Images of Wisdom in Cairo

One of the prominent features of wisdom is that, to use an image from the book of Proverbs, she cries to be heard in the streets. In other words, Lady Wisdom is not some disinterested spectator. You will find her in the public square, resolutely engaged. And her aim? It is to be a reasonable […]

Wikileaks: Inside the Halls of Power

“There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known.” Whether you agree with Wikileaks for releasing a quarter of a million secret, confidential, or “for official use only” U.S. embassy cables, their availability on the web (http://cablegate.wikileaks.org/) offers unprecedented understanding for anyone who wants to know what […]

God of All Things?

Speaking at a Christian Men’s Breakfast fellowship in October, I suggested that the deeper issue surrounding the widespread political disillusionment in America today is a religious issue. Across the country, we have been experiencing the inadequacy of an emerging new idolatry: the politicization of all of American life. For several decades, I said, there’s been […]

Change Agents

Selected ideas surrounding the growingly influential Muslim reform movement from five Muslim thinkers. I want to thank The Christian Century for commissioning this article well before the topic was noted by the American grassroots.

Published in The Christian Century (Aug. 9, 2005). Updated for the debut issue of the Muslim Public Affairs Journal (January, 2006). Also published online at Middle East Window.

Truth about ‘The Mosque at Ground Zero’

Being covered up on a demanding writing deadline during the weeks this firestorm was brewing, I decided to give this controversy a miss. But church, friends, media obfuscation, and a conference call with Daisy Khan indicated that I needed to find the time. I did. Here are the plain facts in plain English.

Christopher Hitchens

Isn’t the outspoken atheist and essayist Christopher Hitchens also a man of faith?

The Trouble with Islam (Review)

The Trouble with Islam: A Muslim’s Call for Reform in Her Faith, by Irshad Manji (St. Martin’s Press, 2003; 230 pp)

Why I Am a Muslim: An American Odyssey, by Asma Gull Hasan (Harper Collins/Element, 2004; 174 pp)

“Muslim Women on Islamic Reform,” reviewed by Charles Strohmer

(This review first published in Sojourners, Oct., 2004.)

Lynn Green (conversation)

Charles Strohmer talks with Lynn Green about an Evangelical-led Christian reconciliation walk among Muslims in Europe and the Middle East.

This conversation was originally published in Openings #3, April June, 1999.