Interfaith Dialogue
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April 6th, 2026A Nurse in HiroshimaSakae HosakaAfter I finished school, I went to Osaka. Living and working at the small ear, nose, and throat clinic of an acquai... -
March 18th, 2026Finding Good Things Among the Followers of Other ReligionsPaul David Numrich(This essay includes excerpts and ideas from my 2012 article in Asbury Journal, “Christian Sensitivity in Interreli... -
March 6th, 2026Weeds by the RoadsideKatsuyoshi YoshimuraIn August 1945, the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki changed human history, leaving immense loss and endur... -
February 6th, 2026Hiroshima FlashKosaku OkabeIn August 1945, the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki forever altered the course of human history, claiming... -
November 9th, 2025No Justice Without Equality Zainah AnwarBoard Chair, MusawahThe Niwano Peace Foundation awarded the forty-second Niwano Peace Prize to Musawah, a global movement for equality ... -
October 30th, 2025What Happens After We Die? Notions About the Afterlife from the US, Japan, and ChinaGordon MathewsWe in the present do not necessarily know better than people in the past; we may be afflicted by our own illusions ... -
October 29th, 2025The Importance of Grief Rituals in Coping with LossFrank E. EyetsemitanIn the face of modernity, some people still hold onto tradition, and may not change their grief rituals because tra... -
October 28th, 2025Death Rites and Our Relationship with the DeadDouglas J. DaviesRituals change at the public and cultural level, just as individual awareness changes over time. Introduction and B... -
October 27th, 2025Ritual and Resiliency in the Unprecedented Times of the COVID PandemicNatasha L. MiklesThe period of COVID-19 will hopefully be a lesson on the important role funerary and other death rituals have in he...