Tag Archives: religion

What happens when a Muslim and a Hindu in India fall in love? MacKenzie Bills, a Fulbright English Teacher Assistant, shares what she learned.

In the whirlwind pace of news, outrage, and defensive walls of the past six weeks, many American Christians are struggling with what their beliefs mean when applied to the democracy-based republic form of government.

MacKenzie Bills, a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant in Malaysia, discusses the problem of conflating religion and ethnicity, and how it endangers true freedom of religion.

How do you define religion?

Even though I am challenged almost daily in my beliefs, in my existence, in the reason for my being and living here in the United States, I love that I am transforming.

I think Reconstructionist Judaism, the tradition in which I was raised, has significantly informed my sense of humor, my belief in the importance of social justice, my interest in interfaith work and community, and my love of learning.