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.
“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
China’s invasion and annexation of Tibet in 1950 has too long been a forgotten episode of history
James RowellAugust 15, 2023
Thomas Paine was an inspiration to the founders and still has lessons for today
James RowellAugust 8, 2023
We must always foster a love that has a capacity for forgiveness with a vigilance to observe and enforce the law.
James RowellJuly 11, 2023
When the variable spirit of human justice stands against the relative constant of greed and power, sadly it is the latter that often wins
James RowellJuly 10, 2023
There is a fundamental ambiguity in the ability of humans to both good and evil
James RowellJuly 6, 2023