistry (D.Min) Students
I just returned from a one week
teaching intensive for doctor of ministry students at the Unification
Theological Seminary at its beautiful campus on the Hudson River near
Kingston.
Scene from my window
The environment was idyllic covered in
the deep snows of our season in this beautiful part of the Frank Kaufmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03207384697979420816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048698.post-46716135781367329202014-01-02T10:49:00.001-05:002014-01-02T10:49:44.039-05:00America in 2014
What's next for America in 2014: Obamacare, Middle East, NSA and more
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America is in a state of internal conflict caused by many factors. If this persists, our country will decline precipitously.1
Frank Kaufmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03207384697979420816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048698.post-44941330734088272772013-12-12T13:43:00.001-05:002013-12-12T13:43:44.118-05:00Recent Travels
I just got back from Korea
While there I delivered a scholarly paper at the invitation of an Asan University, and then spent a day in meetings in Seorak
I did manage a bit of time with friends up the mountains
Just before that I was in Luxembourg and Slovakia (mostly for meetings and teaching)
Now I'm back preparing for the Frank Kaufmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03207384697979420816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048698.post-7904429789418653022013-11-30T10:32:00.001-05:002013-11-30T10:32:52.883-05:00On the Geneva, Iran Nuclear Accord
Give the Geneva Iran nuclear accord a chance
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Despite the doubt and skepticism, there is strong reason to give the nuclear deal with Iran a chance.
Frank Kaufmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03207384697979420816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048698.post-12986745089650213432013-11-24T17:03:00.001-05:002013-11-24T17:44:39.131-05:00Values in Knowledge Foundation and Inter Religious Federation for World Peace, Efforts in November, 2013
During the early weeks of November 2013, IRFWP director Frank Kaufmann spent time in Europe pursuing projects and relationships to advance the work of the Federation
Jean Claude Hollerich, Archbishop of Luxembourg
Alain Nacache, Chief Rabbi of Luxembourg
Here is a synopsis of the journey
Frank Kaufmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03207384697979420816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048698.post-25677628620236557452013-09-24T06:31:00.001-04:002013-09-24T06:31:44.874-04:00Article on American Jihadi Omar Hammami
Is Omar Hammami, American Born Jihadi Dead?
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J.M. Berger corresponded with American jihadi-terrorist, Hammami, for over a year growing fond of him and trying to save him from himself.
Frank Kaufmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03207384697979420816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048698.post-72597799983895962812013-09-13T11:37:00.002-04:002013-09-13T11:37:54.204-04:00Vatican’s Secretary Of State Says Celibacy Is An Open Question
Vatican’s Secretary Of State Says Celibacy Is An Open Question | Inter Religious Federation for...
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IRFWP
Frank Kaufmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03207384697979420816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048698.post-15224515694648583482013-09-09T22:07:00.002-04:002013-09-09T22:07:32.960-04:00On Syria: No to strikesFrank Kaufmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03207384697979420816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048698.post-43493321209473264322013-06-26T13:33:00.000-04:002013-06-26T13:43:01.172-04:00Anton Chekhov on the 8 Qualities of Cultured Peopleby Maria Popova
“In order to feel comfortable among educated people, to be at home and happy with them, one must be cultured to a certain extent.”
What does it mean to be “cultured”? Is it about being a good reader, or knowing how to talk about books you haven’t read, or having a general disposition of intellectual elegance? That’s precisely the question beloved Frank Kaufmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03207384697979420816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048698.post-40140281856092288622013-06-20T12:03:00.002-04:002013-06-20T12:03:27.865-04:00Karzai Scuttles Obama’s Taliban Plans
Karzai Scuttles Obama’s Taliban Plans
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Taliban attacks, U.S. talks peace and Afghanistan President Karzai says no.
Frank Kaufmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03207384697979420816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048698.post-23641870855721968102013-06-02T16:42:00.000-04:002013-06-02T16:42:11.628-04:00Lectures at D.O.N.E. - May, 2013D.O.N.E (Development of New environments) is a European based youth leadership program.
Participants train themselves through service, spiritual regimen, seminars and education, and fiscal and life-style responsibility and self-sufficiency.
The program trains participants to forge and develop cross cultural competence and relationships through travel and interpersonal collaboration in all Frank Kaufmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03207384697979420816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048698.post-90104838821042606942013-05-28T20:18:00.003-04:002013-05-28T20:18:53.134-04:00The most and least Christian states in America
A study measuring religious bodies in the United States called the, "2010 U.S. Religious Census: Religious Congregations; Membership Study (RCMS)" was recently released by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB). The most comprehensive study of its kind, it provides detailed county-by-county information on congregations, members, adherents and attendance for Frank Kaufmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03207384697979420816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048698.post-43624466079486498082013-05-09T16:19:00.002-04:002013-05-09T16:19:16.817-04:00Technology and ethics
Technology moves faster than ethics
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Tech changes out-pace spiritual foundations for their ethical use.
Read the entire article here
Frank Kaufmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03207384697979420816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048698.post-3709014370994850262013-04-29T11:09:00.001-04:002013-04-29T11:09:14.214-04:00FriendsFrank Kaufmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03207384697979420816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048698.post-63480057558209881512013-04-23T15:28:00.002-04:002013-04-23T15:28:15.672-04:00The Boston bombings: Why we remain vulnerable
The Boston bombings: Why we remain vulnerable
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The bombings on Patriot's Day in Boston show how we are lagging behind and failing to adapt to the information age.
Frank Kaufmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03207384697979420816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048698.post-64125440945081155352013-04-21T22:13:00.001-04:002013-04-21T22:13:18.915-04:00A photograph from "The Streets of Dublin" collection by Michaela Alex
A young man playing piano on the streetFrank Kaufmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03207384697979420816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048698.post-41906730126386323582013-04-10T14:47:00.000-04:002013-04-11T08:56:59.523-04:00Symposium to Honor Pioneering Bible Scholar, Daniel Patte
On April 6 scholars gathered at Vanderbilt University to celebrate the illustrious career of New Testament Scholar, Professor Daniel Patte.
I was one of the presenters on this occasion.
Here are some of the documents for the symposium
Here are some images from the weekend.
The first of them are pictures of the Scaritt-Benett campus where the visiting scholars for the Frank Kaufmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03207384697979420816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048698.post-15244793580330093652013-03-31T16:56:00.002-04:002013-03-31T16:56:26.365-04:00WisteriaFrank Kaufmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03207384697979420816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048698.post-45142855940529642082013-03-28T19:28:00.001-04:002013-03-28T19:29:46.512-04:00Pope washes feet of young Muslim woman prisoner in unprecedented twist on Maundy ThursdayPope Francis continued his gleeful abandonment of tradition by washing the feet of a young Muslim woman prisoner in an unprecedented twist on the Holy Thursday tradition.
Pope Francis washed the feet of 12 inmates aged 14 to 21, among them the two women, the second of whom was an Italian Catholic. Mr Greco said he hoped the ritual would be "a positive sign in their lives".
Read Frank Kaufmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03207384697979420816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048698.post-52203538056221356332013-03-21T19:54:00.001-04:002013-03-21T19:54:43.984-04:00North Korea, China, United States nuclear threats and cyber attacks | Washington Times Communities
North Korea, China, United States nuclear threats and cyber attackscommunities.washingtontimes.comWhat is the value of careless, incendiary, unfounded accusations, and the value of extreme threats of hellish proportions?
Frank Kaufmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03207384697979420816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048698.post-720299654073446742013-03-19T09:34:00.002-04:002013-03-19T09:34:24.723-04:00Mass for the beginning of the Petrine ministry of the bishop of Rome
Click on the image of the Vatican Website to read the sermon of Pope Francis
In the Gospel we heard that "Joseph did as the angel of the Lord commanded him and took Mary as his wife" (Mt 1:24). These words already point to the mission which God entrusts to Joseph: he is to be the custos, the protector. The protector of whom?
Read the entire, brief sermon here at the Frank Kaufmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03207384697979420816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048698.post-83977810531078793742013-03-18T20:45:00.003-04:002013-03-18T20:45:33.092-04:00Orthodox patriarch to Rome for pope's installation
Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians, headed Monday for the Vatican to attend Pope Francis' installation Mass -- the first time a patriarch from the Istanbul-based church is attending a papal investiture since the two branches of Christianity split nearly 1,000 years ago
Read the full article here
Frank Kaufmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03207384697979420816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048698.post-61044950790325735782013-03-15T23:34:00.001-04:002013-03-15T23:34:10.130-04:00Pope Francis, Catholics, Jews, and Protestants | Washington Times Communities
Pope Francis, Catholics, Jews, and Protestants | Washington Times...communities.washingtontimes.comWhat is the record of Pope Francis for interfaith relations?Frank Kaufmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03207384697979420816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048698.post-46154713881019091612013-03-13T00:03:00.001-04:002013-03-13T00:03:56.278-04:00Choose your own pope – with our interactive Pontifficator | World news | guardian.co.uk
The Guardian continues its brilliant coverage of this important juncture in religious history - On this page you can study all about each papal candidateChoose your own pope - with our interactive Pontifficatorwww.guardian.co.uk
This week, 115 cardinals will be secreted in the Sistine Chapel to select one of their number as the next head of the Catholic church. You can't get in to see them but Frank Kaufmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03207384697979420816noreply@blogger.com0