Martin Buber

Is the eclipse good for the Jews?

By Jeffrey Salkin — April 5, 2024
It's not only the sun that was in eclipse. It's something else, as well.

How many deaths …?

By Jeffrey Salkin — February 19, 2024
(RNS) — As Marvin Gaye sang: 'War is not the answer.' A new book asks: Is it ever the answer?

REM was right. We are “losing our religion.”

By Jeffrey Salkin — September 18, 2023
Has religion failed us, or have we failed religion? A century old book contains an answer to our spiritual emptiness.

The eclipse is deeper than we thought

By Jeffrey Salkin — August 17, 2017
(RNS) — It is not just the sun that is going into eclipse. It is human decency, and not just in Charlottesville.

Is nonviolence a solution to all the world’s conflicts? (COMMENTARY)

By A. James Rudin — October 31, 2014
(RNS) There remains a thin line between nonviolence and martyrdom.

COMMENTARY: Insights of these 3 religious thinkers may be antidote to ‘feel-good’ faith

By A. James Rudin — July 11, 2014
(RNS) I have a modest proposal for those who constantly “move on” in their quest for authentic faith: “Move back” and explore the insights of three major religious thinkers: Martin Buber, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and Reinhold Niebuhr.
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