Zahirah Khan who is originally from Trinidad
and Tobago, brings an interesting perspective
to Religious Studies classes: Raised Muslim,
she has always attended Catholic schools. A
Liberal Studies major, she plans to attend law
school when she graduates and focus on international
law. Last summer, she interned with nonprofit
JurisAIDS, which engages the legal community
to combat discrimination of those with HIV/AIDS.
The best part about her course of study and
the knowledge it affords her? “I love
that I can have a conversation about something
that is current in the news, about history,
religion and ethics.” She has studied
the scripture and traditions of Judaism and
Christianity but has focused on learning more
about the history of her own religious tradition,
Islam. “Religious Studies has made me
realize how important it is to embrace one’s
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“The Hero
Journey in Perspective”
I stepped off the plane and planted my feet on the
ground. I was here, thousands of miles away from my
friends and family. I could not believe it. Just a
year ago I turned sixteen and was having the time
of my life in high school; now, a year later, in 1999,
I was here. I had to start over now, the whole process
of making new friends and finding bonds. I hated it,
but I had to. I moved to Austin in the summer of 1999.Read more. (pdf
format)
“The Rabbi’s Message”
One issue that I would like to discuss is the continuous
debate by scholars on Jesus’ true message. History
has been distorted over the years, and this is definitely
the case with Jesus. His life has been scrutinized
and theorized for many centuries. All that we know
of Jesus and his ministry comes directly from the
New Testament, specifically the Gospels of Mark, Matthew,
Luke and John. These accounts of the life, teachings
and death of Jesus were written forty to seventy years
after the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus, and
therefore we probably will never know all of the events
that surround this historical figure.Read more. (pdf
format)
“A Jesus For All”
My major at St. Edward’s is Liberal Studies
(English Literature and Religious Studies). During
my years at St. Edward’s I have taken a lot
of Religious Studies courses. One of the interesting
aspects that I have observed is that there is a different
depiction of Jesus among various Christians (Catholics
and Protestants), Jews and Muslims. I am writing this
commentary based on an article my Islam class received
yesterday. It was an Op-Ed piece in the New York
Times (Feb. 25), written by Kenneth L. Woodward.Read
more. (pdf format)
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