Dr. James L. Rowell received his PhD in religion at the University of Pittsburgh and has been a full-time teacher of world religions at Flagler College since 2006. He is the author of Making Sense of the Sacred, a book about comparative world religion, and also Gandhi and Bin Laden: Religion at the Extremes. His interests in comparative religious ethics focus on such figures as Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., Reinhold Niebuhr, and Abdul Ghaffar Khan. His website can be found at https://www.meaningofreligion.com. He also has a YouTube Channel titled Meaning of Religion.
Ghandi and Niebuhr both believed in the power of religion to shape societies and history
James RowellMarch 6, 2024
We cannot uninvent nuclear weapons, so what is the next best option?
James RowellFebruary 21, 2024
The ultimate responsibility anyone could have, from a pauper to the President, is the preservation and protection of humankind; something…
James RowellFebruary 2, 2024
Economic power must not be too concentrated in the government or among a few private citizens
James RowellJanuary 12, 2024
What terms will Ukraine, Russia, and the West ultimately come to?
James RowellDecember 5, 2023
“National security” may sound like an abstraction, but in reality it’s anything but
James RowellNovember 28, 2023
There are many arguments in favor of Just War Theory, but none so potent as the reality of human sinfulness
James RowellNovember 1, 2023
Reinhold Niebuhr asked the question “Does civilization need religion?” in 1929 and his answer is relevant as ever
James RowellOctober 5, 2023
Aung San Suu Kyi won a Nobel Peace Prize before, shockingly, declining to condemn genocide in her own nation. What happened?
James RowellSeptember 14, 2023
What was the vision Gandhi had for a post-British India?
James RowellAugust 29, 2023